Tell the Department of State to Evacuate Companion Animals from Japan
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Originally Posted: 19 March 2011
Tell the Department of State to Evacuate
Companion Animals from Japan
ACTION
Please contact Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and ask
that:
that:
People evacuating Japan be allowed to take their
companion animals, regardless of size, with them.
companion animals, regardless of size, with them.
The State Department permanently change its official
policy to allow pets to be evacuated, simultaneously with
their families, from disaster areas.
policy to allow pets to be evacuated, simultaneously with
their families, from disaster areas.
Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
phone (202) 647-1579
phone 202-647-6575 Public Communication Division
INFORMATION / TALKING POINTS
Once again, the U.S. Department of State is refusing to allow
U.S. nationals evacuating a disaster zone, this time in Japan,
to take their animal companions to safety. The official policy
of the Department of State is that it does not evacuate pets.
Please contact Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and ask
that the State Department allow Americans, without exception, to
evacuate all their family members from Japan and from every
future disaster area.
U.S. nationals evacuating a disaster zone, this time in Japan,
to take their animal companions to safety. The official policy
of the Department of State is that it does not evacuate pets.
Please contact Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and ask
that the State Department allow Americans, without exception, to
evacuate all their family members from Japan and from every
future disaster area.
PETA agrees with the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention public health veterinarians and others that “… a lack
of plans and resources to evacuate ‘incidental’ pets with their
owners has been known for decades to be a primary reason why
citizens will refuse to evacuate in the face of imminent
life-threatening danger.” Unfortunately, when it comes to
disasters, people who love their animals often pay with their
own lives.
Prevention public health veterinarians and others that “… a lack
of plans and resources to evacuate ‘incidental’ pets with their
owners has been known for decades to be a primary reason why
citizens will refuse to evacuate in the face of imminent
life-threatening danger.” Unfortunately, when it comes to
disasters, people who love their animals often pay with their
own lives.
In response to PETA’s February requests to Secretary Clinton
to allow animals on U.S. government–chartered evacuation flights
during the coup in Egypt, some animals were finally allowed on
the last flight out of that country. While a promising, and
temporary, start, PETA asks that all companion animals,
regardless of size, be allowed safe transport out of Japan and
any future disaster zone.
to allow animals on U.S. government–chartered evacuation flights
during the coup in Egypt, some animals were finally allowed on
the last flight out of that country. While a promising, and
temporary, start, PETA asks that all companion animals,
regardless of size, be allowed safe transport out of Japan and
any future disaster zone.
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