{"id":31079,"date":"2011-04-18T16:13:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T20:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/31079\/department-state-evacuate-companion-animals-japan\/"},"modified":"2011-04-18T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T20:13:19","slug":"department-state-evacuate-companion-animals-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/31079\/department-state-evacuate-companion-animals-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell the Department of State to Evacuate Companion Animals from Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Reposted By:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/pleasestopkillingdogs\" target=\"_ blank\">ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i288.photobucket.com\/albums\/ll176\/advocateforsavingdogs\/dogwalk.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p class=\"header\" style=\"text-align: center\">From all-creatures.org<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.all-creatures.org\/alert\/index.html\"><br \/>\nAction Alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Moving people toward compassionate living<\/div>\n<p class=\"letters\" style=\"text-align: center\">Your letters and calls do help!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>Originally Posted: 19 March 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h1 class=\"header\">Tell the Department of State to Evacuate<br \/>\nCompanion Animals from Japan<\/h1>\n<div>FROM  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">People<br \/>\nfor the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)<\/a><\/div>\n<div>ACTION<\/div>\n<div><strong>Please contact Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and ask<br \/>\nthat: <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>People evacuating Japan be allowed to take their<br \/>\ncompanion animals, regardless of size, with them.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>The State Department permanently change its official<br \/>\npolicy to allow pets to be evacuated, simultaneously with<br \/>\ntheir families, from disaster areas.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Hillary Clinton<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State<\/p>\n<p>phone (202) 647-1579<\/p>\n<p>phone 202-647-6575 Public Communication Division<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/contact-us.state.gov\/cgi-bin\/state.cfg\/php\/enduser\/ask.php?p_sid=XIMHtNlk&amp;p_accessibility=0&amp;p_redirect=&amp;p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD05MSw5MSZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hf\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nonline email form<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>INFORMATION \/ TALKING POINTS<\/div>\n<div>Once again, the U.S. Department of State is refusing to allow<br \/>\nU.S. nationals evacuating a disaster zone, this time in Japan,<br \/>\nto take their animal companions to safety. The official policy<br \/>\nof the Department of State is that it does not evacuate pets.<br \/>\nPlease contact Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and ask<br \/>\nthat the State Department allow Americans, without exception, to<br \/>\nevacuate all their family members from Japan and from every<br \/>\nfuture disaster area.<\/div>\n<div>PETA agrees with the Centers for Disease Control and<br \/>\nPrevention public health veterinarians and others that &#8220;\u2026 a lack<br \/>\nof plans and resources to evacuate &#8216;incidental&#8217; pets with their<br \/>\nowners has been known for decades to be a primary reason why<br \/>\ncitizens will refuse to evacuate in the face of imminent<br \/>\nlife-threatening danger.&#8221; Unfortunately, when it comes to<br \/>\ndisasters, people who love their animals often pay with their<br \/>\nown lives.<\/div>\n<div>In response to PETA&#8217;s February requests to Secretary Clinton<br \/>\nto allow animals on U.S. government\u2013chartered evacuation flights<br \/>\nduring the coup in Egypt, some animals were finally allowed on<br \/>\nthe last flight out of that country. While a promising, and<br \/>\ntemporary, start, PETA asks that all companion animals,<br \/>\nregardless of size, be allowed safe transport out of Japan and<br \/>\nany future disaster zone.<\/div>\n<div>Thank you for everything you do for animals!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/pleasestopkillingdogs\" target=\"_ blank\">ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/afsdanimalposting\" target=\"_ blank\">AfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ADVOCATE.FOR.SAVING.DOGS\">Advocate for Saving Dogs\u2122 on Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong> <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>Please join me at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msplinks.com\/MDFodHRwOi8vYml0Lmx5L2FUUDhWVg==\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: maroon;font-size: medium\">Friendburst<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i56.tinypic.com\/ra3i8w.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/i56.tinypic.com\/ra3i8w.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"87\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong> <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/advocateforsavingdogs\/\" target=\"_ blank\">Advocate for Saving Dogs\u2122<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong> <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/Animal_Rights\/\/\" target=\"_ blank\">Animal Rights<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/WeAreAllConnected\/\" target=\"blank&quot;\">\u2665We\u2665Are\u2665All\u2665Connected\u2665<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/WolfWarrior\/\">Wolfen Warriors<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i288.photobucket.com\/albums\/ll176\/advocateforsavingdogs\/Wolf-run.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/FreeFall\/\">Free Fall \u24cb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/images\/heart\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i22.photobucket.com\/albums\/b316\/xrockerangelx\/heart.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"heart Pictures, Images and Photos\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reposted By: ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122 From all-creatures.org Action Alerts Moving people toward compassionate living Your letters and calls do help! Originally Posted: 19 March 2011 Tell the Department of State to Evacuate Companion Animals from Japan FROM People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) ACTION Please contact Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}