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Pet Hurricane Preparedness
It’s time for families in South Florida to prepare for hurricane
season, and your furry family members should be part of that
plan. To ensure your pet’s safety and comfort during a major
storm some considerations are pet supplies, evacuation, and
identification. Here are some tips to make sure that your four- include them in your evacuation plan. Hurricane Katrina,
legged family member is hurricane ready.
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When you create your hurricane kit, supplies for your lesson in including your pets in evacuation plans. It’s
pets should be included. Extra food, water, and medications estimated that thousands refused to evacuate New Orleans
need to be on hand. Heart, pain, or anti-seizure drugs are because they were unable to bring their pets. In addition,
critical for the health and comfort of your pet, so make it is estimated that 250,000 pets were stranded when their
sure these are included in your hurricane kit. It is not owners evacuated for Katrina and 150,000 pets died. What
uncommon for animals to become anxious during a storm, do you need to do to make your furry family member
so if you think your pet may need a sedative or anti-anxiety evacuation ready? Make sure that you have leashes, collars,
medication now is the time to talk to your veterinarian. and crates in good condition in case you need to transport
Business hours of stores and shipments can be disrupted your pet. If you are staying with friends or family, will they
before and after a storm; so a two-week supply of critical allow you to bring your pets? What pet-friendly hotels are
items is ideal. Also, everyone can use a little extra comfort along your evacuation route? What veterinarians and pet
during a hurricane. Consider including treats and toys to shelters in the area offer hurricane boarding and what are
keep your four-legged friend happy and occupied. A pet their policies? What evacuation shelters in your area are
hurricane kit is the first step to being storm ready. pet-friendly? Does your chosen hotel, shelter, or boarding
No one wants to face the agonizing decision of leaving facility require proof of vaccination? These are questions
your furry family members behind, so it is important to that should be researched ahead of time so that you have
multiple options to evacuate with your pet and keep the
which struck the Gulf Coast in August of 2005 was a tragic entire family safe.
It is important that your pet have identification at all
times, but especially during hurricane season. If you
become separated from your pet during a major hurricane or
someone accidently left the front door open, how will you
find them again? One option is a collar and tag including
your contact information. However, collars can be lost and
removed and a microchip is a permanent identification
for your pet. If your pet does not have a microchip, have
one placed by your veterinarian. If your pet already has a
microchip, make sure that the contact information is up
to date with the microchip company. Tags, collars, and
microchips are the best identification in case you should
become separated from your furry family during a storm.
Hurricane season can be stressful for people and pets,
but planning ahead of time is key for safety and comfort.
Make sure that your furry family members are included
in your hurricane supplies, evacuation plan, and that they
have proper identification. South Florida pet parents
should prepare for the worst but hope for the best this
hurricane season.
Established in 1981, Palm City Animal Medical Center
is dedicated to providing the best possible care for your
pets. With focuses on compassionate care in surgery,
physical therapy and rehabilitation, preventative medicine,
extensive diagnostics, and emergency service, Palm City
Animal Medical Center combines exceptional medical
care with a caring philosophy for pets and their owners.
For more information, call (772) 283-0920, visit www.
palmcityanimalmedicalcenter.com or find us on Facebook
at www.facebook.com/PalmCityAnimalClinic.
Club News
Stuart Woman’s Club Awards
$21,000 In Scholarships
Seven graduating seniors were awarded $21,000 in college
scholarships by the GFWC Woman’s Club of Stuart. This brings
the total amount of college scholarships awarded by the club to
$309,000 in the past 12 years.
Scholarship recipients are Victoria King and Jenna Rinzel,
South Fork High School; Julia Rose Hochstein, Martin County
High; Angelina Vaccaro, Isabella Rose, Genesis Fernandez and
Jessica Sossie, all graduates of Jensen Beach High. The girls
were honored at the club’s end-of-year luncheon that was held
at the Elliott Museum.
The Woman’s Club was founded in 1913 in Stuart, and
its nonprofit mission is community service. The club’s
scholarship program is its most important benevolence
program. The club also supports services for veterans, people
who are homeless, and children. For more information, go
to www.womansclubofstuart.com.
Scholarship recipients (left to right) are Victoria King,
Julia Rose Hochstein, Angelina Vaccaro, Isabella Rose and
See answer in this paper. Jenna Rinzel. Not pictured are Jessica Sossie and Genesis
Fernandez.