The Disaster Preparedness Forum is a place for like-minded individuals to share ideas for personal disaster preparedness for animals, as well as a meeting place for those who are actively participating in improving their community animal disaster plan.

As you evaluate and prepare community plans, remember that United Animal Nations' EARS program is prepared to provide free services to communities that are overwhelmed by any animal crisis - whether it is caused by a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, such as animal hoarding.

Our free services include:

• Set up and operation of a temporary emergency animal shelter
  
• Evacuation of animals
  
• Rescue of abandoned or stranded animals
  
• Implementation of record keeping and identification system
  
• Transportation of animals
  
• Coordination of veterinary care for sick and injured animals
  
• Coordination of animal food and supplies
  
• Compassionate removal of animals who don't survive the disaster
  
• Lost animal documentation
  
• Reuniting animals with caregivers
  
• Adoption of unclaimed or surrendered animals
  

Communities with an animal crisis should contact us at (916) 429-2457 or at info@uan.org for more information.