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Prepare to Evacuate Wildfire. Tornado. Hurricane. Flood. Earthquake. Use this expert survival guide to develop a safe escape plan in case of emergency. By Rebecca Gimenez Husted, PhD
In the event of a natural disaster, you may just have minutes to evacuate your horse, pets, and livestock, as well as your family and yourself. Take the time now to develop an evacuation plan with this expert guide.
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If you have to turn a horse out or leave one behind during an emergency evacuation, a leg band with ownership information is a low-tech, but highly effective way to reunite with him.
n the event of a natural disaster, you may just have minutes to evacuate your horse, pets, and livestock, as well as your family and yourself. Take the time now to develop an evacuation plan. It’s your job and your responsibility to come up with a plan to take care of all living creatures on your property. And if you board someone else’s horses, the owners will look to you to be the responsible person who takes care of their animals as you would your own. Use this expert survival guide to develop a safe escape plan in case of emergency.
House/Barn Prep Record your assets. Videotape all your assets in your house and barn.
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Post the video on an off-site server, such as a cloud. Microchip every horse. Ask your veterinarian to implant microchips in every horse on your property so you have proof of identification. Buy leg bands for every horse. If you have to turn a horse out or leave one behind during an emergency evacuation, a leg band with ownership information is a low-tech, but highly effective way to reunite with him. (For one online source of leg bands, click here.) Store equine records off-site. Get copies of identification, photographs, and veterinary records for every horse on your property. Put these in an offsite safe deposit box. >> Summer 2021
