An emergency kit is important to have during wildfire season, but most pet owners don’t have a plan for their cats and dogs, according to an animal rescue expert.
Kelowna-based Brad Pattison runs an animal rescue team and was on the ground in B.C during last year’s wildfire season. He also traveled to New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, to Haiti after a devastating 2010 earthquake and to Puerto Rico in 2017 after Hurricane Maria tore through the island to save all kinds of animals from gerbils and hamsters to horses and mules.
He said the biggest issue pets face is displacement when an emergency situation arises. To
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