Protecting Pets When Disaster Strikes
September is National Preparedness Month. Join us for life-saving tips, powerful rescue stories and ways to protect animals before the next emergency hits.
Be Ready Before Disaster Hits
Emergencies can happen fast, whether it’s a wildfire, tornado or hurricane. Having a plan in place ahead of time can help protect the pets you love.
Download our free Ultimate Pet Preparedness Toolkit for checklists, safety tips and a step-by-step plan to prepare your pets and your family.
Watch: Emergency Preparedness Tips from Our Rescue Team
This month we will be sharing the steps you can take to keep your pets safe during a natural disaster through a weekly video series. Our Rescue Team will walk you through making a preparedness plan for your pet, from building an emergency kit, making an evacuation plan and re-acclimating to normalcy after disaster strikes.
Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don’t miss an episode when the series kicks off!
Rescue in Action: Recent Deployments
When disaster strikes, American Humane Society is ready to respond. In the past few years alone, our rescue team has deployed to wildfires in Colorado, floods in Hawaii, wildfires in Los Angeles and hurricanes across the Gulf Coast, saving animals, reuniting families and supporting local shelters overwhelmed by crisis.
Each mission is possible because of the planning, equipment and training that happen long before disaster strikes.
Colorado Wildfire Response
Hawaii Floods
Los Angeles Wildfires
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Helene
Spotlight: National Operating Bases
Behind Every Rescue is Months of Preparation
American Humane Society operates a growing network of National Operating Bases in Washington, DC, Florida, Texas, Louisiana and California. Each base stores the equipment, supplies and trained responders needed to act fast when disaster strikes.
Our newest base, in Los Angeles, extends our reach across the West, from the Pacific coast to the Rockies.
Preparedness is key. Our National Operating Bases play a critical role in preparedness.
By maintaining caches of equipment and emergency supplies, we can quickly establish temporary sheltering sites for displaced animals, partner more effectively with local agencies and help reunite animals with their families as quickly as possible.
Head of Rescue, American Humane Society
