http://smexchange.ogilvypr.com/2012/04/i-won%e2%80%99t-leave-home-without-fido/ News and Views Sun, 12 May 2013 06:13:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://smexchange.ogilvypr.com/2012/04/i-won%e2%80%99t-leave-home-without-fido/comment-page-1/#comment-2202 Meg Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:50:43 +0000 http://smexchange.ogilvypr.com/?p=2880#comment-2202 Thanks Yazmine. Yeah, it's a topic that's really interested me personally and professionally - really since Katrina. Some sources document up to 600,000 animals killed or left homeless after Katrina - which was also a huge issue in addition to the thousands of residents left in harm's way because they just wouldn't leave their pets. Using those insights about human behavior to form new policies and communications was the right move, I think. Thanks Yazmine. Yeah, it’s a topic that’s really interested me personally and professionally – really since Katrina. Some sources document up to 600,000 animals killed or left homeless after Katrina – which was also a huge issue in addition to the thousands of residents left in harm’s way because they just wouldn’t leave their pets. Using those insights about human behavior to form new policies and communications was the right move, I think.

]]> http://smexchange.ogilvypr.com/2012/04/i-won%e2%80%99t-leave-home-without-fido/comment-page-1/#comment-2200 Yazmine Esparza Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:39:12 +0000 http://smexchange.ogilvypr.com/?p=2880#comment-2200 Nice column, Meg! It is very important, as you say, for crisis and disaster managers to understand how a pet owner feels when its dog/cat or other beloved pet could be in danger. I am one who could not leave my dogs behind if I couldn't take them with me. Thanks for the list of shelters - definitely comes in handy. Keep it up, fellow pet lover! Nice column, Meg! It is very important, as you say, for crisis and disaster managers to understand how a pet owner feels when its dog/cat or other beloved pet could be in danger. I am one who could not leave my dogs behind if I couldn’t take them with me. Thanks for the list of shelters – definitely comes in handy. Keep it up, fellow pet lover!

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