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Pet-Friendly Shelter Drill: Saturday, June 7th
Pet-Friendly Shelter Drill
The Community of Hillsborough Animal & Agricultural Response Team (CHAART) along with Hillsborough County Animal Services will hold a practice drill and volunteer recruitment on Saturday, June 7 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Tampa. The activity will be held at Sickles High School in Tampa's Citrus Park neighborhood. Participants are asked to bring their own bottled water and to dress casually for the exercise. Formal animal handling experience is preferable but not required, a variety of volunteer skills may be utilized during an actual disaster. Volunteers will receive their CHAART T-shirt and credential badge during the drill.
C.H.A.A.R.T. is comprised of members from both government and private sectors. Its mission is to plan for the protection of domestic pets and commercial interests in the event of a hurricane or other disaster.
Currently, there are two approved pet-friendly shelters in Hillsborough County: Burnett Middle School in Seffner (1010 N. Kingsway Road), and Sickles High School in Tampa (7950 Gunn Highway, Tampa). Only pets of residents who are also taking shelter will be accepted, and proof of current rabies vaccination will be required. Reservations will not be taken, and sheltering will be provided on a first-come/first-served basis. The facilities will only accept dogs, cats, and pocket-pets (no exotics). Public shelters should be considered as a last resort only.
For more information or to RSVP for the pet-shelter drill, please call Hillsborough County Animal Services at 744-5660 or log onto www.hillsboroughcounty.org and/or www.chaart.org.
We hope to see you there!
Thanks,
Greg Berhow, CHAART Secretary
http://chaart.org
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Date and Time
6/7/2008, 11:00 A - 1:00 PM
LocationSickles High School 7950 Gunn Highway, Tampa, FL
Sponsoring OrganizationEvent Type
workshop
Target AudienceCommunity of Hillsborough
Web Sitehttp://chaart.org