FEMA consistently identifies concern for pets as one of the leading reasons families refuse mandatory hurricane evacuation orders. A decision that puts both people and animals at significantly greater risk.
After Hurricane Katrina, an estimated 250,000 animals were left behind and thousands of their owners refused to leave without them, prompting Congress to pass the PETS Act in 2006 requiring emergency shelters to accommodate household pets.
Despite that legislation, most pet owning households in hurricane-prone regions still have no dedicated emergency supplies ready for their animals when a storm is named.
The problem is not willingness, it is preparation. A pet owner who has to locate food, find a carrier, gather vaccination records, and identify a pet friendly shelter simultaneously while tracking a storm's path and managing an evacuation is a pet owner who may run out of time.
A hurricane pet emergency survival kit bundle removes every one of those decisions from the evacuation window. The supplies are packed. The records are tucked inside. The only remaining question is which pet friendly hotel along your evacuation route still has availability.