PRESS RELEASE For Immediate release: 4:45 PM
Friday, August 29, 2008
For more information contact:
Name: Brennan Matherne
Phone: (985) 537-7603

Lafourche Issues Emergency Evacuation Pet Plan

Lafourche Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness will ONLY be assisting with the evacuation of
pets from those residents who need transportation. The Parish will NOT be taking any pets from
residents who are evacuating on their own. Those residents MUST take their pets with them in their
own vehicles.
For pet owners who cannot provide their own transportation, the Lafourche Parish Office of Emergency
Preparedness has issued the following guidelines for the evacuation of pets:
 * Pet owners will be transported to the Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter to register their pets. The
pets will remain at the shelter until the State picks up the pets to bring them to a designated
shelter. From there, the residents will be transported to the Thibodaux High School marshalling
point to be transported out of the Parish.
 * Pet owners are responsible for supplying kennel, crate, food, medications, and any other
supplies needed for pets.
 * Any pet considered a risk to other animals or people will not be admitted to the shelter.
 * Each pet owner is responsible for expenses incurred if medical attention is required for staff or
other pets as a result of their pet’s behavior.
 * Lafourche Parish Government and/or any volunteer agencies handling pets will be held
harmless in a change of health condition and/or death of a pet while being transported and
housed during the emergency.
 * Pet must be reclaimed by registered owner by 8 days after the end of the emergency.
 * If pet is not reclaimed or contact is not made by the owner to make provisions for the pet, the
animal will be turned over to the Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter to be treated as abandoned.
For further information please contact Brennan Matherne at (985) 537-7603.