Reply #5: YES!

[catrose]

Police and such still tell people, "Don't take your pets," but ALWAYS take your pets. You don't know when/if you can return. Red Cross is forbidden by law to have pets in shelters, but the Humane Society has been working with them to help people care for their animals. Sometimes a pet place can be set up in another part of the school/church where the shelter is. My personal disaster plan is to go to the first Red Roof Inn beyond the disaster area. Red Roof has not charged for pets in the past.

Thumbs down to Holiday Inn, which accepts if they feel like it. During Katrina/Rita, they said they would, and rejected people's pets when they arrived. Humane Society and local vets were scrambling.