Disaster planners in New Jersey will have to come up with strategies for saving pets in an emergency under a law signed by Gov. Jon Corzine yesterday.
The law was inspired by numerous reports of pet owners forced by circumstance to abandon their animals during Hurricane Katrina last year.
According to the Star-Ledger (lower portion of story), emergency management offices at the state, county and local levels are now required to make the rescue and safeguarding of pets a priority in an emergency.
