Monroe County Office of Emergency Management
Hurricane Ike update – September 7, 2008 – 3 p.m.
Residents can take pets to FIU Shelter
Monroe County Emergency Management Officials have just worked out an agreement with Miami-Dade County Emergency Management to assist with Monroe County residents who need to take their pets with them to the shelter at Florida International University.
Residents with pets will be met at the shelter by a representative of a Miami based animal control representative. They will take custody of the pet(s) and take care of them for the duration of the storm. The pets will be returned to FIU once the storm has passed, before residents return to the county.
Pets will be allowed on county buses en route to the shelter at FIU if the pets are properly caged.
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