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How Hurricane Katrina changed guidance around evacuating pets during natural disasters

The animal welfare crisis that followed Hurricane Katrina spurred the nation to change the way it thinks about pets during natural disasters. The main takeaway: Saving pets helps save people.

NPR’s Nate Rott reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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