Rep. Steve Israel on Monday visited the North Hempstead animal shelter lobbying, such sites in order to obtain federal relief funds.
Both sides of the North Hempstead Public Safety Commissioner Andrew DeMartin; oxtail connection, President Robert Slifkin; Toscano, a 3-year-old beagle adoption in shelters, Israel urges Congress passed the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, including Federal disaster assistance animal shelter.
Israel (D-Huntington) said: "In Hurricane Sandy, like this one landed in Nassau County Emergency pet shelter 515 dogs, cats and other pets." "FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, funded by a U.S. House of Representatives is now stuck in ...... we need Homeland Security appropriations bill this week, we need to ensure that FEMA grant nonprofits increasingly, into the community, into the towns, like this shelter, so we can be prepared, when the hurricane struck. "
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DeMartin said to be particularly important during a disaster shelter pets, pet owners may be reluctant to go to disaster relief shelters do not take pets.
"Pet shelter is one of the most important things," he said. "It allows the public release of their own, put their own houses."
Slifkin, its working groups and the town shelters, said local animal shelter needs funds for disaster relief.
"National Organization, Sandy came in, they're here, twelve weeks, three weeks, they disappeared," Slifkin said. "We urgently need funding long-term care for a pet local organizations."
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