Update: The Emergency Management campaign has now closed. Almost 400 British Columbians voiced their support for including animals in emergency planning, response and recovery, called for the provincial government to collaborate with and support animal welfare organizations, and shared their personal experiences and recommendations to help the provincial government create regulations under the Emergency and Disaster Management Act.

Thank you to everyone who spoke up to better protect animals and people before, during and after an emergency. Your responses have been submitted to the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness.

Excluding animals from emergency planning can have deadly consequences for animals and people. 

The B.C. government needs your input to create emergency management regulations that keep us all safe. Whether you’ve been directly impacted by an emergency or not, your knowledge and experience as an animal lover are vitally important.

Four years ago, over 23,000 British Columbians joined us as we asked the provincial government to include animals in modernized emergency management – and they listened! Now is our chance to help the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness create regulations that better protect people and animals in our province before, during and after an emergency.

+More information on emergency management in British Columbia.