Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Animal welfare disasters can result from disease outbreaks, wars, famines, extreme weather events, failures of power, infrastructure or machinery, and from chronic pet overpopulation. Responses are often crisis driven and poorly coordinated, and focused on people, with animals little considered. This video summarises animal welfare impacts that may result from disasters, and introduces strategies for planning and responding to disasters to mitigate their animal welfare impacts.