Helping Pets to Help People

"If you are in that kind of dire situation and you have a pet that is part of your family ... having that trauma of losing them on top of everything you are dealing with is traumatic and it does effect the rest of the community..."

Romy Maimon,

Founder, The Emergency Pet Care Program

Why does helping pets matter?

If losing your home isn’t traumatic enough, imagine what happens when you realize some of your family members – the ones with fur - have no options.  Romy Maimon, Founder of the Emergency Pet Care Program, wants to change the equation -- and says that helping pets in crisis really means helping people in crisis as well.

Why do people lose their home?

On the Cape people lose their homes for a myriad of reasons, reasons often not within their control. For example, natural and financial disasters, fires, illness, or sale of a property. In addition, the dual housing market pressures of less inventory and higher prices have squeezed residents and  created a new set of housing challenges.

What does homelessness mean for pets?

Short term housing options for humans - places like emergency shelters, temporary housing, transitional housing, and motels - rarely accept pets. This means the human and furred family members are separated and the pet often ends permanently lost. For many people this compounds tragedy and on tragedy and for the animal this could mean anything from rehoming to worse.

What is the Emergency Pet Care Program?

Mamion has been working over the past several years to bring together a coordinated group of resources that can jump in and find foster homes or temporary shelter/boarding space for family pets, as well as provide veterinary and related services as needed. Pet owners know their pets are in a safe place and when they are ready to reunite, the pets will be ready as well.

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More information about this topic

Visit the Emergency Pet Care Project https://www.eviealo.com/emergency-pet-care-program.html