Workshop seminar “How to evacuate with your pets?” [Japan]
On 24th November, an importer/distributor company who sells pet-related products and Myanmar goods, La Shicu organized a workshop seminar in Kakogawa City, Hyogo with the theme “How to evacuate with your pets?”, where SEEDS Asia was invited as a speaker. This seminar was about learning the basic concept of DRR; knowing municipal hazard maps; and town-watching to better understand the community which lead to disaster preparedness.
In the summer 2018, West Japan including Kansai Region experienced a lot of earthquakes and typhoons which brought about great devastation. However, many local governments have not established a system to accept evacuation of pets in separate facilities from humans, much less in the same facilities. Another lecturer who is an owner of a pet salon as well as a certified instructor of evacuation with pets, introduced how to regularly discipline pets in view of evacuation in emergencies, what to prepare, and how to collaborate with pet salons: all the episodes showcased that disaster countermeasures for pets is required from their owners.
