People and their animals in emergencies : snapshots from past emergency events

Rachel Westcott

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    Abstract

    People attach emotionally to animals. This is particularly demonstrated at times of stress, with natural hazard emergency events such as bushfires and floods being peak stress times. As a descriptive review, this paper considers visual and written evidence from past prominent emergencies that records interaction between people and animals. From these key examples some recurring common themes emerge.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)62-65
    Number of pages4
    JournalAustralian Journal of Emergency Management
    Volume30
    Issue number2
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Keywords

    • animals
    • emergencies
    • emergency management

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