Founder of a Japanese Veterinary Team Advocates Pet Owners to Prepare for Disasters

63-year-old Veterinarian Toshihiro Funatsu advises pet owners to make their pets be familiar with people other than themselves. Another important point to follow is to make the pets get accustomed to traveling and other places other than the owner’s home.

This is to reduce the chances of pets feeling separation anxiety or other forms of stress in case a disaster strikes that could potentially cause a displacement. Funatsu said, "A pet will like a carrier if by putting food inside you make it think that it's a place where they get to eat."

This message is brought as a reminder of the Great East Japan Earthquake that destroyed the city of Yukihashi in Fukuoka Prefecture.

Source: The Mainichi

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