Ready or not: Evacuating an animal shelter during a mock emergency

Anthrozoos

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-364

  Irvine, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal shelters; Disaster planning; Disasters; Emergencies; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38349087585     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279307X245482     Document Type: Article

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