Dr. Jenifer Nadeau has developed a fact sheet on How to Prepare for Equine Disasters, the fourth in a series on best practices in effective horse management. The fact sheet reads:
“We have all watched the evening news and seen horses stranded in floods or have heard about the latest barn fire in our communities. First, some shocking statistics. Every year, floods in the United States cause $2 billion in damage and animals risk death from hypothermia or drowning. Annually more than 300,000 people are driven from their homes by floods. An estimated 20,000 agricultural fires per year result in $102 million in direct property loss.”