Hurricane Matthew's consequences for animals

[Catherine]

I have put off posting because there is so much information.  First let me say that the extreme storms are a related to climate change so we do have some responsibility for the consequences of them.

Animals have suffered because of this storm.

Factory Farms are death traps
http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0

Waste material from factory farms will damage the environment and bring harm to wild animals.

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&ur...CorLU7FIMw



https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&ur...n73hfpjBNg

The alligator farm seems to have been the only ones who were prepared.
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&ur...KDxkR_Y8Dw

I love the storks in the bathroom idea. They were safe.
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&ur...GajIgI-_bg

I knew I had seen the picture somewhere.

Usually we talk about pets during a disaster. Sometimes we talk about wildlife.  This time the issue is factory farms. Clearly they were not built to protect the animals during a storm like this. I am sure there were no plans to evacuate the animals. After all, they are insured like other property.  We know these big farms are deadly during a fire. It seems they are deadly on a larger scale during a hurricane or any other flooding. They are deadly to the animals and the waste material is going to be deadly for some time to come.