The government is aiming to make it easier for people to evacuate home with their pets in a natural disaster by ensuring they have information on where to go.The Environment Ministry is preparing a checklist for local governments with a view to making it simpler for pet owners to find out which shelters accept dogs, cats and other pets, officials said.In past major natural disasters in Japan, including powerful earthquakes that struck Kumamoto Prefecture and its vicinity in 2016, some people were forced to stay in their cars after they were turned away from shelters because they were accomp…READ FULL ARTICLE
