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Animals aren't any better equipped to survive an emergency than humans are. Few people missed the fact that after Hurricane Katrina, people died because buses and emergency shelters wouldn't allow their animals.

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Ingrid Newkirk
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 11
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Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk
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