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DISASTER AND RECOVERY TEAM

The Okaloosa Disaster Animal Rescue Team (D.A.R.T.) responds to disasters in whatever way is needed. Sometimes we offer help to a local animal shelter. Other times we provide rescue assistance, removing animals from danger zones and when necessary, setting up a temporary animal shelters and command center.

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Assisting the animal victims of disasters is not a matter of animal needs over human needs. The bond between people and the animals they care about are strong. When we help animals who are caught in a disaster; we help the people who care about them.

We urge pet owners to develop a disaster plan that includes their pets and to make advance provisions to ensure that their pets have shelterin case of an emergency.

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Animals need no longer be the forgotten victims of disaster. Pet owners, government agencies, and disaster-relief and animal protection organizations can use education, planning, and coordination to evacuate, shelter, and care for animals when disaster strikes. Through the work of the Okaloosa D.A.R.T. and the support of people who care, we can protect animals from disaster.

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Evacuation Assistance:

Interested in joining The Okaloosa Disaster Animal Rescue Team (D.A.R.T.)? CLICK HERE for an application/profile form.

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Thank You From Hurricane Victims: 

The Kutos family were victims of Hurricane Katrina and were forced to leave their pets behind.  Their story was featured in Time Magazine and the Atlanta Journal.

 

September 30, 2005

Dear Dee,

I will never be able to thank you for all that you did. I have enclosed the newspaper article about the Humane Society and also an article from Time Magazine. My son and his father owned three of the cats you saved as well as the dog you found in my attic with Danny. You did a much better job with the animals than anyone did for my son and his father. We’re all fine now so I won’t complain.

Thank you again for your loving care of all the animals.

Becky Kutos

Questions about volunteering?

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Shelter Hours 

Shelter: Monday thru Sunday 9am - 5pm

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LOCATION 

752 Lovejoy Road NW

Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

ADOPTION Hours 

Monday thru Sunday

10am - 430pm

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Assisted Shelter Walk-throughs begin at 11am

TO RECLAIM A PET 

Monday-Sunday

8am - 5pm

Thursdays until 6pm

 

Please utilize our Animal Control Tab for instructions on reclaiming an owned pet

ANIMAL CONTROL

Monday thru Friday

8am - 5pm

 

After hours, holidays and weekends are emergency calls only.

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Emergency Calls Definition

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Dangerous Dog Hearings

Notice of Hearing:

Wednesday May 8th, 2024 10 AM 

Location: 25 Walter Martin RD, NE, Suite 200

Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

Wednesday April 10, 2024 at 10AM CST

Location: 25 Walter Martin RD, NE, Suite 200

Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

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CONTACT

Animal Control & Humane Society

850-243-1525

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After Hours Emergencies

850-685-6003

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Lost & Found Pets:

customerservice@paws-shelter.org

animalcontrol@paws-shelter.org

PAWS is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Federal Tax ID #59-0815515 

Contributions to the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society are tax-deductible as allowable by law.  

Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Registration #CH5664 

A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE 1-800-435-7352 WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.

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