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  1. Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA

    Ashley K. Farmer

  2. University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

    Sarah E. DeYoung

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Farmer, A.K., DeYoung, S.E. (2019). Emergency Management: Pets. In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_108-2

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