Having Pets Does Influence Decision Making — ASN Events
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11:00AM - 11:30AM
Throsby Room

Having Pets Does Influence Decision Making

Dr Melanie Taylor
Senior Research Fellow
University of Western Sydney

The influences on individual and family decision making in crisis events are many. Evidence from man-made and natural disasters in Australia and internationally point to pets as being a factor in the decision making of many people.
Part of the new Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre (BNHCRC) work will look at decision making in the bush fire context in detail. It is important for engagement practitioners to realise and accept that pets are a critical element of decision making for many.