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PICKERING -- Pets will have to stay home during this year's Ribfest in Pickering. In the first year of the Pickering Ribfest, put on by the Rotary clubs of Ajax and Pickering in 2008, there...

Humane Society gives tips for prepping pets for flooding (The Fort Dodge Messenger)

It's possible there won't be an ark ready to file all the animals in two-by-two if the predicted flooding hits. So it will be up to pet owners to make plans for their four-legged family members ahead of time, according to Laurie Hagey, executive director of the Humane Society of North Central Iowa. "You love your pets, they're like members of the family," Hagey sai.