ian16th Blimey! Where did you get that from?
I was one of the wardens that had to regularly visit families in my area, to ensure they were ready to leave, if and when instructed to do so and read out those orders, to dispel rumours.
I recall going to one house and as I was reading the instructions to them two little poodles came into the room. The wife picked them up making a great fuss of them, telling me they were her babies.
When I read out the instruction that pets were to be left behind and arrangements would be made for them to be humanely destroyed
the poor woman was naturally distraught. Difficult times.