Ours wasn’t either. Actually we never really needed to move them but at the time the fire was the worst we’ve seen so we thought it better to be prepared than to be caught off guard and have to set them lose.We also evacuated when our evacuation zone got an Evacuation Warning, so it wasn't mandatory yet. They suggest moving out during the warning phase if you have animals. Our zone was never under mandatory evacuation.
Good suggestion about the net to catch them. I need to get one.
Another thing is that when we have fires here, folks in safer areas will go on social media and offer up pasture/stable space and offer to move animals. And we have the volunteer organization. But if the fire is moving too fast, you just gotta grab them and run. We modified a trailer to be able to fit our animals, but I would probably just load everyone into the SUV if we have to move really fast. Or let them loose, but that is too horrible for me to think about.
Yeah we had people offering pasture space too, but they were inundated with animals to care for because there were that many people that needed to move their pets.
Jeez. I can’t believe it’s nearly 3 years since the bushfires here.