This paper explores the Indian livestock farmers’ perceptions about the effectiveness of the managemental practices suggested to mitigate various disasters situations. Ex-post facto research design reinforced with exploratory research was followed. Data were collected from four disaster prone states regarding the management practices being followed by them in Assam and Bihar with regard to flood and flash flood, landslide, cloud burst and cold wave in Himachal Pradesh and Drought in Madhya Pradesh. Semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions at the community level through Participatory Rural Appraisal technique were employed to collect relevant data. By using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 26, data obtained through semi-structured interviews were subjected to quantitative analysis to generate percentages for several variables and cross-tabulation analyses between selected variables. Livestock farmers of Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar perceived untethering the animals in case of emergency and storage of fodder at elevated places were the practices followed by all the respondents and majority of the farmers perceived that storage of fodder at elevated places, transporting the animals in pack, immediate reporting the death of animals, pre monsoon vaccination, shifting of large animals to safe places prior to flood were the effective practices in case of flood disasters. In case of drought situations, farmers belonged to Madya Pradesh perceived the practices viz., storage of fodder and feed, reducing the herd size either by selling or by sending them to the relatives and participation in establishment of fodder banks at community level were the most effective practices to overcome the hardship. Overall, the farmers considered the implementation of disaster preparedness at community and village level is the need of the hour. The study concluded that since the livestock farmers were the first victim in any type of animal disasters, training and field tours are to be organized for them to develop their capacity to cope with concerned disasters. Training programmes are to be organized for veterinarians to impart knowledge and skills about animal disaster management to manage disasters effectively.