Firefighters ask to help animals affected by fire in California

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Police and firefighters in California during raging forest fires are focused primarily on the rescue and evacuation of people.

But they often find and save pets, writes Today.

Six forest fires in the southern part of the state burned more than 175 000 acres (70 ha) of the territory; more than 90 000 people were evacuated from their homes. 8 December it became known that 70-year-old Virginia Pesola, who was the first victim of these fires, died in the fire.

Rescuers and volunteers are doing everything possible to save lives and animals. And anyone can help with this.

One of the best ways is to provide support to pet shelters in the affected regions.

Randy Friedman, a representative of the Ventura County Livestock Service (VCAS), said that due to the fires in their shelters, there are many more animals than usual, thus evacuated people are trying to ensure the safety of their pets.

In addition, all lost animals are taken to the shelters. Usually in the shelters of the service are about 400 pets; now there care more about 1000 pets.

8 December An elderly woman brought her three dogs to one of the shelters, one of which is 17 years old. She was not allowed to take the animals with her to the evacuation shelter, so she decided to leave them at the shelter. Since there were no more places in the nursery, a new nursery was quickly organized in the director's office of the shelter.

Due to the growing number of pets, the needs of the shelter are growing. VCAS regularly updates list of necessary things in connection with the fire, and also reports on changes in the situation on his page in Facebook.

Friedman noted that another priority is to bring the animals home as soon as possible in order to make room for other affected pets, and urged their owners to take their animals as soon as possible. Because of the fires, the shelter temporarily stopped issuing homeless animals to those wishing to take them to new owners, but this procedure will soon resume.

Community Humane Society Ventura County is also working in an emergency mode, the organization is open around the clock and is ready to send rescuers to evacuate animals, and its representatives are looking for and collecting injured or lost animals on the streets.

A representative of the organization, Frankie Williams, said that the best and fastest way to help their shelter now is a financial donation.

Los Angeles animal shelters also need help.

The Los Angeles Livestock Department is looking for people who can temporarily take on one or more animals until the fire-related crisis passes and shelters return to normal operation.

In addition, those who want to take a homeless animal to themselves on an ongoing basis are urged to do so as soon as possible in order to make room for pets that need help.

Help is needed not only for cats and dogs, 30 horses that were badly hit by fire were evacuated from the fire zone. They were evacuated by the organization. The Gentle Barn's Emergency Animal Rescue Service.

Co-founder Jay Weiner calls on anyone who cares about animals, to provide financial support to the organization to cover the cost of animal evacuations. Besides, The gentle barn looking for those who want to help them and take part in the expansion of rescue missions.

If you want to help wildlife affected by fires, the best option would be to donate money. California Wildlife Center. This is a non-profit organization that primarily deals with the rescue of rabbits, which most often suffer from fires.

#LAPD personnel from various divisions are assisting at the #CreekFire. Here we see some of our Metropolitan Division Mounted Unit Officers assisting with evacuations of horses ?GregDoyle50 pic.twitter.com/2voBXk0m3M

- LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) December 6, 2017

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