For the past weeks, some of the largest wildfires ever seen have devastated parts of northern California. For a lot of of us, our thoughts not only go to the lots of people who have lots their homes, but also to the animals, especially the cats, affected by these fires. Thankfully, there are lots of organizations that are helping with animal rescue efforts, and they can all use our help.
ASPCA
At the request of the Lake county animal care & control and its animal disaster action team, Lake Evacuation & animal protection (LEAP), the ASPCA is on the ground in Lake and Mendocino counties, assisting local agencies with field rescues and emergency sheltering for cats, dogs, birds and livestock displaced by the wildfires currently spreading across the area. leap and ASPCA responders will continue checking individual residences for family pets and livestock left behind, as well as conducting wellness checks requested by pet owners to supply food and water for their animals who may be in need. Click here to make a donation.
Two of the cats being cared for by Haven Humane Society
Haven county Humane Society
The Haven county Humane society in Anderson, CA has taken in and is treating many cats with burns. You can see some of the cats they’re working with on their Facebook page. You can donate through their Facebook page or website.
Photo at top of post by means of ASPCA, all other photos by means of Haven Humane society Facebook page
Ingrid King
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11 comments on how to help animals affected by the northern California Wildfires
Jeannine says:
August 17, 2018 at 10:27 pm
Haven Humane sent a lot of of the animals that were in their care prior to the Carr fire to rescue groups and shelters in the Bay area and Sacramento area. No animals were euthanized to make room for the fire victims.
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Lilo Huhle-Poelzl says:
August 15, 2018 at 3:44 pm
Hi, Ingrid,
Thank you for giving links to web sites where we can donate for animals affected by the California wildfires. I was waiting for such info, and we’ll certainly donate.
We ourselves (living in Utah) have been evacuated with all of our animals (15 cats, 2 dogs, 8 chickens) considering that July 3rd, when we received a mandatory evacuation buy due to a wildfire that threatened the escape route from our canyon. The mandatory evacuation buy was lifted about an hour later because the wind direction had shifted, when we had just all of our 15 cats in our bug-out automobile (a small school bus purchased for this purpose). Yet we made a decision to go ahead and evacuate anyway for the time of the wildfire season (probably until the first significant snowfall), as this had been the 3rd wildfire threatening delighted Cats Ranch considering that May, when we had to drop everything and return in a hurry from Salt Lake City, where we had been for doctors’ appointments.
We are lucky to have a fairly comfortable place to evacuate to (a rental home we own in town, which had been vacant considering that may of last year). The cats are now fairly accustomed to the new place, and we let them out when we are home (even though the place is in a subdivision within city limits, where actually only 4 family pets are allowed). We had a kennel for the dogs built in a hurry (because our dogs are not house-clean and also take off at every given chance). The chickens were moved to a suitable facility where our petsitter lives, on the other end of town. Unfortunately, there was a fatality. The rooster (who had to be kept separate from his hens because he was very aggressive towards some hens) suffered a heat stroke the day after the chickens had been evacuated (during the night) because my spouse had figured out the shade wrong in the dark. While this rooster had been nothing but trouble, we felt extremely sorry for him.
We ourselves have been rotating between 6 properties, taking care of our animals and plants. We are absolutely exhausted. and because of the smoke from the substantial wildfires in Utah, Nevada, and California, I battle with asthma. thank God for antihistamines! (Btw, I am only affected by the smoke that smells like burnt toast, which I assume is from burnt-down houses. wood smoke does not affect me.) Yet we are so lucky in comparison to other people affected by wildfires.
Lilo
P.S. how is this lady (suffering from cancer) doing who has this cat road-circus? We had wanted to donate, but considering that we have been hopping from one calamity into another (including health problems), we never got around to donate. would you still have the link to her web site handy?
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