Dogs, horses and peacocks were rescued from the LA fires. A charity waits for the owners
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Injured animals are still being taken into pet shelters. The pitbull mix arrived covered in ash, his paw pads ulcerated from walking on fire debris, his lungs choked with smoke. A good Samaritan found the dog lying in rubble, wrapped him in a blanket and brought him to the shelter.
![[A dog outside of a house burning as a result of the Eaton wildfire in Altadena, California, USA, 08 January 2025]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/12/09/SEI235390401.jpg)
Still too weak to walk on Saturday, Canela was reunited with his owner. The injured pet continues to receive medical treatment and is one of more than 400 animals that have arrived at the Pasadena Humane facility since the Southern California wildfires began last Tuesday.
![[A view of dog statue after burned a house in Pacific Palisades neighborhood during Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles, California, United States on January 11, 2025]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/12/09/SEI235712112.jpg)
Animal facilities, veterinarians and rescue organizations have taken in and assisted dogs, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep and other creatures that were displaced by the ongoing fires along with their human owners. The Humane Society began accepting animals as a temporary shelter as families evacuated their homes. But circumstances evolved, along with the widening disaster, which has left 13 people dead, burned 39,000 acres (157.83 square kilometers) and forced at least 153,000 people to leave their homes.
![[A dog being sheltered at the Pasadena Humane Society looks out from its kennel on January 10, 2025 in Pasadena, California]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/12/09/SEI235607118.jpg)
“We are now seeing more injured animals coming in,” said Dia DuVernet, president and chief executive of Pasadena Humane. We’re also starting to see people who brought their animals for what we thought would be temporary shelter, but they don’t have homes to go back to, and so it’s turning into a longer-term sheltering situation.”.
![[Evacuated residents from the Eaton Fire, carry a kennel with a dog as they seek shelter for it, at the Pasadena Humane Society in Pasadena, California, U.S. January 8, 2025]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/12/09/SEI235700084.jpg)
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