How your support helped animals affected by the LA wildfires

Pasadena Humane Society

Emergency treatment and care in Pasadena Humane ICUs continue for animals who were impacted by the fires; injuries include severe burns, singed fur and smoke inhalation. The animals being treated are cats, dogs and even wildlife like bobcats. Since the fires started, over 1,000 animals have come through the doors of their shelter.

Search and Rescue operations in the burn zones have now concluded, as residents begin to repopulate those areas. A pet pantry is available to provide continued supplies and support to evacuees who own animals. 

The hard work continues with the goal of reuniting the 200 lost pets that were found during the fires and caring for 100 dogs who have been placed in their emergency boarding system.

Best Friends Animal Society

Best Friends Animal Society moved more than 1,700 animals out of LA Animal shelters clearing much needed space that was required for lost, injured and displaced pets during the fires. They did this by:

• Offering stipends to local partner organizations to enable them to move 1,200 dogs and cats into their own programs to get them adopted or fostered into loving homes.
• Working with Wings of Rescue to transport 300 dogs and cats by plane to their centers in Salt Lake City, New York City and their sanctuary in Kanab, Utah.
• Enabled over 552 Los Angeles residents to foster or adopt pets in their own homes.

Best Friends Animal Society also distributed more than 20,000 pet food and supply items to nearly 400 families in need.

Now, Best Friends is focusing on continuing to promote the adoptions and fostering of animals across Los Angeles, supporting their mission of a No Kill LA shelter system.

San Diego Humane Society

During the fires, the San Diego Humane Society provided critical help by taking animals out of the LA Shelter system in order to create room for lost, injured and displaced pets. They transferred a total of 47 adoptable pets into their shelter.

Their Emergency Response Team spent 8 days on the front lines responding to 123 calls to help evacuate and care for 55 animals in need. They also provided veterinarian support to Pasadena Humane’s ICU operations.

Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center

Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center received and supported wild animals who were injured in the fire areas. Injuries treated ranged from smoke inhalation, burned feathers and soot removal.

Some of the wildlife species they have been treating these last few weeks are peafowls, bunnies, opossums and raccoons. Just recently, they successfully released two fire victim opossums back into the wild after rehabilitation.

Their work continues to support and rehabilitate Southern California’s diverse wildlife species.

Bunny World Foundation

Bunny World Foundation tragically lost the location where they hold foster and adoption events in the Eaton Fire severely limiting their ability in the future to place rescued bunnies with adoptees and fosters.

Despite this, they have mobilized their network and aided over 110 bunnies from evacuated families to be placed into caring fosters temporarily.