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Selfless veterinarians and nurses have set up a makeshift animal clinic in an abandoned hospital to treat hundreds of animals that were left to be burned alive in the California wildfires.
There are 576 at the Del Oro County Hospital building in Oroville and all are being cared for the North Valley Animal Disaster Group.
Among the residents are 258 cats, 188 dogs, 76 chickens, 41 birds – including a handful of brightly colored parrots – and five rabbits.
Larger animals have been transported to the Butte County Showgrounds in Gridley, California and another is being operated in Chico.
‘We work with Butte County Animal control and we’re sheltering close to 600 animals – chickens, ducks, geese,’ said shelter lead, Karen Falconer, 62, of Oroville, California.
Vets have filled the defunct Del Oro County Hospital building in Oroville to care for stranded animals that were left for dead in the Camp Fire last week and over the weekend
A veterinary assistant tend to animals in their cages in the animal hospital in Oroville on Tuesday
In addition to the dogs, cats and geese were chickens and exotic birds. Some are wild and some are pets which were left behind or whose owners perished
The shelter has been set up inside the Del Oro County Hospital building in Oroville which has not been used for years
A cat with charred paws is among the hundreds of animals being looked after inside the hospital by volunteer nurses and vets
The cat had its singed paws treated before they were wrapped up. Hundreds of animals died in the fires
The staff had to gently clean the cat’s charred paws of debris and treat the burns before wrapping them up
A dog with a burned paw and nose was also treated at the clinic on Tuesday. The vets said the animals burned themselves trying to flee from the flames
‘We have a lot of burned animals. We have some California Veterinary Medical Corps here which is a luxury.
‘Any issue we have, they’re taking care of it. What we do is animals come when firefighters pick them up, and we take those.
‘When owners come in in a panic, we’re here to help them out. We try to find a way to make their life have some balance again.’
The volunteers run entirely on donations through their website here. She asked the public for donations, saying: ‘I really need you to help us.’
‘Everything we do is out of our pockets. Driving, gas, doing evacuations. We do trainings all year long for this kind of thing.
‘We have a lot of burned animals, just sensitive or not. What we do is stray animals come in or the firefighters pick them up, we take those, when owners come in in a panic — we’re here to help them out.
‘It’s not as hard for me as it is for the evacuation teams… what they are seeing in the field is extremely bad.’
Inside the shelter, room, after room, was packed with lost pets, while in the courtyard were cages filled with burned-out chickens and geese.
Vet tech Sara Anderson, 28, of Rocklin, California, told DailyMail.com that the hardest part of her job is trying to make the animals understand that she is trying to help.
She said: ‘They can’t tell us what’s hurting, they don’t know what’s going on, they got burned and they don’t know where their family is. It’s hard – that’s the worst bit.’
Anderson, who is working at the shelter with volunteer vet Dr. Brenda Gedhard, 58, added: ‘They run through all that heat and stuff and it burns them.
Sara Anderson cradles a small dog whose four paws were singed in the fire. She is one of the selfless volunteers from the North Valley Animal Disaster Group
A dog with a burned nose rests on blankets inside the clinic. In addition to the 51 people who have died in the fires, California’s pets and wildlife have been under immense threat
Sara Anderson feeds a cockatoo inside the animal hospital. In addition to the hundreds of cats and dogs that have been rescued, there are 41 birds inside the shelter
A dog looks forlorn in its cage in the animal hospital in Oroville. It is one of thousands around California that have been displaced
A parrot nibbles on feed inside its cage in the overrun shelter on Tuesday while assistant Sara Anderson tends to others
A litter of puppies fight for food inside their cage at the hospital. They did not appear to be seriously injures but had been left
A parrot in its cage squawks for attention at the Oroville animal shelter on Tuesday
The staff sprang into action when the fires took hold last week . They have since received help from the California Veterinary Medical Corps
Karen Falconer, a volunteer in the disused hospital, dotes on a small dog that is one of the hundreds in the shelter
‘It’s kind of like the skin on your hands – if we were to walk on coals or fire or anything like that, we would burn all the skin on our hands.
‘Depending on how bad they are, we have to do daily bandages with these guys. After that, it’s every one or two days depending on the doctor’s discretion.’
In Chico, California, the municipal airport has been turned into a shelter where pet owners are being reunited with their missing animals.
One of the hopefuls was Nathaniel Garrison, 31, of Paradise, whose home was razed by the Camp Fire and who was looking for his orange and white tabby cat, Nacho.
‘His name is Nacho, he’s an orange tabby cat,’ Garrison said. ‘He’s nine years old and he’s an indoor-outdoor cat.
‘Normally when I wake up in the morning before work, I’ll see him out. He’ll come meet me, I’ll feed him, get him water and then I’ll go to work. That morning I didn’t see him.
He added: ‘We picked up the neighbor and her kids [when the fire struck] and we just had no room in the car and the cat was gone. Long gone.
‘I’ve heard stories of people finding their cats five years after the fire. Even if I can’t find him at the shelter, I still got hope.’
His uncle, Gary Francisco, 74, was worried about his two dogs Fluffbutt and Brutus who he had had to leave behind in his RV when the Camp Fire arrived in Paradise.
He said: ‘According to the maps, it didn’t burn. They said it was a hotspot and it didn’t burn. But if it didn’t burn, they’re still in that motorhome and they need to get out of there.
‘But I can’t go up there to get them.’
Chelsea and Chris Ayres, both 30 and of Paradise, were looking for their eight-year-old Siamese-mix cat Tweak.
‘The morning before, hours before the fire started, she got out of our house and she didn’t end up being back in time and we had to leave,’ Chris told DailyMail.com.
‘Hopefully she made it. We heard cats are resilient so hopefully she made it.’
His wife added: ‘It would be amazing to get her back. It would mean hope. Our house is gone. We just got our dogs out and our kid and that was it.’
Although Garrison’s two Peking ducks Donald and Daisy survived – albeit singed – he told DailyMail.com that being reunited with Nacho would be like having a missing piece back.
He said: ‘I was born in Paradise, lived there my whole life and now everything is gone. It’s amazing the ducks survived – we clipped their wings three days before.
Cody Hilgenberg donates animal food at the Chico Municipal Airport (left). A woman cradles a dog at the airport. People have been both dropping animals off there and going to look for their pets
People walk dogs on leashes at the Chico Municipal Airport in California on Tuesday
Volunteers stack up donated dog food, blankets and pillows at the Chico Municipal Airport on Tuesday
‘We ended up having to let them out of their pen. But having Nacho back would mean a lot to the family.
‘That’s one of the missing pieces. I think everyone around here has missing pieces right now.’
Outside the shelter, lines of people could be seen brandishing photos of the pets they hoped to be reunited with.
Others who do not have pets of their own have been trying to help reunite owners with animals they find in their yards or near their homes.
Paradise resident Jeff Hill said he had been scouting his neighborhood over the weekend when he discovered a helpless horse trapped inside someone’s swimming pool.
Hill wrote in a Facebook post: ‘As I was checking to see if someone’s house was standing, we stumbled upon this girl who had given up and had the look of defeat in her eyes.
‘There’s no telling how long she was there but she was shivering uncontrollably… she was all caught up in the pool cover but her being suspended by it prevented her from drowning.’
Hill unhooked the pool cover and assisted the horse to the shallow end and onto the steps, where helped her out of the water to safety. The horse luckily survived.
Paradise resident Jeff Hill was scouting his neighborhood this weekend after returning home. He discovered this helpless horse trapped inside a backyard pool
Hill said: ‘As I was checking to see if someone’s house was standing, we stumbled upon this girl who had given up and had the look of defeat in her eyes’
Hill is pictured assisting the horse to the shallow end of the pool and out of the water
Thanks to Hill’s efforts, the horse survived. Hill said: ‘She got out, shook off, loved on us for a few minutes as a thank you and walked off assuring us that she was OK’
‘She got out, shook off, loved on us for a few minutes as a thank you and walked off assuring us that she was OK,’ Hill said in the post.
The happy ending wasn’t the outcome for many other animals.
Tear-jerking photographs show burnt and injured cats and a crying kitten receiving treatment thanks to the Little Angels Project, which is helping animals hurt in the blazes.
The more seriously-injured cats were transported for rest to the Project’s hospital in Agoura Hills.
A German Shepard was found hanging from a fence with badly-burnt paws. The dog can be seen in photos lying in his recovery bed with casts on all four legs.
A terrier was photographed getting readied for an operation to fix a broken jaw after being hit by a car fleeing the fires.
There were happier moments as well — of firefighters and residents tending to animals, feeding them and providing much-needed affection.
A traumatized kitten is pictured after receiving treatment through the Little Angels Project, which is helping animals hurt in the blazes
The kitten’s burnt paws are seen in this close-up shot. An unknown number of pets and wild animals have died in the flames
Another heartbreaking photograph taken from inside the animal hospital shows the severity of the kitten’s injuries
This black and white cat survived the deadly wildfires. Others were laid to rest
This German Shepard was found hanging from a fence with badly burnt paws this week in the California wildfires
The dog is seen laying in his recovery bed with casts covering all four legs
A terrier is also seen as it is readied for an operation to fix its jaw which was broken when the pooch was hit by a car fleeing the fire
A cat is treated for its injuries caused by the Woolsey Fire in Woodland Hills, southern California
Dakota Semler stands with ‘Stanley’ the giraffe at the Malibu Wine Safari in Malibu on November 13
Los Angeles County firefighter Aurelio Sanchez feeds a camel stranded by wildfires in Malibu on November 13
Deer walk through an area destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California on November 13
An injured swan is pictured inside its cage after being rescued this week from the wildfire aftermath
Meanwhile, a tabby cat found with serious injures in a wildfire ravaged street in Paradise, northern California has tragically died, animal activists said.
A picture of the cat, nicknamed Billiegirl on social media after the road where she was found on Sunday, was shared all over the world as a miracle rescue, but unfortunately the animal did not survive its injuries.
An organization of animal lovers known as California Wildfire Pets which has been trying to reunite lost animals with their owners disclosed the news on Facebook.
They had earlier posted: ‘Are you missing an orange tabby kitty from the area of Billie Rd in Paradise?’ with a picture of the cat in the hope its family could be found.
Billiegirl the cat became one of thousands of animals who have perished in the deadly wildfires ravaging the state of California.
More tragic images from animal clinics or during rescue efforts show a cat in a makeshift incubator, a bunny rabbit whose ears were burned off by the flames and emergency workers desperately ferrying animals from the edge of the fires to safety.
Rest in peace: The badly burned cat was pictured cowering in agony before animal rescuers could take it to a veterinary center, after it was discovered near a residential block in Paradise, California on Sunday
A local animal activist group helping to reunite pets and owners announced that the tabby cat, nicknamed Billiegirl, had not survived her injuries
A rabbit suffering from burns struggles to find safety, as the Woolsey Fire continues to burn near Malibu in California
A badly burned bunny was rescued from the fires and treated for its wounds
The Camp Fire devastating Northern California, and the Woolsey Fire, which is currently raging near Malibu in the south, have forced residents to flee their homes, and have left many unable to also save their beloved pets.
As the confirmed human death toll of the Camp Fire reached 48 as of late Tuesday, with the flames having levelled more than 7,100 homes and other buildings, it now ranks as the deadliest and most destructive wildfire on record in California.
It is not officially known how many animals — wild or pets — have been killed or injured in the wildfires, which have been raging since Thursday, but it is thought to be at least several thousand.
Urgent evacuation orders have seen many animals abandoned, including horses and other farm animals, with residents potentially underestimating how damaging the fire would become.
As well as pets, Northern California area is home to a myriad of wild animals, including several types of deer, black bears, bobcats, elks and cougars, and the Butte County area where Camp Fire burns hosts several wildlife sanctuaries.
Other common forest creatures are coyotes, raccoons, squirrels, skunks and foxes as well as a number of birds and snakes.
A dog is treated for severe burns on its paws from the Woolsey Fire. Volunteer veterinarians with Veterinary Angels and The Little Angels Project, created a mash tent at Pierce College to treat animals injured or displaced by the fires
Shiloh, a two-year-old golden retriever, has suffered burns to her face and needs veterinarian treatment, but her owner, Cathy Fallon is refusing to leave her property because authorities will then not allow her to return due to the evacuation order
Cathy Fallon pets her dog Shiloh outside their burned-down home in Paradise, California
A cat is treated by workers at the Little Animals Project in LA after they were found with burns in the Woolsey fire
Equine veterinarian Jesse Jellison carries an injured goose to a waiting transport during the Camp Fire in Paradise
Dr. Maritxu Ravenscroft with Veterinary Angels and The Little Angels Project, looks over treatment notes for animals displaced by the fire
These two cats were injured in the wildfires and volunteers posted these pictures of them to try and reunite them with their owners
Oceans 8 Sandra Bullock has donated $100,000 donation to The Humane Society of Ventura County (file photo)
Volunteers and professionals have bandied together to try to rescue as many as possible, helped by donations from animal lovers — including Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock.
The Oceans 8 actress has donated $100,000 donation to The Humane Society of Ventura County, which announced the generous boost on their Facebook page.
‘Our efforts for rescuing and caring for evacuated animals from the Hill and Woolsey fires had caught her [Ms Bullock’s] attention and her team reached out to the shelter to show their support,’ the organization, which operates in southern California, wrote.
‘Sandra Bullock and her family have reached out to other nonprofit organizations both during this incident and in the past.
‘However, this time she wanted to contribute to those on the frontline rescuing animals in peril and hope others will choose to do the same.’
‘The HSVC pledges to care for these animals for as long as is needed or until their owners feel comfortable in safely reuniting their families.’
Members of the UC Davis Veterinary Emergency Response Team, Ashley Nola, left, and Catherine McFarren, right, tend to burns on a dog that was brought in to the Butte County Fair Grounds where large animals are being sheltered during the Camp Fire
Many larger animals have been taken to the Butte County Fair as nearby communities are ordered to evacuate
Horses are evacuated by members of the Humane Society of Ventura County from an area affected by a wildfire in Malibu, California
A horse is seen as members of the Humane Society of Ventura County evacuate animals from an area affected by a wildfire in Malibu
A donkey rests on a roadside as the Camp Fire burns in Big Bend, California
A makeshift animal clinic has been set up in the Butte County Fair Grounds, 30 miles south of Paradise, at the weekend, where emergency service veterinarians tended to dogs with burned paws and fur.
Goats and horses have also found temporary shelter at the Fair Grounds as the Camp Fire continues to burn through the region, fueled by high winds in Butte County.
In Big Bend, Fire Captain Steve Millosovich carried a cage full of cats that were found abandoned in the road after the Camp Fire.
Elsewhere, celebrities including Khloe Kardashian and Ariel Winter slammed a wine estate in Malibu for allegedly abandoning a giraffe.
Malibu Wines which owns the Saddlerock Ranch where some exotic animals are kept, had reportedly abandoned Stanley the giraffe to his fate.
Stanley the giraffe, one of several exotic animals at Saddlerock Ranch, is shrouded in smoke in the aftermath of the Woosley Fire. The animals on the ranch survived, but several buildings on the property we destroyed or damaged by the fire
Images of Stanley in his pen with the fires raging behind him were shared on social media
Pictures emerging from Stanley’s enclosure show him standing near a fence just meters away from scorched earth caused by the devastating fires and flames in the background.
Saddlerock Ranch claimed in a statement last week that the animals were being evacuated, however this has been disputed by activists, including actress Whitney Cummings who visited the site on Saturday and found Stanley in his pen.
The ranch said all animals on the ranch survived, but several buildings on the property we destroyed or damaged by the fire.
‘House gone, hope the dogs got out’: Desperate owners post images of their beloved pets on social media as they search for animals missing in the California wildfires
Pet owners across California have turned to social media in the hopes that their beloved animals lost in the wildfires may have survived the flames.
Facebook groups such as Cowboy 911 and Camp Fire Pet Rescue and Reunification are being inundated with posts by worried local residents.
Many are pleading for help to find cats, dogs, horses and even pigs which they were forced to leave behind during the urgent evacuations last week, or were unable to locate in time.
Facebook groups helping California wildfire survivors are being inundated with posts by owners from across the state who were unable to take their pets with them when they evacuated their homes
Dozens of posts are being shared online, containing pictures of pets in happier times, as owners express their hope that their four-legged friend is one of the lucky ones to have been rescued.
‘Our pug Nahla was trapped in the house, if she is found or was rescued please contact me. She is very loved, she is our baby,’ as a caption to a picture of an adorable pug wearing a a pink flower tiara around her waist.
‘House is gone. Hoping they got out,’ another writes on a post urging anyone who has spotted eight pets including a dachshund puppyu and a labrador, to get in touch.
Another missing pet is a large pig named Sumo who is still missing from near Chico, California.
Many veterinary centers and sanctuaries in the areas of the Camp Fire, Woolsey Fire and Hill Fire are in turn posting pictures of saved animals, some with horrific injuries, to try to track down their owners.
This has seen a few sunshine stories, such as that of a badly injured female cat picked up in Paradise, California.
Thanks to the cat’s unique markings, its owner was able to identify it as its one-year-old pet.
The North Valley Animal Disaster Group is currently accepting donations for animal rescue efforts. To make a donation, please click here.
The North Valley Animal Disaster Group is currently accepting online donations for animal rescue efforts
The owner of Boo Boo the cat has posted a picture of their ‘handsome little kitty’ on a Facebook group for pet owners who are looking for their animals lost in the wildfires
Sumo the pig is still missing after the Camp Fire in northern California
The owners of this male tabby cat called ‘Kitty Friend’ hope to be able to find him
These two horses were found running around in Paradise, California, and an alert was posted on Facebook by a group set up to help reunite owners and rescued pets
This heartbreaking image was shared by a woman working at a veterinary centre after the badly burned cat was picked up in Paradise, California, and appears to have since been identified by its owners who spotted the Facebook post
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