During the rescue operations conducted by the owners or volunteers, other animals were found. Kevin McInnis reported that the rescue efforts were not limited to just dogs and cats, but also included rare species. Among them was a merino who perished in the first night of the fire in "Pasadena Humane." After more than 10 days since the start of the fires in the second largest county in the U.S., the shelter still houses about 400 animals, including rabbits, turtles, and birds, such as various colored doves - green, red, and blue.
One of the owners of these animals, unable to return home, came to check on his pets - Winston Ickpo, who was forced to find shelter for himself and his family, and could not take his dog with him. At the entrance of the shelter, tears of sadness mixed with joy.
In this context, activists publish a hourly chart with photographs and information about lost and rescued animals. When the fire approached the home of Serina Nal in the north of Los Angeles, her cat (Domino) fled, even though she did everything possible to keep it. Serina realized that she saw a snake at the entrance and had to run away, as there was nowhere to stay and hide.
When she returned days later, her home was completely destroyed, and her cat had disappeared. He feared that he would never see his black-and-white cat with green eyes again. And when he discovered her alive in the past Friday, after a natural disaster, she couldn’t hold back tears.
"I feel a tremendous relief and joy that she was here," she said in front of the building of the shelter "Pasadena Humane," where she found Domino - with burns on her paws and scars on her nose.
Domino is one of the dozens of pets that were rescued during the fire in Altadena, and the rapid spread of the fire forced thousands of people to hurry and leave their homes. "Pasadena Humane" encountered requests, which had never happened before, and one of its directors, Kevin McInnis, reported: "We had never had to accommodate simultaneously 350 animals in one day."
Many of those who were forced to leave their homes and spend the night in shelters or hotels, brought their pets to "Pasadena Humane."