Rescuers Cope With Influx of Horses Displaced by Wildfires

Horse rescuers and evacuation site personnel are managing hundreds of displaced horses in California.
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Editor’s note: This article was updated on Sept. 18 to include additional information.

While firefighters battle some of California’s worst wildfires in recent memory, rescuers and evacuation sites are coping with an influx of horses driven from their homes. And in the fire zone, veterinarians are working to help animals left behind when owners evacuated.

On Sept. 9 the Butte Wildfire broke out in Northern California’s Amador and Calaveras counties. Three days later on Sept. 12, the Valley Fire began to threatened homes, ranches, and vineyards in Lake, Napa, and Sonoma counties. Within hours of fires’ the onset, mandatory evacuations forced residents and their animals into shelters and holding centers, said Jaime Moore, spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire).

By Sept. 15, 17 animals had been placed at the Amador County Fairgrounds and another 110 horses were evacuated to the fairgrounds in Calaveras County

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Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who enjoys covering equine welfare, industry, and news. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her Tennessee Walking Horse, Sonny.

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