"It's Like Katrina With Fire"

Animal Info for California Fire Evacuation

www.CalFireInfo.com

Courtesy of the Stealth Volunteers updated Thursday, 8 November, 2007 6:44 PM CST    

PLEASE keep your animals safe!   There have been several reports of animals killed by coyotes and perhaps big cats.  The wildlife are ravenous and of course disturbed and moving from their usual habitat.  Dawn and dusk are generally the most dangerous times, but I would be wary about leaving animals unsecured at night.

Come join us!  We need volunteers to search local newspapers online for lost pet ads and stories.

View a memorable and touching YouTube video honoring those who fought the fire and featuring a number pictures of pets that have been lost and found.

Note that links are to websites that may not be updated for the disaster,
but you can still find addresses and phone numbers.  Current California Time

The San Diego Animal Support Foundation (SDASF) is pleased to announce that free dog and cat food is available to pet owners who have lost their homes in the recent fires in San Diego.  Thanks to the generosity of Wellness/Old Mother Hubbard Premium Pet Food , 13 pallets of high-quality food are now available to those financially burdened by the fires.  To make an appointment to pick up donated food, please call the San Diego Animal Support Foundation at 619-847-8755.  Donations will be distributed this week (November 6 - 10) or until the food is gone. 

LOOKING FOR LOST ANIMALS?

Here are Flickr site photos of lost and found livestock and pets .  Many horses are shown here.

Lost pets as a result of wildfire will be held at county animal shelters for extended periods of time in order for owners to reclaim them. To obtain more information or to search for lost pets online, contact the County of San Diego Animal Services at (619) 236-4250 or visit, http://www.sddac.com/lostandfound.asp which has a lost and found photo sections.

For more information on animal shelters, contact San Diego County Animal Services at (619) 236-4250 or visit them.

Orange County Animal Shelter lists photos of lost and found pets online.

Check with North County Humane Society and surrounding shelters

VERY IMPORTANT if you lose a pet, you can follow what's at various shelters on a daily basis by going to:

• PetHarbor.com

Type in your zip code

Select "FIND SHELTERS," check all the San Diego (or local to you) shelters

Select "SEARCH"

Select "I LOST MY PET" and the species (dog, cat, other)

Select SEARCH NOW and you will see a display of all the cats/dogs/others currently at the shelters.

Pet Harbor doesn't display the found location, so if you see something you think is your lost pet, make a note of the A# and call the shelter to find out where it was found.   NOTE that not all shelters are going to enter information into this website. 

• San Diego Craig's list for lost & found animals

 

• San Diego County Animal Services has a lost & found service If you are missing a pet from this disaster, please visit the website or or call 619-236-4250 with a full description of the pet. 

 

• San Diego Humane Society - They hav some photos of rescued animals

 

• Some tips on finding your animal from Craig's list:

Contact the local county shelter and neighboring shelters. Check dead on arrival, quarantine, sick and injured. Temp. adoption.

Search the property. Some have been found still alive in the rubble.

Post ads in your local newspaper and on Craigslist.com lost and found   (Note this is the lost and found area.)   There is also a Craigslist pet discussion. Lost and found animals need to go in the lost and found area.

Check with nearby vet clinics.

Don't give up for 8 weeks.

If your pet is mircochipped, call the microchip company and make sure they have your CURRENT contact information and register your pet missing.  Your chip may be registered to your vet and your vet may have the chip number if you do not.  Register the chip to yourself, but make sure your vet has your updated address info.

AVID Chip – 9 numbers
1-800-336-2843 ext. 4 (24 Hour) Leave a message if you get the machine. They return calls.

HOME AGAIN - 10 letters and numbers
1-866-738-4324 (24 Hour)

UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS INFO with your vet.  Someone may try to trace on a rabies tag.

PUT UP A SIGN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH YOUR ANIMAL'S PHOTO AND YOUR CONTACT INFO, EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO SUPPLY THE POST TO PUT IT ON . . .  

The best sign is a large photo with the word lost, everything else can be in small print at the bottom.  Anyone who has seen the animal will stop to look at the sign in detail.

You may print out a blank sign for a dog here http://dogdetective.com/poster.cfm

You may do a sign with a picture if you register.  I do not know if there is a charge.  You may be able to customize it for other animals, I don't know.

Food and water should be left out if you believe the pet is in the area of your home.  Also put a shirt with the owner's smell in a crate.  That might habituate the animal to find safety in the crate and it might be more likely to be there when you come looking.

PETFINDER is your first stop if you need help or want to help. They have links to community pages for animals and lost and found classifieds.

ANIMAL RESCUE & WHERE YOU CAN TAKE YOUR ANIMAL

I am trying to keep this information up to date, but you need to check with each organization.

• Gaining access to pets in burn areas

• Birds are being welcomed at the International Bird Research Center
  
  
• Can Help Haul Your Horse or other animals
  
  
• Can board 3 horses
  
  
• PetFriendlyRentals.org - free service geared to the wildfire disaster Serving: Los Angeles , Orange , & San Diego Counties
  
  
• List of pet rescue information
  
  
• Story about where you may take horses
  
  
• San Diego Humane Society
  
  
• North County Humane Society
  
  
• VCA Animal Hospitals Offers Free Boarding for Pets Affected by Southern California Fires
  
  
• Fiesta Island in San Diego is accepting livestock
  
  
• Small animals can be taken to Orange County Animal Shelter off of The City Drive.
  
  

• Evacuees with animal shelter questions are advised to contact the
  Animal Control hotline at (714) 935-6848.
  
  
• Red Cross Shelters are accepting some animals
  
  
• San Diego Craig's List for Pets has offers to take in animals and you may place requests there.
  
  

NEED ASSISTANCE?

• California Federation of Dog Clubs has equipment, food and supplies for dogs and are coordinating foster placements.
  
  
• UAN Offers Financial Assistance To Help Southern California Fire Victims Obtain Vet Care, Temporary Boarding For Pets
  
  
• If you are at an evacuation center, check the parking lot to see if PetCo is there or contact your local PetCo as they are delivering to evacuation centers.

HELP, HELP, HELP!!!!!!!!!!  

Please check to make sure this information is up to date.

• PETFINDER needs fosters in California and you may make donations. 
  
  
• San Diego Humane is looking for fosters
  
  
• Del Mar Fairgrounds has supplies but needs volunteers to do horse feeding and to clean the horse stalls
  
  
• Oak Stable in San Juan Capistrano desperately needs supplies
  
  
• Escondido Humane Society is calling for SUPPLIES, VOLUNTEERS, DONATIONS.
  
  
• Animal Acres Sanctuary needs supplies and volunteers
  

  Contact Info       
  5200 Escondido Canyon Road * Acton, CA 93510

• California Federation of Dog Clubs is coordinating foster placements and accepting donations.
  
  
• Donate Hay to Horses in Ramona
  
  
• Hay Needed for Horses in Tijuana River Valley - page down for how to donate
  
• Baja Animal Sanctuary is home to 400+ animals  THEY CAN TAKE NO MORE ANIMALS UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE...Roofs have ripped off some of the dogs corrals and are flying all over the place. We are in desperate need of plywood, 2x.4's, roofing paper and roofing shingles and some concrete... Corrals 16,17, 15, part of 14, plus the laundry room and grooming salon roofs are gone...  This group south of the border, which is a non-profit with a presence in San Diego, actually takes in OUR animals as well as animals in Mexico.  The winds that fanned the fires also wrecked their facility.  Please help if you can.  They are getting requests to take in rescues but can do nothing without help.
  
  

• PETCO is taking donations.  They are delivering supplies to evac shelters. Their HQ is in San Diego.
  
  

LATEST NEWS

• Sources that update frequently with animal info
  
  San Diego Humane Society - Very good resource

The Game Fish -information for Fallbrook residents.

North County Times newspaper with comprehensive fire coverage

Fire Forum on SD Craig's List - this is general up-to-date info, so includes some animal info.

Wikidpedia is on the job with a page on the wildfires

State of California has a good page with wildfire information

HOW TO PACK YOUR PET

WILDFIRE MAPS

• Department of Geography, San Diego State University
  
• San Diego area

• LA Times map - Note that on the right side you can get more information and there are
  discussions on staying or going.
  
  RED CROSS Safe & Well List