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Utah wildlife management and pet rescue agencies stress the importance of planning for animals in an emergency.
Rescue groups like Best Friends and the Utah Humane Society are working with their partners to transfer affected pets to facilities here in Utah for adoption and re-homing.
In January 2025, multiple wildfires across the greater Los Angeles area in southern California brought death and destruction on a horrifying scale, leaving survivors with long-term health risks, housing shortages and evacuation orders. While support efforts are ongoing, a particularly vulnerable population of the Golden State—its animals—has been receiving care and aid from neighbors.
Rescue groups like Best Friends and the Utah Humane Society are working with their partners to transfer affected pets to facilities here in Utah for adoption and re-homing.
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