HELP Animals Burned In Fire - Page 1

As more wildfire victims in Creek County are returning to their homes, some are making shocking discoveries. As 60-foot flames raced up a hill toward his home, Marshal Hall said it was the closest thing to Hell he could ever imagine. "By the time we made it out of the driveway, the house was already in flames," Marshal said. Like so many wildfire victims, Hall and his family are starting over. They have very little left, but each other. "All of our pictures from way back in the 1800s—they're all gone," Marshal said. Despite all they've lost, they're hopeful one thing will survive the flames. "She was trying to save her babies," said ten-year-old Madison Hall. Madison's pet cat, Roxie, who she's raised since she was a kitten, was burned while trying to get her litter of kittens to safety. "When I see her, I can barely talk," Madison said. Roxie is being treated at the Animal Emergency Center in Tulsa. "Only God knows why that cat is still alive, because I went to wipe stuff off her eyes and skin peeled right off of her," Marshal said. 8/10/2012 Related Story: Green Country Woman Rescues Burned, Displaced Animals From Creek County As more people return to their burned homes, more injured pets are being discovered, like this lab mix found west of Mannford. Infection is the biggest worry. Narcotics help dull the pain. "We take the dead flesh off, and let the good flesh grow," Veterinary Assistant Anita Vreeland said. Vreeland said she sometimes cries when Roxie purrs or an injured dog lovingly wags its tail. She said she fears there may be hundreds more animals like these, wandering, lost and hurting. "Don't forget them. They're out there, and they need our help," Vreeland said. Vreeland said Roxie will likely recover, but it will take time and tender loving care. For Madison, it's hard to wait and worry. The family is holding out hope for Roxie, when hope is about the only thing they have left. "She's going to be an inside cat now and she's probably going to sleep every night in my bed now," Madison said. "They said she's a fighter, and we pray to God she does pull through," Marshal said. The Oklahoma Alliance for Animals is helping with the care of burned and injured animals, but they need financial donations. There's also a big need for foster families to take in pets that are hurting. Click here to find out how you can help.

do you have the link?

http://www.animalallianceok.org/  


 there are hundreds of dogs cats and horses.. and cattle too..just wandering around aimlessly.. it is horrible !! I brought my stock trailer to Stillwater last weekend and helped friends and family move animals to a local arena that was putting them up for a few days.. but the animals that were lost is sooooo sad! I cant imagine my own dogs lost looking for me ! argh...

There is also a facebook page for Creek county..Oklahoma.

it is     Creek County Displaced Animals

sherry

stories like this drive me nuts.  not only was this guy allowing his cat to produce kittens, he didnt even care enough about her to take her with him when the house was burning down behind him. 

Stillwater? crap! My sister lives near there! I better call her

My house burned down last year on Memorial day.. The first thing I grabbed was my cat, who woke me up in the first place.. then started throwing dogs in the stock trailer.. I had never hooked up my trailer so fast as that night !!! and I still cant !! haha.. I couldnt imagine not being able to get to them.. (PTSD now with these stupid fires)  !  LOL.. all is good .. new house and it all turned out ok.. but I dont like the smell of smoke

It's easy to sit here in safety, knowing you're not likely to be given evacuation stand-by orders at any minute, but the truth is we don't know the story of this cat and this owner.  For all we know, this cat may well have just shown up at this fellow's place--already pregnant--and made it her home, with this guy's welcome, so we don't know that he's 'letting' her have kittens, do we?  And as for not taking her with him when he evacuated, perhaps he wasn't given any choice in that matter.  Friends of mine went through one of the big fires outside of Ft. Collins, CO a few months' back, and they were under stand-by orders for *weeks* before the evacuation order was finally issued.  Lucky for them, they were both home when the order came, so one of them ran up to their neighbor's and retrieved her dog, while the other threw their own dogs and their 'go bags' into the other truck and headed for the shelter.  The neighbor was at work when the order came, and wouldn't have been permitted to enter the area once that order was given--when they say leave
NOW, that's exactly what they mean.  Maybe this guy and his family were all at work when the order came, too...or maybe the cat went hiding, as cats are wont to do, when all the commotion began in the course of evacuating, and the guy wasn't given time to look for her.


I'm just going to sit back and count my blessings that, dry as it's been here, I don't live in an area that's a tinderbox just waiting for the first spark to unleash an inferno around me.  And I'm going to do what I can to help those folks who do live in such an area while I'm being relieved that I don't.