With the greater Los Angeles area having been devastated by wildfires over the past week members of the community are stepping help to help those who have lost everything, keep one thing that really matters.
Since the Eaton and Palisades Fires began last Tuesday the Pasadena Humane Society has taken in more than 400 animals including dogs, cats, bunnies and a number of unusual pets.
“We had eight cockatoos come in. We’ve had goats come in. We had one family in Altadena that had a pony, and they walked the pony down from Altadena to our shelter,” Dia DuVernet, president and CEO of Pasadena Humane , an animal care center safely located miles south of the destruction to LAist.
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The shelter in the past week has seen an influx of donations, so much so that they have stopped accepting donations of pet supplies but are still taking cash donations which can be given on their website. However, the shelter says they are in immediate need of medicine and unusual food supplies…