Jeff Corwin Gives Tips To Owners Of Lost Pets In Los Angeles Wildfires

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The fires have also killed or displaced thousands of dogs, cats, and horses. JC advises people trying to find their lost pets -- the animal will likely return to the area of their former home … so set out food, water and a small camera.

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00:00There is this urgent need to protect wildlife.

00:05We talked about California condors.

00:07This is a critically endangered species.

00:10There's only 350 California condors left, and a significant piece of that population

00:17lives in ground zero of where these fires have happened.

00:21The last fires, we lost condors, and it is likely with these fires, we've lost condors.

00:28So when you're a critically endangered species, everyone matters.

00:32But it's not just condors and wildlife.

00:34It's our own non-human members of our families.

00:38Thousands and thousands of cats and dogs and horses have been injured, have been killed,

00:45have been displaced.

00:47People have been separated by their pets.

00:50It is an absolutely catastrophic situation, a true dire emergency.

00:55Many beloved pets have been lost in these horrible fires.

00:59But I also believe many will survive.

01:01The tenacity and the hunger to survive is really unparalleled, paralleled with our creatures

01:06that are in our lives.

01:08And we often see these examples that out of the rubble, just yesterday, a dog emerged,

01:13and it really ignited the heart strings of everyone there, giving them that sense of

01:17hope.

01:18But right now, we are desperate.

01:20People have lost everything.

01:23And they want to know, are there resources there?

01:25So first of all, if you have a property and you're missing your pet, your dog, your cat,

01:36it may not have been dispatched in this fire.

01:40So you need to know that this animal is likely hungry and thirsty.

01:44So if it was me, I would go back to where my property was.

01:48I would set up a feeding station and a drinking station and some shade for this animal.

01:55I would go get a trail cam, a mobile cam, and I'd set that up to see if something is

02:00coming in.

02:01Maybe it's not your cat or dog, maybe it's your neighbors.

02:04And there are organizations that want to help, but there's also many boots in the ground

02:09organizations that have been impacted.

02:12Shelters and rescue centers for wildlife and domesticated animals have been impacted by

02:17these fires.

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