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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (KTVU) -- At the Middletown Animal Hospital, volunteers with rescue groups and veterinarians were coordinating efforts to save animals Monday in the wake of the destructive Valley Fire.
Volunteer teams were going door to door, looking for animals that need help.
Armed with feed and water, this team from Chico's North Valley Animal Disaster Group has visited homes all day long.
"We don't know where any of the animals are when we come to the house ...so you have to walk around and look," said volunteer Laurie Finch.
It's a search and rescue mission. They find the animals, check on their condition and give them food and water.
On one property, they found a goat, pot belly pigs and chickens. Fortunately, the animals were hungry and thirsty, but not injured.
"It's been on the run. Trying to cover as many animals as we can, not knowing their disposition," said Scott Wagner, also a volunteer with North Valley Animal Disaster group.
The group visited dozens of homes. In some cases, they found injured animals and took them to the hospital for treatment.
Veterinarian Jeff Smith with Middletown Animal Hospital showed KTVU the pens filled with pets and livestock rescued from the devastating Valley Fire.
He says the hospital has been receiving calls for help from word of mouth and Facebook.
"We'll send a group out at that address. It's turned out well in some cases and in other cases, the whole home is gone and the animals aren't there either," said Dr. Smith
Smith showed KTVU one horse that was injured from jumping a fence to escape the flames.
Rescuers say they'll be out looking for injured or distressed animals again Tuesday.
"It's a great thing. Every place we get is one more animal that's going to see another day, so however we finish, it's like, Yay! A celebration," said Wagner.
Finch and Wagner say they plan to be checking on animals until midnight and then be out on the road again after a few hours of sleep.