Provo • When thousands of Utah residents were forced to flee their homes during a wildfire last month, their pets were displaced as well and many ended up at an animal hospital.
Staff at the Payson Family Pet Hospital housed nearly double its normal capacity of animals as residents evacuated the cities of Woodland Hills and Elk Ridge, The Daily Herald reported last week.
People began bringing their pets for boarding almost as soon as the evacuations were announced, Payson Family Pet Hospital office manager Melissa Salisbury said.
The hospital was boarding 75 dogs, cats and even a few rabbits at the peak of the evacuations.