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Rescuers across Southern California have worked through endless rubble and thick-black smoke to find the missing pets of families who weren’t able to make it back home when the devastating fires hit Los Angeles.
The founder of Malibu-based rescue group Boomer’s Buddies, Jessica Davis, was evacuated from her home when the Palisades and Eaton Fires raged.
But that hasn’t stopped her from searching for pets that may have survived the destruction.
‘These pets weren’t intentionally left behind. Many people were at work and raced back home to save their animals, but were stopped by authorities,’ Davis told DailyMail.com.
‘Imagine the agony of not being able to get to your pet.’
Since embarking on her most recent rescue mission, Davis has saved multiple pets, including a 25-year-old tortoise, koi and goldfish, and a cat that couldn’t be retrieved before the deadly fire first flared up over a week ago …