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PROVO, Utah (AP) — When thousands of people were forced to flee their homes during a wildfire last month, their pets had to crowd into an animal hospital and some went missing.
The Daily Herald reports as residents evacuated the cities of Woodland Hills and Elk Ridge, staff at the Payson Family Pet Hospital housed nearly double their normal capacity of animals.
Payson Family Pet Hospital office manager Melissa Salisbury says people began bringing their pets for boarding almost as soon as the evacuations were announced.
But many animals weren't able to be boarded throughout the duration of the evacuation.
The number of pets showing up at the South Utah Valley Animal Shelter in Spanish Fork spiked in September by nearly 100 animals, which shelter licensing specialist Carrie Ward directly attributed to the evacuation.
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