Pets left behind in Sask. fire evacuations fed by volunteers Jul 3, 2015 3:39 PM

Help is on the way for hundreds of dogs and cats left stranded in communities evacuated due to wildfires in northern Saskatchewan.

Volunteers with the Pack Project in Regina are driving trailers full of dog and cat food up to communities like La Loche and La Ronge.

“In one community there are 200 dogs and I think 50 cats that are up there with zero food,” explained Amy Vitkay who runs the Pack Project.

Vitkay says she first reached out to find out if evacuees needed supplies for pets that they brought with them. Then she found out that most pets had been left behind. Communities like La Loche also have a very high population of stray animals that roam loose.