All they had to do was call the ASPCA-or ask some ranchers and they would have seen to it that those animals were taken out.
You don't get it. There was NO time to do anything but run. Those fires were swallowing an acre A SECOND at points Monday night, when they started. That's a square mile EVERY 10 MINUTES. When firemen pound on your door at 4AM and tell you you have to run NOW, there's no calling the ASPCA to come with trucks. That said, far more horses were evacuated than were lost. A friend's horse is now at a nearby college.