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.
Ever hear of stringing the horses out behind a truck or car and lead them out?
And dont come around here telling me I dont know WTF I am talking about. I live with cattlemen and cowboys around here. One cowboy would have taken those animals out, or at least given them a chance.