Local physician opens up her property for 60 dogs and numerous horses - Vanderhoof, British Columbia 
Four-legged evacuees, Vanderhoof
Vanderhoof physician, Dr. Shannon Douglas, who is currently overseas, offered up her property to help wildfire evacuees who were on order and those who self-evacuated from Fort St. James.
Nearly 60 dogs, their owners and a number of horses seek refuge on the Douglas ranch. More than 40 of the dogs are sled dogs and the remainder are house pets.
Dr. Douglas’ mother, Ann Douglas, a wildfire evacuee from the Fraser Lake/Dog Creek area, was overseas when she got the order to evacuate her home. She arrived in Fraser Lake on Wednesday, August 15.
“It was terrifying,” Douglas, who was visibly shaken, said. “All I could think to grab were sleeping bags. Today I got a phone call from someone managing the fires near my house, they wanted to confirm I left. They said it didn’t look good, I might have already lost my home, I don’t know yet.”
Ann’s sled dogs are visibly agitated, confused and uncomfortable with their new surroundings and lack of mobility. The dogs are conditioned to race and need exercise.
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