- A man named Casey Colvin was reunited with his dog, Oreo, after the dog was missing for five days following the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles.
- The emotional reunion was captured on video and shared on social media, showing Colvin’s overwhelming joy at finding his beloved pet alive.
- Numerous pets are still missing in the wake of the fires, and owners are using social media and lost pet platforms to try and locate them.
LOS ANGELES − In the midst of one of the darkest weeks in the history of Los Angeles, as fires continue to rage, a moment of hope broke through the smoke as a man was reunited with his dog.
Video posted to X by NBC News correspondent Liz Kreutz shows Casey Colvin reuniting with Oreo after the dog spent five nights in the ash in the wake of the Palisades Fire, which destroyed their Pacific Palisades home.
Colvin, who wasn’t home when the fire broke out on Jan. 7, rushed back to try and save his two dogs: Oreo and Tika Tika Tika. First responders found Tika Tika Tika and reunited the dog with Colvin, according to NBC Nightly News. But Colvin said that Oreo, whom he described as a “behavioral,” ran out of the house.
The video of their emotional reunion, posted Sunday, sees Oreo wander down a driveway to meet Colvin and Tikka Tikka Tikka.
Colvin appears to be overcome with emotion upon having his dog back in his arms.
“Oh honey, you’re alive, you’re alive!” he yells as he holds the dog. “Oh, thank you, God!”
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As reunions happen, other hopeful owners search
Pet owners across the Southland continue to search for lost pets while those who have found animals seek to reunite them with their owners.
Searchers have posted to multiple Facebook groups set up in the wake of the fires and lost pet finding platform PetReconnect.
In one post on a Facebook group for lost and found pets in the Altadena and Pasadena area, Jennifer Wratten Avila wrote that her family found in a dog in the backyard that “was scared, so hungry and thirsty” and included photos. She later updated the post to say that “this pup has been reunited with her owners!”
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How you can help pets affected by the fires
The Pasadena Humane Society and Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation are accepting donations to help support pets affected by the fires across the Southland.
Both Los Angeles Animal Services and the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control are urging the public to foster animals if they can to help alleviate full shelters.
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