Clementine is a young orange-and-white kitty with a broken jaw. Picasso is a 70-pound black dog with an unforgettable underbite. Both were in shelters when the wildfires broke out in the Los Angeles area. Both were some of the first pets to get rides out of California and up to Utah as part of Best Friends’ response to the devastating situation that’s impacting millions of people and pets in the City of Angels.
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Staff loaded Picasso, Clementine, and around 30 other dogs and cats into a van for the long ride to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, where teams from Cat World and Dogtown were ready and waiting for them. It was the first of many trips from the smoke-laden city to Utah, where people are readying, willing, and able to help however they can.
As Picasso settled into his temporary home in Dogtown, Clementine’s first stop was the Best Friends Animal Clinic, where she received immediate veterinary care, including pain medication and antibiotics to prevent infection. Along with her fractured jaw, Best Friends veterinarians discovered a painful tongue laceration. Yet, despite all of that, darling Clementine maintained her sweet, affectionate personality, making friends with everyone along the way…