Pet owners across California have turned to social media in the hopes that their beloved animals lost in the wildfires may have survived the flames.
Facebook groups such as Cowboy 911 and Camp Fire Pet Rescue and Reunification are being inundated with posts by worried local residents.
Many are pleading for help to find cats, dogs, horses and even pigs which they were forced to leave behind during the urgent evacuations last week, or were unable to locate in time.
Missing pets: Facebook groups helping California wildfire survivors are being inundated with posts by owners from across the state who were unable to take their pets with them when they evacuated their homes
Dozens of posts are being shared online, containing pictures of pets in happier times, as owners express their hope that their four-legged friend is one of the lucky ones to have been rescued.
‘Our pug Nahla was trapped in the house, if she is found or was rescued please contact me. She is very loved, she is our baby,’ as a caption to a picture of an adorable pug wearing a a pink flower tiara around her waist.
‘House is gone. Hoping they got out,’ another writes on a post urging anyone who has spotted eight pets including a dachshund puppyu and a labrador, to get in touch.
Another missing pet is a large pig named Sumo who is still missing from near Chico, California.
The owner of Boo Boo the cat has posted a picture of their ‘handsome little kitty’ on a Facebook group for pet owners who are looking for their animals lost in the wildfires
This little piggy: Sumo the pig is still missing after the Camp Fire in northern California
The owners of this male tabby cat called ‘Kitty Friend’ hope to be able to find him
Rescued: These two horses were found running around in Paradise, California, and an alert was posted on Facebook by a group set up to help reunite owners and rescued pets
This heartbreaking image was shared by a woman working at a veterinary centre after the badly burned cat was picked up in Paradise, California, and appears to have since been identified by its owners who spotted the Facebook post
Many veterinary centers and sanctuaries in the areas of the Camp Fire, Woolsey Fire and Hill Fire are in turn posting pictures of saved animals, some with horrific injuries, to try to track down their owners.
This has seen a few sunshine stories, such as that of a badly injured female cat picked up in Paradise, California.
Thanks to the cat’s unique markings, its owner was able to identify it as its one-year-old pet.
Meanwhile at least 50 people have died state-wide in the fires – 48 of whom were killed in the northern Camp fire, and two of which died in the southern Woolsey Fire.