I looked around and was like, ‘There’s going to be other people that need help, and we have all this empty space. Let’s use it,’” said vet Annie Harvilicz.

A nnie Harvilicz’s brother came to her in need. While fleeing his Palisades home on Tuesday—one of thousands of structures destroyed by the nearly 20,000-acre Palisades Fire in Los Angeles—he needed to find a place to house his two pets: a cat and bunny.

Veterinarian Annie Harvilicz discusses taking in pets as people evacuate their homes due to the Southern California wildfires.

Los Angeles residents aren’t the only ones being impacted by the devastating fires—countless animals (both pets and wildlife) in the region are in desperate need too. From a lack of housing to fire-related injuries,

Annie Harvilicz runs two veterinary hospitals and is taking in animals that have been displaced by the fires raging around Los Angeles.