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Before she had to flee her Sandy Lake First Nation home, Elizabeth Fiddler put a sign in her living-room window: 'CAT INSIDE. His name is Louie!' She took a photo of the sign, with Louie, a black and white cat wearing an orange bow tie with a bell attached, sitting below, and posted it to a Facebook group called 'Sandy Lake Fire 2025 – Pet Rescue.' It's one of dozens of photos posted to the social media group, which was created to help ensure pets like Louie are cared for as the remote community of Sandy Lake First Nation evacuates to safety from an out-of-control wildfire. Louie is one of an estimated 500 pets, including dogs, cats, fish, and birds left behind during the evacuation, which started Saturday. About 2,000 community members are now scattered across Ontario, mostly in the Greater Toronto Area. Given the remote location of Sandy Lake First Nation – a fly-in reserve about 350 kilometres north of Sioux Lookout where the only way in or out is by plane, from a hub like Sioux Lookout or Thunder Bay – co-ordinating evacuation efforts requires extensive planning. The emergency flights aren't able to accommodate pets. Where in Canada are there wildfire smoke warnings? Our map tracks air quality across the country Ms. Fiddler was evacuated to Thunder Bay, where she waited to be transported to another location. 'It was really hard to sleep knowing that he is all by himself at home,' Ms. Fiddler told The Globe and Mail in a Facebook message. The blaze that caused the evacuation of Sandy Lake and Deer Lake covers more than 16,000 hectares and is still not under control. The Sandy Lake community calls it a 'sleeping giant' because the cooler, damp weather has slowed its growth, but the fire remains active. Virginia Head, a band member of Sandy Lake who lives in Sioux Lookout, Ont., is helping organize animal rescue efforts on behalf of those in her community who could not take their pets with them as they evacuated. Those who remain in the community are essential workers and volunteers. 'I see from the posts of these animal owners that they love their animals, that they're part of their family, and to just not think about them is not realistic,' Ms. Head said about the pet-rescue Facebook group, which she is administering. Ms. Head said her focus is getting as many volunteers on the ground as possible to feed the pets, as well as fosters for the smaller, more vulnerable animals, such as puppies. The pets have a range of needs from diet to house training, while others, such as larger dogs, have been left tied up outside or are free-roaming. Sean Linklater is one of several volunteers working in the Centre area of the community. He told The Globe and Mail on Wednesday afternoon he had already checked on 20 houses where pets from hamsters to dogs, 'small to big, young and old, nice and vicious,' have been left behind. 'We're making really good progress right now,' he said, adding that it took some time to get the efforts organized. 'All I saw was orange': Ontario requests military aid to fight wildfires A shipment of dog, cat, hamster, and bird food, sent this week by Northern Reach Network, a Thunder Bay animal rescue group, sits at the local radio station, where volunteers can fill up on their rounds. On Friday, Laura and Cody Pelky will be driving the 1,800 kilometres from their home in Westmeath in the Ottawa Valley to Sioux Lookout, where they hope to get food, crates and medical supplies onto a plane into Sandy Lake. Ms. Pelky, who is friends with a Sandy Lake band member, said she knew she had to do something when she heard of the wildfires threatening the community and forcing an evacuation. 'We're helping [them] however we can…we let them lead,' she told The Globe. As of Tuesday afternoon, Sandy Lake leadership had paused its flights, having completed the first phase of the evacuation, which included the most vulnerable: babies, children, elders and their families. In an update posted to a Facebook group late Tuesday, the band's leadership said they are 'taking time to pause, reflect, and be thankful after some intense days of getting people out to safety.' With only 200 community members left in Sandy Lake, Mr. Linklater said it's like a ghost town, with no vehicles in sight as they drive the dusty gravel roads doing deliveries and checking on pets. With a dog of his own, Mr. Linklater knows how difficult the evacuation has been on families. 'We have to be a community here and out there too and we all have to take care of each other.'
