What often happens is that by the time the pet is rescued from the home, they are very lethargic because they have inhaled a lot of smoke.

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Pet owners want to be able to go away and know their pet will be treated just as they are treated at home. And pets today are living very good lives.

Some firefighters have told us that human oxygen masks are so ineffective that they will actually try to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when they're dealing with a pet.

We're in the business of taking care of people's pets at our facilities and this is sort of an extension of our belief about the role of pets in the family.

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