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As people fled the fires, pets did too. Some emerged with marks of escape, but many remain lost
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Hundreds of dogs, cats and other pets are injured, missing or dead after wildfires destroyed the Hawaiian town of Lahaina, according to the Maui Humane Society. - photo by AP Video/Haven Daley
PUUNENE, Hawaii (AP) — A dog with hind legs bandaged tightly from paw to hip whimpered in pain through a plastic medical cone, chest rising and falling quickly in shallow breaths. The animal is one of the pets and people bearing marks of their escape from the smoke and flames of Maui wildfires that claimed more than 90 lives and decimated a historic town. “We have seen animals come through our shelter that have severe, severe burns," said Katie Shannon, director of marketing and communications at Maui Humane Society.