Our pet store burnt down :( A lot of animals are severely injured.

**luckies4me** · 11-06-2009, 06:08 PM

Zany Zoo pet store here in Eugene caught on fire early this morning, resulting in the loss of all of the animals in the petting zoo (which were personal pets to Nate and Abby), and the loss of multiple other pets that were there for sale. The animals that did survive have been transfered to Animal Urgent Care on west 11th for emergency treatment. I phoned Nate this afternoon after hearing about the incident and let him know that I was available to foster smaller animals. None of the animals are doing good. The ones that perished did so by smoke.

I am horrified that this occured.

ZZ has always been my favorite pet store. I used to work there years ago, and on the weekends they featured a petting zoo. I spent tons of time in there playing with their coatimundi (she was still a baby) and playing with their bushbaby. They had several old tortoises in the petting zoo, an alligator, ferrets, snakes, Galapagas iguanas etc. Most of the puppies and kittens made it out OK.

Everyone is still waiting to here what happened. The strip mall was undergoing construction. The fire broke out at the deli next door and moved on over to the pet shop. They're unsure if it was caused from recent electrical wiring. Such a sad sad day!!! I can't imagine how scared the animals must have been. And for the owners to lose almost all of their personal pets. Such a tragedy.

**Karen** · 11-06-2009, 06:09 PM

How very sad! Prayers being said for the people, and the surviving animals.

**luckies4me** · 11-06-2009, 06:29 PM

Here are a few pets that I would like to have remembered. Unfortunately I *believe* all of these have passed.

I am crying so hard right now because I had a very special bond with the mara (pantagonian cavies), as you can see from the photos. I even named one Nibbles, as he would like to nibble on anything metal, and fingernails. He was the coolest animal, and really enjoyed when I came to visit. Shelly, shown in the last photo was a rescue coatimundi that Nate was rehabilitating. She was kept in very poor conditions before she came to the shop. The young coati and the bushbaby were kept in the petting zoo area, and that is where the majority of the animals died. I'm still waiting to hear from a friend who knows someone who works at the clinic to give me an update.

They did a lot to teach people the proper care of exotics. It's really saddening to learn that something like this has happened.

http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story...lnaH2b2Bw.cspx

**DJFyrewolf36** · 11-06-2009, 06:36 PM

This is extremely sad! I had only been over to Zany Zoo a couple of times but each time I was treated respectfully and the animals were well taken care of. This truly is a tragedy

**Genny** · 11-06-2009, 09:03 PM

AWW

That is SO sad! I'm so sorry to hear about that. I hope your animal friends made it out ok....I can only imagine how you and everyone else who lost their pets must feel right now...

**Laura's Babies** · 11-06-2009, 09:35 PM

OH GOD! My heart is breaking for those poor babies! So helpless and terrified they had to have been.

**sirrahbed** · 11-07-2009, 12:06 AM

That is so very sad!!

I am sorry.

**redbird** · 11-12-2009, 01:21 PM

This is really terrible news and I sending prayers to the fur kids who perished and especially for the ones suffering right now. I hope they can be healed and well again.