**** Updated: SPCA responds to LA fires

The SPCA announced this afternoon that it has rescued 56 horses from the wildfires in the San Fernando Valley through the efforts of its Disaster Animal Response Team (DART).

Team members were dispatched to the area to help relocate horses out of harm's way. Members also went door to door checking for other animals in cirsis and providing fresh food and clean water to those not in imminent danger.

"Like everyone else, we're watching the winds and the current fires," said Madeline Bernstein, SPCA Los Angeles president. "As one of Southern California's oldest residents, spcaLA is committed to helping our community until the threat is over."

To donate or assist DART operations, go to www.spcaLA.com.

Update: Here's an amazing photo posted at  LA Unleashed. It shows members of the Los Angeles Animal Services as they helped evacuate 276 horses and 132 small animals from the Sesnon and Marek fires in the north San Fernando Valley.

According to the report, 159 horses were taken to Pierce College, 46 to Hansen Dam, nine to Peter Pitches Honor Farm in Castaic and 62 to the Los Angeles Equestrian Center.

Smaller animals -- chickens, goats, sheep and rabbits -- were taken to the Mission Animal Care Center and the West Valley Animal Care Center.

Photo: Ann Johansson / Getty Images