Animals left to burn in shelter fire.

[Catherine]

It may be more than red tape. They may have been up to something and they didn`t want anyone to see the animals.
It is unthinkable that they wouldn`t accept help rescuing the animals after the fire. You are right, the dogs had no food or water during that time.
It also sounds like they had enough time to remove the animals before the fire. They could have tried to save some of them.

I hope they do charge them with abandoning the animals.