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Animal Rescuer Turns Grief Into Giving, Helping Another Homeowner Who Lost Dogs In Fire

Minnesota animal lovers came together in memory of their lost animals.

Cassidy Vanderlinde owns Abandoned Pets Ranch Animal Rescue in Arlington.
Cassidy Vanderlinde owns Abandoned Pets Ranch Animal Rescue in Arlington. (CBS)

CARVER COUNTY, Minn. — A week ago, Cassidy Vanderlinde woke up at 6 a.m. to her Carver County barn on fire.

The barn housed more than 400 birds and two pigs. She lost most of the animals living in that barn. The charred rubble still sits on her property.

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