I do feel bad for the animals, however, in the long run, fire is a necessary part of the renewal of the forest (pine) ecosystem. It opens up huge swaths of land that support much more wildlife than before. IIRC from my college biology class, lodge pole forests burn on average of every 80 years and is necessary to both remove old and dying trees and to release the pine trees seeds. Part of the problem (an also why the Yellowstone fires were so bad in 88) was decades of fighting fires to where the fuel built up so bad it was an inferno. I'll take pictures next time I'm in the park of the regrowth in the previously burned areas, it's quite impressive. I might even be able to dig up pictures from 88 from our honeymoon in the park that lasted all of one day before the closed it down for good.