Disasters occur across ecosystems shared by a multitude of diverse species. However, disasters are often depicted, defined, assessed, and reported on in terms of human losses: human lives, human property, and impacts to human health. This depiction minimizes the impact on animals (domestic, agricultural, and wild) and to human-animal relationships. In this chapter, we examine how animals are framed or erased in the reporting of disasters. We present a case study from the Colorado Marshall Fire to provide an example of how animal lives are dismissed or erased in the aftermath of disasters. The Marshall Fire is significant as it is considered one of the most destructive fires in Colorado history in terms of buildings lost (estimated two billion in damages), companion animal deaths (estimated over 1000 pets were killed), and the impact to wildlife (although estimates of wildlife impacts were never released), despite minimally associated human loss (two human lives lost). Findings show that while animals were largely the victims of the fire, media coverage largely ignored animal loss and human grief over animal life, presenting solely upon the loss of inanimate objects and structures. We end with recommendations for how animals should be framed when discussing disasters.