Animal rescue crew search around burnt out homes and discover a surviving cat

Rescuing a cat from a burnt out landscape in California Sept 2020

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES 15 SEPT 2020 – CHICO: Cat lovers will be pleased to know that towards the end of this video you see a cat emerge from under a burnt out wreck of a home. I was shocked to see this animal emerge and trot away, fearful of the rescue workers. It seems almost …

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Mom and daughter drive into California wildfire to save a stranger’s cat

Paulson and Bernard her daughter with Stripper the cat she saved from the wildfire

Kerry Boykin lives in the Serenity Hills Road neighbourhood of Vacaville, California. She was out-of-state when the area was evacuated because of the new California wildfires. Her cat, Stripper, was inside her home. Kerry placed a message on the Nextdoor app for her North Bay area neighbourhood saying that her cat was inside and …

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Domestic cats that survive fires are more likely to die of a heart attack

Cats suffered burnt paws and smoke inhalation in Calif wild fires

I have come to the conclusion that domestic cats that survive fires are more likely to die of a heart attack. I think you have to come to this conclusion based on two sources. The first is that firefighters are at a higher risk of heart attack. There are several contributing factors such as …

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California’s wildfires that burnt domestic cats also damaged their hearts and caused blood clots

Singed tabby cat rescued from California fires

I was surprised to read a study published on 14 February 2020 on the nature.com website which concluded that domestic cats with thermal burn injuries from the California wildfires showed that they had heart disease and blood clots as well. The technical term is that they suffered with myocardial thickening (thickened heart muscle) as …

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Millie is home after nearly 8 months lost during the evacuation of the Carr Fire

cat reunited

The Carr Fire was first reported on July 23, 2018, at the intersection of Highway 299 and Carr Powerhouse Road, in the Whiskeytown district of the Whiskeytown–Shasta–Trinity National Recreation Area, in Shasta County, California. When the fire reached Redding on July 26, Tom and Judy Henderson packed up their truck and headed to a …

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California wildfires: This story shows just how intelligent a cat can be during life or death emergencies

While this story is a bit older than I usually report on, it deserves being told because it shows just how intelligent a cat can be during life or death emergencies. I do have a discussion question at the end. Back in November, one intelligent feral cat saved her own life as well as …

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Facebook: California Wildfires Pets has rescue photos of 592 cats and 210 dogs

The Facebook Community page California Wildfires Pets is doing an amazing job at keeping up with pets lost, found and reunited. They also have a small album for Rainbow Bridge pets who didn’t survive. Several hundred photos are available of cats alive, although some are sooty and many have bandaged feet. At the time …

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