Walking by means of the blackened aftermath of the devastating Smokehouse Creek Fire, a Texas sport warden crossed paths with an exceptionally “lucky black cat,” officers say.
Sarah Wennersten was surveying wildfire injury close to Lubbock, “mapping and assessing the rubble left behind,” when she bumped into the petite, charcoal-colored feline, state wildlife officers stated in a March 5 information launch. But opposite to superstitious perception, the encounter was truly very lucky.
Soon, Wennersten noticed a second cat, then a 3rd, and located herself following a “trail of kittens,” officers stated.
Eventually, she came across a kitten that hadn’t escaped the fireplace untouched, officers stated. Wennersten noticed it was “suffering from singed fur and an injured paw,” although a medical crew decided the kitten’s accidents weren’t life-threatening.
Still, even with the flames and smoke now gone, the kittens had nowhere to go.
“Since the area was evacuated during the fire, the cat’s owners could not be located,” officers stated.
The cats have been fed and given water earlier than being turned over to the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team for a verify up.
McClatchy News has reached out to Texas A&M and state wildlife officers for an update on the kittens.
Since it started burning on Feb. 26, the Smokehouse Creek Fire has destroyed not less than 500 buildings, scorched over 1.1 million acres of land and claimed two lives, McClatchy reported. It is the most important wildfire in state historical past.
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