Cat burned Edmonton, AB (CA) Incident Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Disposition: Open Case Images: 1 files available Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!

Case ID: 8981 Classification: Burning - Fire or Fireworks Animal: cat View more cases in AB (CA) Animal was offleash or loose Login to Watch this Case

Renee Rogers has a warning for other pet owners in her north-side neighbourhood after her cat came home badly burned, her fur singed and whiskers burnt right off.

�Basically, it looked like she was thrown into a fire pit,� Rogers said.

�And she wreaked of a camp fire.�

Paris�s near-fatal brush with fire happened about two weeks ago, on a Tuesday night when she didn�t return to her home at 152 A Avenue and 105 Street.

�It�s a sin,� she said. �I was really shocked. I couldn�t believe she came home looking like this.�

Rogers figures her grey and white cat, who is almost one year old, didn�t fall into a fire on her own and must have been thrown in.

She doesn�t know exactly what happened to her pet that night, but when Paris returned home at noon the next day, the terrified creature darted right under Rogers�s bed.

Paris�s fur was singed, her whiskers were missing and a handprint-sized spot on her left front side was so badly burned she required surgery to pull skin over the portion of skin that had died.

Paris�s vet bill has soared to almost $4,000.

She went home earlier this week, but fell off a chair and split her stitches. Paris is now recovering at Northgate Veterinary Hospital, 12429 97 St., where she will be for about two more weeks.

�I�m really hoping if she just stays put in the cage that everything will be OK,� Rogers said.

Paris might still need to have her leg amputated.

Rogers put posters about the incident up in her neighbourhood.

�At first I was really pissed off and wanted to know who did it. But now it�s more about awareness,� she said. �So (my neighbours) can keep an eye on their own pets.�

A communications co-ordinator with the Edmonton Humane Society said Rogers should report the incident so an animal protection officer can investigate.

�That�s shocking if it was anything other than accidental,� Diane Shannon said.

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Edmonton Sun - June 7, 2006

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