There is a cat in Jefferson County with eight lives left. And don’t be surprised if you see it show up on T-shirts as the symbol of resilience for those displaced by the Quarry fire.
Fire crews on Friday found a cat covered in red slurry inside the burn scar. Other than needing a bath, the cat is fine, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Techmeyer said Saturday afternoon.
“You have a cat that’s been out there for four or five days and was close enough to the fire to get hit by retardant,” he said. “I can’t imagine how scared it was trying to find its way.
“But that cat to me is the symbol of what we’ve been through here. That is survival, tenacity, and hanging in there and fighting.”
After being checked out at a local animal clinic the feline was reunited with its owners. Techmeyer didn’t know the cat’s name.
“If it doesn’t have a name, I hope they go with Slurry,” he said.