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Bobcat Burned In Camp Fire Nursed Back To Health, Released Back Into Wild

AUBURN (CBS13) – A bobcat badly burned in the Camp Fire has been released into the wild after being nursed back to health.

Gold Country Wildlife Rescue received the animal last November.

The cat suffered fifth-degree burns down to the bone on the pads of all four paws.

Volunteer veterinarians treated the burns with tilapia fish skin and acupuncture.

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