<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.fark.com/goto/12156839/people.com/pets/cat-burned-marshall-fire-reunites-with-owner/%3Futm_source%3Dfark%26utm_medium%3Dweb" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">"Boots is now home, safe and warm, where he belongs.But what was going through his mind when he couldn't find his way home, and it snowed four feet? That makes me so sad." Welcome to a happy ending on Caturday</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">.</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Courtesy of <i>People</i> magazine at . . .</p><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://people.com/pets/cat-burned-marshall-fire-reunites-with-owner/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">https://people.com/pets/cat-burned-marshall-fire-reunites-with-owner/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<div><div class="intro article-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: Lora, serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div class="headline-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; align-items: center; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;"><h1 class="headline heading-content elementFont__display" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 48px; line-height: 52px; font-family: Basel, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px;">Burned Cat Rescued from Marshall Fire Reunites with His Owner After Going Missing Months Before</h1><div id="karma-lazy-sponsorLogo" class="sponsor-logo" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"></div></div></div><div class="margin-16-bottom elementFont__dek--within" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; font-family: Limerick, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Boots, an 8-year-old orange tabby cat went missing after a snowstorm in Boulder, Colorado, over a year ago and reunited with his owner after surviving the Marshall Fire</div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">On Feb. 10, the <a href="https://www.boulderhumane.org/" target="_blank" title="(opens new window)"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); text-decoration: none;">Humane Society of Boulder Valley</span></a> (HSBV) in Boulder, Colorado, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HumaneBoulder/posts/10165937394050015" target="_blank" title="(opens new window)"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); text-decoration: none;">shared photos on Facebook</span></a> of an 8-year-old "extremely burned" orange tabby rescuers found after the Marshall Fire <a href="https://people.com/pets/colorado-humane-society-seeking-to-reunite-cat-burned-from-marshall-fire-with-its-owner/"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); text-decoration: none;">in the hopes of finding the feline's family</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The rescue's efforts proved fruitful. On Tuesday, HSBV announced that the cat's owner had been found and that the pet — named Boots — had recently reunited with his family.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"Boots is now home, safe and warm, where he belongs. This brave guy actually went missing a year before the fire, and his guardian searched far and wide for her beloved boy to no avail," <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HumaneBoulder/" target="_blank" title="(opens new window)"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); text-decoration: none;">HSBV wrote on Facebook</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"When she saw photos as he recovered here at HSBV, and his signature orange and white markings became more identifiable, she couldn't believe her eyes. She was overwhelmed to realize it was her long-lost companion," the Colorado humane society added. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Boot's owner Jules Lieb told <a href="https://denver.cbslocal.com/2022/02/24/cat-burned-marshall-fire-reunited-family-colorado-tabby/" target="_blank" title="(opens new window)"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); text-decoration: none;">CBS4 Denver</span></a> more about the cat's incredible journey home. The grateful pet parent said that Boots went missing around a year ago during a major snowstorm and that it was the Marshall Fire and HSBV's hard work that brought the cat back into her life. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"What was going through his mind when he couldn't find his way home, and it snowed four feet?" Lieb told the outlet of how she thought about Boots during his absence. "That makes me so sad."<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Even as the months passed following Boots' disappearance, Lieb stayed hopeful she would find the cat again. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"You prepare yourself for the worst because your heart is so involved in it," she added. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">On Dec. 30, the Marshall Fire ripped through Boulder County, <a href="https://people.com/human-interest/colorado-wildfire-destroys-hundreds-of-homes-forces-thousands-to-evacuate/"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); text-decoration: none;">forcing over 30,000 people to evacuate as the fire burned through about 1,600 acres</span></a>. In the days that followed, crews sifted through what was left.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">During the search on Jan. 4, an Xcel Energy worker found a charred cat hiding in a storm drain. He brought the badly burned animal to the HSBV, where the cat received weeks of treatment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">As the cat began to heal, the rescue shared pictures on social media in the hopes of finding his family. Luckily, one of Lieb's friends saw the story on CBS4 and immediately told Lieb the furry face looked like Boots.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">It took a couple of visits to HSBV for Lieb to be confident it was Boots, but in the end, she knew the miracle cat was her "silly boy."<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">"I can't believe he's back," she said.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 21pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Lieb is dedicated to helping Boots with his recovery and donated to HSBV to thank the rescue for finding and helping her long-lost feline. She hopes that others who read Boots' story will be inspired <a href="https://give.boulderhumane.org/give/67294/#!/donation/checkout" target="_blank" title="(opens new window)"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); text-decoration: none;">to donate to the shelter</span></a> and help other rescue animals affected by the Marshall Fire.</p></div><div>————————</div><div><br></div><div>Photo</div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_022622.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_022622.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>Video</div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-nqryLWpRU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-nqryLWpRU</a></div><div><br></div><div>————————————————-</div><div><br></div><div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b>“Caturday”</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by Linus Petit</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3</a></div></div><div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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