Cat Reportedly Lit On Fire

Lee County Animal control officers need your help tonight after a cat is reported to be lit on fire and burned alive. They’re hoping witnesses will come forward with information about this disturbing case.

The cat was severely burned but somehow survived. Officers say it appears someone did this intentionally and now they need your help.

Lee County Animal control officers need your help tonight after a cat is reported to be lit on fire and burned alive. They’re hoping witnesses will come forward with information about this disturbing case.

The cat was severely burned but somehow survived. Officers say it appears someone did this intentionally and now they need your help

The cat was found Monday evening in Lehigh Acres.  Fire officials responded to a small brush fire and found the cat badly burned and nearly dead.  A Lehigh Acres Battalion Chief called Lee County Animal Services to report: “Someone lit a cat on fire and it’s laying in the ditch still alive.”

Today the cat is still in horrible pain. Her face and back singed and bloody, whiskers gone, ears so badly burned they’re curled back.

Officers suspect someone may have used an accelerant like hairspray and, with a lighter, sprayed flames at the cat. They don’t think she was caught in a brush fire because there are no burns marks on her paws. But with no witnesses coming forward there’s little they can do.