Four-month-old Phoenix is now in the care of the Kalamazoo-based Wild Whiskers rescue, after being severely burned in a Grand Rapids area house fire.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Kayla Yarbrough, the executive director at the Wild Whiskers rescue, says a four-month-old kitten named Phoenix is full of spunk and loves to cuddle. But Phoenix, who has gained a following of concerned animal lovers on social media, is now best-known as a survivor.
“There was a family Saturday night. They had a bad house fire. It started in their garage. One of their dogs alerted them to it and they opened the garage to find that one of their vehicles had caught on fire. So the family and all four of their dogs were able to get out safely,” Yarbrough said of the fire, which happened in the Grand Rapids area.
“However, they had a barn cat who had a litter of kittens, and …