Veterinarians use fish skin bandage to treat burned cat

Pam Wiese with the Nebraska Humane Society told KETV that veterinarians at UC Davis in California have had good results using fish skins to form an "organic bandage" on animals. The technique was successfully used to treat animals burned in the California wildfires.

Nebraska Humane Society veterinarians sutured tilapia fish skin onto King's back, tail stump and legs, KETV reported.

King faces a lengthy recovery and is not out of the woods yet, but it is hoped that the fish skin will provide "protection, pain relief and offers collagen protein that promotes healing," Wiese told KETV.

Below is an image showing the fish skin after it was attached to the cat's body. (Viewer discretion advised.)