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4Paws – The Miracle Cat

Hi All

Today we bring you the story of “the Miracle Cat”

This cat obviously wanted to live!

Recently we came across this poor feral cat, on the premises of Vodaworld in Midrand. We have been asked to trap and sterilize the feral colony living there and we have already sterilized a number of ferals and taken in several kittens.

We could see that something was seriously wrong with her and fortunately we managed to catch her with a blanket, as she refused to go into our traps. We took her to our vet, Dr Shelagh Hahn, who confirmed that she must have been hit by a car some time ago, as she had multiple fractures. She had a broken pelvis right through the hip bone, a broken ankle joint, a broken right tibia and a dislocated kneecap! Amazingly and beyond our understanding, her body managed to “repair” all the fractures, even though the bones grew on all skew. The only thing her body did not manage to heal was the dislocated knee cap, which our vet attended to.

This poor cat must have been in the most excruciating pain and we simply cannot understand how she managed to get to food and water with her broken little body! Also, it is a miracle that none of her organs had been damaged in the accident. This cat obviously wanted to live!

But, our vet pointed out, that despite the fact that her body had recovered, she was not sterilized and her body would not have been able to carry her kittens to term or give birth. If we had not found her in time, she would have died eventually when she became pregnant.

Our vet assured us that she is no longer in pain and therefore there is no need to put her down, especially not after she had fought so long and hard to survive!

After she had been sterilized by our vet, we took her to our shelter where we are working with her to try and tame her. As soon as she is tame, we are going to need a very special home for this kitty. Please contact us if you can offer her a good home.

As always, we are in desperate need of funds for her and the other animals in our shelter, medical bills and care. Please help us to help them by making a kind donation, or perhaps buying a t-shirt or a calendar (see further down) and please forward this email to all your friends and family?

Thank you and kind regards,
Merinda Brits

Banking details:
FOUR PAWS
Nedbank, Fourways
Branch code: 168405,
Acc no: 1684110750

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