Ping the tabby cat.
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April 01, 2022 - 12:30 PM
A cat that was brutally tossed around and shaken by two dogs near Enderby will require a long recovery, and the B.C. SPCA is reaching out to the public to help cover the vet bill.
The cat is an orange tabby named Ping.
A passerby noticed Ping being tossed around by two dogs on a rural road outside Enderby, before even realizing it was a cat they were tossing around. When he stopped and approached, the dogs dropped Ping and ran off.
Ping was covered in drool and blood. The man caught the cat, wrapped it up in his leather jacket and then took it to the shelter.
“When Ping arrived she was very cold, wet and frightened,” Victoria Olynik, manager of the Shuswap B.C. SPCA, said in a press release.
“She was so frightened that when we unwrapped her from the leather jacket she tried to run from us but her back legs weren’t working, so we rushed her to the veterinarian.”
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Ping was found to have a number of puncture wounds, bruises and a fractured pelvis. The cat was prescribed rest and medication to address its swelling.
“Once Ping was back in our care it took several days for us to learn just how sweet she was,” Olynik said.
“She is shy and will flinch if you move too quickly around her, but she will roll over for belly rubs and chin scratches and loves to sleep in her bubble bed.”
Ping was also given vaccines, meds for pain and deworming, and antibiotics.
The cat has been receiving treatment at the SPCA for more than six weeks, and the amount of time it remains there is dependent upon how the fracture heals.
After Ping has recovered, the cat will be spayed and put up for adoption.
“I will never forget the look on Ping’s face as she watched the man who rescued her leave the shelter,” said Olynik. “Her eyes softened. She seemed to know what he had done for her.”
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