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Woman’s ‘disability’ sparked an empathy for disabled cats

Margot Tamar Riemer has cystic fibrosis. It is an inherited condition and she probably does not call it a disability. I have because there is a natural symmetry to Margot’s ‘disability’ and her empathy towards cats with disabilities. She is drawn to helping them. This is a positive that can be drawn from a negative. …

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Watson: Thanks to new ‘plastic boots,’ cat born with twisted legs can walk again

Meet Watson, a kitten born with twisted legs who can walk again, thanks to his new plastic boots. Watson was rescued as a kitten by American animal welfare organization Almost Home Animal Rescue League. It was quickly determined he was born with radial hypoplasia, a congenital disease that causes deformities of the limbs. The disease …

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Ruth the Paralyzed cat and Idgie, her loving Dachshund guardian: Featured stars on Nat Geo Wild

Early last year the inspirational and heart-touching story about a sweet, partially paralyzed tuxedo kitten named Ruth and her devoted Dachshund side-kick puppy named Idgie went viral. The two were almost “glued at the hip” companion animals were named after two characters in “Fried Green Tomatoes”, the popular 1991 comedy-drama film based on the Fannie …

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The Blind Cat Rescue & Shelter

I’m sure many PoC regulars will be familiar with The Animal Rescue Site, part of the Greater Good organisation, where we can click daily to help to feed rescue animals in the USA, I’ve been doing this for years now but only about 6 months ago I found out about the Shelter Challenge on the …

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