This website makes a donation every month to a cat charity. The amount is based upon the number of comments at $.05 per comment. March’s donation has been carried over and combined with April’s donation, which at $.05 per comment works out at around $250 (USD). The calculation is based upon 2,536 comments for April making $126 USD to add to $123 USD for March 2014.
Tina Lavelle, an American lady living in Rapid City, South Dakota, authored a post about her declawed cat whose name is Mollie Ann. Tina thought Mollie may be suffering from pain in her paws due to declaw surgery, which occured when she was a kitten – many years ago. X-rays were needed to ascertain whether there were bone fragments in Mollie’s paws. Tina couldn’t afford the veterinarian’s fee for the x-rays.
PoC stepped in to assist financially. This website donated, direct to Tina, US$200 for the x-rays to be carried out by a carefully selected veterinarian who would then liaise with Dr Kirsten Doub of the Utah branch Paw Project, a specialist veterinarian at cat declaw repair surgery and also a specialist at reading x-rays of damaged paws due to careless declaw surgery.
That is the background picture. I’m very pleased that this website has donated $200 to Tina and at the time of dictating this post, we are awaiting feedback from her about the results of the x-rays. It is early days and therefore we should be patient for the results and whether further surgery is required which will be ascertained by Dr. Doub.
I will, of course, keep everybody posted regarding updates, which naturally depends upon Tina’s ongoing input. My thanks to everyone for your support in this project. Best wishes to Tina and Mollie.
Here is evidence of the donation:
Please search using the search box at the top of the site. You are bound to find what you are looking for.
Update from Tina:
“P.O.C” besides being a practical “Cat Encyclopedia” is doing excellent cat charity.What surprises me is the high cost of Veterinary care and costs in the Western First World Country’s.
The price of this seems quite reasonable to me! In London if you want and vet to clean your cat’s teeth it’ll cost £400! It is the cost of the general anesthetic etc..
Michael,
You are a prince!!
Jo, we have an update from Tina:
Hi Michael!!!!
X-rays done this morning and Mollie did not need sedation!!!!!!!! The vet is extremely professional and Mollie did great. Her weight is fine and examination was perfect. She is in good shape and the x-rays are being sent to Dr. Doub in Utah. Do not know when I’ll hear back, but will let you know!!!
Great.
wow thats alot of money michael that be like almost 600 to 800 nzl
but its well worth it.
Awesume what a great cause so pleased its going to help Molly. Shes such a beautiful kitty. Hope she gets better soon. Hugs
Thank you Michael and PoC for helping! I hope, with the help of Paws with Claws/Carla, writing a letter to the veterinarians Mollie will see and receive xrays from that she can be diagnosed properly and receive the treatment she needs
Tina could you please provide us with an update on the X-rays?
I hope the vets are treating this urgently! Now we know from the Paw Project Utah that all declawed cats are in pain anyway, the ones with bone fragments too, must be in agony from the botched surgery. It’s imperative Mollie is seen and hopefully treated quickly, because every day delayed is another day in pain for her.
Perfect. Good going as usual Michael.
Thank you DW. Let’s hope it works out.
very pawsome!! God bless you for helping the kitties. . . Praying that all will be well with Mollie. . . <3
Thank you Ruth for bringing this case to Michael’s attention so Mollie can get the help she needs.
Thank you Michael and PoC for making it possible for Mollie to get her X-rays.
Thank you Cindy. Let’s hope this all works out right and Mollie is restored to good health if she has a problem with her paws.
Once again a wonderful act of kindness by POC, by Michael. This will make a huge difference to Mollie’s chance of getting help for her poor painful paws, I hope it can now all happen quickly and I hope Tina can keep us updated as to progress. A huge thank you Michael for your kindness to all cats.
What a wonderful gesture Michael! I hope Tina gets those Xrays done and to Kirsten quickly, it’s heart breaking to think of poor Mollie in pain, I hope and pray she can be helped.
What a difference in vets, the wonderful Paw Project vets repairing the damage done by the declawing vets who break their oath to cause no animal to suffer.
How can those vets keep on denying the suffering they cause?
How many cats are crippled by this cruel surgery?
It HAS to stop!