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 Hi my name is Jess and I’m fundraising for our family cat, Linny.
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 Linny is five years old, was a house cat, but when he was 2 he escaped. He was missing for nearly a year. After looking, posting on local Facebook groups, checking at vets, posters, everything we naturally assumed the worst and decided he wouldn’t be coming home.
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 Miraculously, 12 months later, a lovely lady who lived nearby saw him visiting her garden and managed to catch him and alas, Linny returned home.
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 Linny wasn’t the same when he got back. I guess a year of sleeping rough does that to a cat. He refused to use the litter tray and peed all over the house. My mum spoke to the vets for advice who suggested to try letting him outside.
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 He went outside, just stood there, and came back in. After a few attempts Linny learnt to go outside / keep by the door when he needed the toilet and he would wait patiently by the door when he finished his business and come back in.
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 He is now just 95% house cat.
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 Fast forward 2 years later Monday 7th September, my mum let Linny out for his morning wee, and about 20 minutes later he came home COVERED in blood.
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 My mum panicked, rushed him to the vet, who has now confirmed he has been hit at nearly point blank range with an air rifle.
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 He had an x-ray yesterday before coming home (stable and eating normally) before another vets more equipped to operate would see him.
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 He was taken there last night, had his MRI today and will be operated on tomorrow.
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 The police have been called, we have given a statement. Sadly there is nothing they can do.
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 We have been told he might not survive the operation.
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 If the pellet remains he will get lead poisoning and die.
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 Putting him to sleep isn’t an option for us. We can’t lose him again.
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 He is the most lovely friendly cat ever, and even with all this trauma, the vets can’t get over how friendly and lovely he still is.
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 Please help us pay for his extortionate vet care and keep him in your thoughts and prayers ❤️
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