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By the Merrimac River Feline Rescue Society
Hula was surrendered to another area shelter after her owner moved to a new apartment where cats weren’t allowed, and shelter staff quickly fell in love with the happy little 10-week-old brown tabby girl. But unlike most kittens, Hula was born with only one eye and with a spinal abnormality requiring thousands of dollars worth of diagnostic and corrective care.
Hula’s care was considered too expensive and her prognosis too unclear for that shelter to manage, so she was scheduled for euthanasia. Unable to bear the thought of putting this lively, spirited kitten to sleep, the staff contacted the Merrimac River Feline Rescue Society to ask if they might be able to help and the rest is history.
Hula in her foster home
Born with only one eye and a defect in her spine, Hula wobbles when she walks and is unable to jump. In spite of this, Hula loves to play, and she purrs the second you look her way. Her wobbly gait brings to mind a dancing dashboard hula doll, leading staff to her name. The fact that her front end seems to be trying to go in a different direction from her back end doesn’t seem to bother this little girl one bit. Hula doesn’t know she’s anything other than a regular, busy little kitten! Meeting Hula in person, we knew that saving her life was the right decision.
Safe in a foster home where she is loved and cared for, Hula is currently awaiting further diagnosis and treatment, including an MRI that will likely cost around $1,500. While Hula’s particular case is unusual, the cost of her treatment is not. Each year, the Merrimac River Feline Rescue Society spends tens of thousands of dollars helping cats like Hula. Like you, we believe that every cat deserves a chance at life and a loving home.
Brought to you by the World’s Biggest Baby Shower for Animals, supporting the Merrimac River Feline Rescue Society and dozens of other small but mighty rescue squads worldwide.
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Thanks for sharing this article. I sincerely believe that the time is coming that government budgets worldwide each contribute resources for the support of all the sanctuaries and NGOs supporting life. Economic resources exist, they are only a very few hands and large groups that life is not what interests them. These large economic groups and multinationals should be required to pay taxes that are designed to promote and sustain life which in turn destroy them with their projects. We are walking bad about economic, social and life in all countries. Time to change.
What a wonderful story. Thanks for posting.
grazie grazie per la bella storia.!!!!!! hula e` una linda gattina!!!!!
So glad little cat was kept in life and has a home! Thank you for caring for her! God bless you! Hope she will be o.k. after the treatment.
Good for Hula! May she get whatever treatment she needs and may she have a long, happy, and healthy life. I'm so glad that she wasn't euthanized but was given a chance.
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I'm so happy to see many people like myself support helping and doing what ever we can for our four legged friends. I'm glad the agency did not give this cat the needle, but instead had mercy on her and now she's in a loving hom. I would have done the same thing for this cat. There are people born with disabilities, one eye, two heads, and we don't give them tne needle. So, animals deserve life and love too. This cat is also a creation of God's just like we are and they too deserve to enjoy this earth.
Grazie per la condivisione di una storia bellissima.
To me the most important thing when it comes to an injured ,disable a lost of an eye or other thing tha even having this accident or birth deffect this animal can still have a happy heart .Given them a little chance to fell a little joy of having someone who takes away the pain and the sadness to comford him or her help them fill wanted .To someone who realy feel love for an animal of a pet do not see that defect but dothe best to fill that void with love,attention and tries to do the best to make them fill love and wanted. That joy whe you see even in one Ieye that little sparcle of " I am love" is the best feeling to anyone that care for their well been. When someone looses any part of their body they look not for the compassion but the acceptance and understanding that we all have values weather ones wants to accept or not. And accident or abuse to any one hurts but it hurts more that the real visible eye of contiousness is not present and that should be more important than putting a person or and animal a side when one can do a little to help them see the light of what truly care on love is all about.I don't think that someone is going to put a person aside because she or he can find someone else better looking .Maybe there can be.If someone who values live and what that person is or ment to the other will not let this person a side on the contrary will help and support without forgetting that he or she is valuable too and can help both.MCH
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