Only three legs needed for this feline to land on its feet.
A depraved brute shot a cat with a bow-and-arrow and left it to die on a Philadelphia street before it was miraculously saved by a volunteer.
Kimiko was found last week with an arrow protruding from her thigh in an apparent act of animal cruelty, according to the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA).
The friendly feline was found by the caretaker of a cat colony in the Strawberry Mansion section of Philadelphia on Friday September 20th with the metal arrow jutting out from the side – left to die a slow and painful death.
An x-ray image posted on Facebook shows an arrow point wedged into Kimiko’s right leg – just inches away from her bones. PSPCA surgeons at the Philadelphia Animal Specialty and Emergency hospital rushed to save her life.
Nicole Wilson of the PSPCA said of the heartless attack, “Not only is it senseless, the suffering that that causes. That cat was clearly injured for hours, suffering for hours before somebody was able to find it and bring it to help.”
The emergency surgery was a success and Kimiko is currently recovering at a PSPCA shelter. That shelter posted a clip of the kitty playfully stretching in an open-crate with the caption highlighting that she is still loving towards humans – despite ample reason to be cautious and even fearful.
The PSPCA’s Animal Law Enforcement is investigating the incident and asking anyone with information about the person or persons responsible to call the PSPCA’s cruelty hotline at 866-8601 or email cruelty@pspca.org.
“This person severely injured this cat,” Wilson said, adding,“We don’t know that an individual who would make that choice wouldn’t make the next choice of potentially injuring a person.”
Pennsylvania has seen 50,000 cases of animal abuse since the year 2017 – when the state introduced Libre’s Law which created stricter punishments for animal abusers including making aggravated assault on an animal a felony.