Cat that lost 1 of its lives to trap
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GECKOS aren’t the only animals that can escape a close call by shedding part of the body. Cats are also known for their strong ability to survive — hence the expression that they have nine lives. Last month, Shanghai Daily photographer Wang Rongjiang caught sight of a stray cat hobbling into bushes along Binjiang Avenue in the Pudong New Area, crippled by an trap clamped around its right foreleg.
A few days later, the cat reappeared, the trap and damaged limb gone, and managing to get by on three legs.
“It was caught in a cat trap, which we often find in the bushes around here,” cat lover and Pudong New Area resident Liu Fengzhen told Shanghai Daily.
“Four cats disappeared after going into the bushes this winter,” she added.
Inspired by her daughter, who’s a long-time friend to felines, Liu began feeding stray cats in 2008. She and her husband walk 45 minutes to Binjiang Avenue every afternoon in all weathers, bringing cat food, fish and water.
The couple noticed the male cat, which looks about 2 years old, during feeding time. “He was making a lot of noise as he had to drag the leg.
The trap was obviously very heavy for him, and a mophead had got tangled up in it too,” Liu recalled.
The couple tried without success to catch the cat and send it to a vet. “But he was too cautious to be near any people,” Liu said.
However, Liu’s husband did at least manage to remove the mophead. “The jaws of the trap had gone through to the bone and I was so worried about the injury getting infected,” Liu said.
So for a week, the 60-year-old set aside some food mixed with antibiotics for the injured feline. About 10 days later, she was surprised to see the cat appear — minus its trapped leg.
“The damaged part was perhaps shed along with the trap when he caught it in some branches,” she said. “The wound was still bleeding, with the bone exposed.”
“Luckily, he’s able to lick the wound so it didn’t get infected, or maybe the drug kicked in,” she added.
The cat has made a good recovery, and leaps toward Liu at feeding time. Liu said that while she’d like to offer it a home, she already has five adopted strays.
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