Urgent Plea! And *WARNING GRAPHIC PICS*

[QueenScoopalot]

I got this email via one of the several Yahoo Groups I receive digest form emails from. This baby has really upset me seeing her pictures, and knowing the awful pain she must be going through, and yet she sits there in the pictures looking like nothing is wrong. Talk about a stoic creature! Unless this whole thing has been Photoshopped, and is a scam, it has me convinced that Daisy is a hurting kitty, and although I have barely the means to keep my own rescue thing going on here, perhaps some PTers may help? Here's the link...and to me it looks quite legitimate, but perhaps it should be looked into closer? The thing that makes me wonder is how does a cat with a leg torn from top to bottom look so painfree?
http://www.straycatalliance.org/daisy.html

[buttercup132]

People are so stupid!

[Catlady711]

knowing the awful pain she must be going through, and yet she sits there in the pictures looking like nothing is wrong. The thing that makes me wonder is how does a cat with a leg torn from top to bottom look so painfree?
http://www.straycatalliance.org/daisy.html

It's highly possible. Animals are very good at hiding illness (weakness). We recently had two cases come in that are along this line.

1) owner called with cat who had a 'broken leg' which was over a week since the injury, after rescheduling it for yet another week later the cat finally gets to come in (mind you this is 2 weeks since the injury). Cat turns out not to have a simple 'broken leg' but in fact the entire foot is missing!! Bare bone is potruding out from what is left of it's thigh, and it's using the bone that remained to walk on!! I can't tell you how I shivered hearing that boney stub clicking on the metal tables as it walked around. However the cat itself was purring (a happy purr), leaning in for a cheek scratching, and pushing it's front feet the whole time we examined it.

2) This week we had owner call saying 'cat's tail was half falling off'. When it came in, turns out the tail had actually already been amputated and only a thin strip of fur/skin was holding it on there. Injury appeared to be several days old as it was full of pus. However cat itself was purring (happy purr), enjoying the ear scratches, and doing the 'elevator butt' thing when we examined it.

So in the case of this cat in the link, it's quite possible for it to appear normal despite a very nasty injury. That is why it's up to owners to be ever watchful of ANYTHING different or unusual in our pets.

[Kalei]

It looks very suspicious to me, but if that is a cat with a real torn leg, then I feel so so bad for it, from the pics it looks terrible. I hope that poor poor cat gets a good forever home.

[mrspunkysmom]

My money says the photo has been touched-up a lot. I used PSP to enlarge the photo and I saw evidence of touch up and pasting.

Also the thrid picture of the leg/thigh does not match the coloring and is of a hind leg or so it appears.

I may be wrong. I am suspicious of everything.

I couldn't find anything pro or con on the photo when I searched. I went to the actual site and googled "daisy" and the search engine couldn't find her, but I could find other pages at the site.

Interesting.

Anne

[Lizzie]

My money says the photo has been touched-up a lot. I used PSP to enlarge the photo and I saw evidence of touch up and pasting.

Also the thrid picture of the leg/thigh does not match the coloring and is of a hind leg or so it appears.

I may be wrong. I am suspicious of everything.

I couldn't find anything pro or con on the photo when I searched. I went to the actual site and googled "daisy" and the search engine couldn't find her, but I could find other pages at the site.

Interesting.

Anne

The last picture may be of one of the burns she suffered. What doesn't make sense to me is that they state her leg has been sliced open. What is left of her leg is so withered, how can they tell what happened to it? Surely the people who brought her in didn't wait for ?months after her leg was sliced open and until it became little more than a shred of dried flesh.

[CultureJunky]

OH MY GOD
This cannot be real, please say that's not real!
though looking closer at it it does look like the leg has withered almost away so it could be real.
Oh my god, i have never seen anything like it.
Whoever did this should be shot dead point blank range as far as I'm concerned.
Is anybody sending money?
The website look legitimate.

I'll ask Kevin to look at it closer and see if he can see anything if it's been done on photoshop, he's very good at that he may be able to see something we cant'.

[jennielynn1970]

OMG.... How long are they going to wait to get it repaired?! Are they actually going to wait until they raise all the money?! There are vets out there that will work with rescues and discount surgeries, or give them payment plans.