Urgent Plea! And *WARNING GRAPHIC PICS*

[katrina]

omg that leg looks sooo bad that it dosent even look like a leg! i never saw anything like that before!!

[QueenScoopalot]

I would think her pictures & story would be elsewhere on the website like the "home" page! I clicked on every link on the website and there's no mention of Daisy anywhere. It's all sort of odd to me, but if this is for real they should attend to her injuries NOW and not wait for donations to trickle in. I'm sure if they had the media come in and get her pictures and story out to the public instead of via the internet, there will be more than enough to cover all expenses and then some.

[CultureJunky]

Kevin says it is possible it's been photoshopped and that they would have to take the leg off and paste on something from a different picture, or it could be a three legged cat and they've added that bit on.
Though having looked close it seems to look like a leg and paw, and the colours on the leg on the third picture match the colours on daisy's head.

Queen scoop alot at you going to email them at all to see if you can find out more?
I also noticed that there is no mention of daisy on the rest of the website having go over it a few times to search it, surely that would be TOP priority if it's such an extreme emergency case?

[Medusa]

Without examining it too closely, the pic does seem to be doctored. But as for lack of a pained expression, that's entirely possible. My Peeka (RIP) was my first rescue. Kids had tried to skin her alive and they managed to strip all the fur from her tail except for a little tuft on the end. Plus it was broken and dragged on the ground. She had been in -18 degree weather for 3 days when she came to me and believe it or not, she was purring. I know that cats do purr to comfort themselves sometimes but she was purring nonetheless. She had to have her tail amputated and she lived to be 14 years old before acute renal failure took her. But even when she had nothing but salve and antibiotics to comfort her until Monday morning, (of course, this had to happen on a Sunday), she slept w/me and purred all night. You'd never know she was in pain.

Blessings,
Mary

[mrspunkysmom]

I use PSP to crop, clean up photos, and do artwork to photos. I split the channels to look for evidence and found several blocky sections on the splits as evidence of editing. I used a photo of Mr. Spunky as comparison and saw no such "blocks of pixels" on his photo. This could also have been a low-density photo, but that would not account for obvious editing "blocks" that do not blend in well with the surrounding areas. The person when copying and pasting used rectangles instead of free-form areas. I can post some of my findings at photobucket if you are interested.

Daisy's whiskers are also messed up in the photo. The bad leg appears to continue under her front leg and extend. It also appears to have been edited out at that point. It looks like dirt on the blanket.

As far as the purring:
Find below many interesting articles on why cats purr. I like the Wikipedia article best and have heard one of the newer theories recently on a science program. One theory is that the low frequencies of purring may be beneficial on a cellular level (like kitty meditation or yoga) for physical healing. (I swear that cats are aliens or at least a superior species.) It works on us, too. (Which might be one way to get us to help a distressed cat.)

My favorite reason and one I know I have observed is that the cat is communicating to us that he/she wants or need our attention or help. Logically this would support why an injured cat purrs. My cats have purred to me several times for the last 20 years upon entering a room. Most of the time it has been to get my attention. One particular time, RB Maggie woke me at 4 AM because she was hungry by purring in my face. She wouldn't quit. I got up to check out of frustration and discovered the food bowl was empty. Fill food bowl; get back to sleep.

Perhaps the purr is like "Aloha", a multi-purpose greeting with interpretation dependent upon context.

Anne

Purring links

pet-tips at pets.ca

cats at about.com

wikipedia article -interesting

[kitimom]

I looked at the photo and I gotta say that if this is real, I would be surprised she made it this far. With an injury THAT severe, she would had suffered an infection so violent that she wouldn't have recovered. Open wound, add dirt, ,,,you know what I mean.
Will keep a close eye on this to see if it was an actual case.

[CultureJunky]

I have to admit the more and more I look at it the more and more I find it unbelievable. Unbelievable in that ANY rescue group with a cat with such a severe injury would take it to the vets STRAIGHT AWAY with no ifs or buts.
Regardless of the cost. Also any vet with half a brain and heart would operate straight away regardless of cost due the fact that their job is to save animals lives and reduce suffering. NO vet would pass her by because of a lack of funds.
And IF they are keeping her until they have the money then they're NOT doing thier job properly and Daisy should be reliquished from their care immediately.
It could be an old photo to play on people's heart strings I guess to bring in more funds.

I just find it inconcievable.