Three-Legged Kitten Named Tripod
“A tiny kitten handed to vets with appalling injuries has used up one of its nine lives at just two weeks old. Vets thought the cat, which was handed to them with one leg hanging off, was unlikely to survive emergency surgery. But four weeks later, the plucky puss – who has been named Tripod after his three legs – has battled back from the brink at a Cat Protection volunteer’s home. Carole Hill, who has been caring for the kitten at her home in Hollywood, Birmingham, said it was an astonishing recovery. She said she took him to work with her at one of the city’s schools so she could feed him every four hours as his mother would have. She said: ‘He has made an absolutely amazing recovery – it is really quite remarkable. ‘Against all he has been through he has turned into a happy, confident little cat and can run around perfectly well on his three legs.” w/ photos
