Animal obituaries

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, October 2007:

 

 

Animal obituaries

 

Sylvie, 15, trapped as a feral kitten by Animal People

publisher Kim Bartlett behind a Connecticut restaurant in 1992, was

euthanized on October 18, 2007 due to brain damage from an apparent

stroke. Sweet-natured and especially devoted to elderly tomcats,

Sylvie retained a fear of humans until she became a paraplegic in May

2006 and required constant care thereafter.

 

Tiger, 17, died on October 9, 2007 at the Visakha SPCA in

Visakhapatnam, India. " He was two years old when in late 1996 I

brought him to a vet clinic after he was hit by a jeep, " recalled

Visakha SPCA founder Pradeep Kumar Nath. Tiger, with paralyzed

hindquarters, and Lakshmi, a three-legged cow, became the first

Visakha SPCA resident animals. When ANIMAL PEOPLE first visited the

Visakha SPCA in 2000, Nath warned that Tiger was " a runner, " and

had to be held closely. PETA volunteer Teresa Gibbs had recommended

that both Tiger and Lakshmi, who died in April 2007, should be

euthanized. Doubting that Tiger could really run far or fast, the

ANIMAL PEOPLE delegation gave him the split second he needed to take

off at rocket speed in pursuit of another dog. Despite his handicap,

Tiger remained the Visakha SPCA top dog to the end. Late in life he

regained partial use of his hind legs.

 

 

 

 

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