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Iranian special-needs cat gets new life in US
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Feline survives loss of limb, abuse
- Duration 1:30
- Date Apr 27, 2012
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His name is lose which means very cute or local boy and Arabic.
He was born in Tehran but -- -- is now Baghdad by the bay and San Francisco's animal care and control shelter where he's being given them special attention.
We were contacted by a rescue organization and -- -- on asking me if they could send it and lose here.
Made to -- as a special needs -- with -- medical issues police suffers from a tilted pelvis that means his rear legs didn't work well or at all.
He dragged himself along the streets of Tehran soaked in gasoline and -- he'd apparently been shot in the face with a pellet gun.
Director of separatists go animal care and control Rebecca Katz says -- -- his left leg was amputated by well meaning but this trained our -- in veterinarians.
A good samaritan flew him from Tehran to San Francisco April 15 for more surgery on his pelvis and face -- start.
-- here with the number of cats coming and that would probably get big cat that we would say it doesn't make sense to trap I don't know there's so many policy lovely cats and me but.
His personality is so great and we've been making more -- more.
Special needs animals adopt -- -- here.
An increasing number of animals here 10% or more are classified as special needs making them more difficult to adopt out.
The hope is that -- -- will have an easier path to a new home.
He's a really special cat and I think there are going to be a lot of people -- interest and I am I hope so.
And San Francisco David Stephenson -- do you channel to use.
