ASHTABULA — Pumpkin purred and ate all his cat food Wednesday.
It’s difficult to believe the young orange tabby suffered severe trauma just a few days ago. Someone shot him with an arrow, which traveled down the side of his rib cage and shattered his front leg.
“More than likely, he will have to have the leg amputated, but we’ll see,” said veterinarian Diane Veale, who removed the arrow Tuesday at the Country Doctor Veterinary Clinic in Jefferson.
Pumpkin’s story began early Tuesday when a woman gingerly carried him, with a field arrow sticking out of his back, into the Animal Protective League’s shelter in Kingsville.
Veale worked for about 45 minutes Tuesday, cleaning the wound of maggots and removing the arrow.
“This was not an accident,” she said. “This arrow had a field point on it.”
Field points usually are used for target shooting. The position of the arrow indicates someone shot the cat from above, Veale said.
Since the story ran in Wednesday’s Star Beacon, several people have called wanting to adopt Pumpkin, said Jeremiah Sabol, APL shelter director.
“There will be no problem getting this kitty a home,” Veale said. “He’s a wonderful cat.”
There’s more good news: Donations are coming into the APL to cover Pumpkin’s medical expenses.
A board member from an animal shelter in New Jersey donated $500 after hearing about the cat’s plight on the Internet, and more people are donating money, Sabol said.
“Any extra money (above what Pumpkin’s medical needs may be) will stay at Country Doctor as credit for the shelter,” he said.
Donations can be made out to: APL, 5970 Green Road, Ashtabula, OH 44004. Donors can write “Pumpkin” on the check.
For more information, call (440) 224-1222 or go to www.info@acapl.net.
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