‘To be transformed so quickly in a span of just 4 months... is just something to be celebrated for.’: Meet Steve, the severely malnourished stray cat saved by his local community who helped him find health, happiness, and a furever home

It takes a village they say, and while that phrase is usually reserved for hooman children, the same is very much true for cat children. As is proved by this story we have lined up for you today. Which saw a local community come together through awareness and donations to save the life and support the rehabilitation of one cute cat child who deserved so much more than the neglect and negligence he had been shown all his life.

This story stands as testament to what can be achieved when we all pitch in, and that if more communities were willing and able to support the people who do the dirty work of rescuing and rehabilitating, then far fewer feline fur babies would be fighting for their lives out on those mean streets.  So settle in for quite the heart-warmer of a cat story as we dive into the tale of Steve.
 

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    for managing our building Facebook page (Ming ming wcc), so most of the credit goes to her (Nhena or
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    just Nhe) This is Steve, found around late December after Christmas last
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    yr. He was actually reported by someone in one of the Cats Rescue pages in Facebook and
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    Nhe decided to go out of her way to bring him to the nearby vet (CARA). He was extremely
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    malnourished and dehydrated when she found him, though luckily was not suffering from
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  • Well, we have to say that we are rather impressed by the power of the internet and the care that people show. Because while it would have purrhaps been more ideal that the person who first saw Steve would have brought him in, at the same time, if they did not have the recourses to do so, then they really did Steve a favor by bringing the people who do.

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    anything viral. For his care, we didn't really have the funds so Nhe decided to ask for help and
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    donations, so we have a lot of people to thank for with regards to putting Steve back to health. Once
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    he was getting better, we decided to just have him stay in the building, though caged, since he had a
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    tendency of hissing at people at first (likely from trauma) Now though, this big boy is
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  • This is what a dream society looks like people, take notes. It is not just your everyday run of the mill town right here. This is a collective of people who actually care, and more so than that, who care about the work being done by their local rescue team and support them.

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    just as plump as ever. To be transformed so quickly in a span of just 4 months (he got pretty big at april, and
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    maintained until today lol) is just something to be celebrated for. He also has stopped hissing at
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    people but he still isn't particular in asking for pets. This is just a story I and the
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    rest of the team will always be fond of and share. Most credit go to Nhe though, as she was the
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    one who really took care of Steve and nursed him back to health for his stay in our building.
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    We're just glad that there's a happy story to his story because, from experience, not all of
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    them have the endings that we want. Some succumb to their declining health, and for kittens,
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    just can't continue to live after being abandoned by their momma cat. Regardless, all
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    the love that we poured to this buggers are real, and to the kitties that lost their lives we hope that at least
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    they knew there were loved at their final moments
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