It was a really bad thunderstorm and Dennis McDonald was driving his truck when he saw a supposedly dead cat on the side of a road in British Columbia, Canada. McDonald had a strange feeling that the kitty might still be alive, so he turned back to check on him and discovered that the cat was still breathing.

“I took the length of my arm and put it under [the cat] to support him entirely and managed to get him in the box and back to the truck,” McDonald told The Dodo. The man took the cat to the vet immediately.

The cat was badly injured. His skull was fractured, his nose was collapsed, and his jaw had to be wired shut. He had an ear tattoo that led to her owner but she didn’t take him back. “She was in a place where she couldn’t do anything for him, so she surrendered him to the vet and me,”said McDonald. “That broke my heart into a million little pieces.” He adopted the cat immediately and named him BB-8. The poor kitty had to go through many extensive surgeries but he’s expected to make a full recovery and live a happy life with McDonald’s other 2 rescue cats.

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“You almost hit a dead cat,” Dennis McDonald’s passenger said to him

“I look quickly at the passenger mirror and honestly, something hit me,” said McDonald

“Tears started to well up [in my eyes] and I said, ‘I don’t believe that he’s dead. I’m turning around'”

“I knew I couldn’t carry on with my day if I hadn’t gone back”

The cat was badly injured but still alive, so McDonald rushed her to the vet

He had an ear tattoo that led to his owner but she didn’t take him back

“She was in a place where she couldn’t do anything for him, so she surrendered him to the vet and me”

It broke McDonalds’s heart “into a million little pieces,” so he adopted the cat immediately and named him BB-8

McDonald posing with Lucy, his other rescue cat

BB-8 had to go through many extensive surgeries but he’s expected to make a full recovery

BB-8 – left, Lucy – right

“I hope others understand that they can pull over and possibly save a life”

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