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Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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The term “community cats” is used to refer to outdoor, stray, or unowned cats. Friendly, feral, mature, young, healthy, ill, altered, and/or unaltered cats are all possible. They might or might not be looked after. One such cat is named Buddy who unfortunately didn’t find its forever home until it got attacked by two vicious dogs.

Buddy’s story was shared worldwide as people, horrified by what had happened to the cat, started donating in hopes of saving the black stray. However, Buddy wasn’t ready to give up on his life that easily as he did his best to survive.

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Meet Buddy, a cat who barely survived a vicious attack from two dogs

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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The cat had been on a porch before two teenagers walking the dogs approached it and let them off the leash, allowing them to attack Buddy

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Buddy the cat had to be hospitalized as he fought for his life

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Over $130,000 of donations were made to the Pennsylvania SPCA

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Emergency veterinarian Katie Venanzi hoped the cat would survive the attack, however, the chances seemed slim

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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As Venanzi attended to his numerous wounds, she saw the cat growl at BluePearl Pet Hospital workers and smack his tail on the table

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Following all of that, Buddy the cat began recovering on March 22nd and is now physically healed

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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The cat still has some psychological trauma to process but his new owners are doing their best to help him

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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The two boys, who are still minors, were accused and charged with offenses such as aggravated animal abuse and animal fighting

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Before the attack, Buddy was a homeless cat, however, following his recovery, Venanzi, the veterinarian who treated him decided to adopt him

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Dave, Venanzi’s husband, had the idea to adopt the cat because he was aware of how closely his wife had bonded with Buddy

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Right now, Buddy is happy in his new furever home as he enjoys the company of his new brother Teddy

Cat Gets Attacked By Two Dogs, Survives, And Finds His Forever Home With The Veterinarian Who Saved Him

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Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

Fascinated by music, movies and sitcoms, I'm passionate about social media and can't live without the internet, especially for all the cute dog and cat pictures out there. I wish the day had about 40 hours to be able to do everything I want.

Diana Lopetaitė

Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

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Marion Friedl 2 years ago

Depending on how old the minor offenders were who unleashed the dogs, eventually their parents should be charged, at least here in Germany it would be that way, and their dogs should be seized and rehomed after some training with a dog behavourist. I followed the rescue yet on Facebook and Instagram and also follow cute mini panfur Buddy on Instagram now, I can´t post there myself without a mobile phone, but occasionally I visit Instagram and I can at least follow, like and comment there. I´d have fallen in love with Buddy too, and I´m happy he recovered so well and found such a loving furever home with the vet and her partner.

20points

Maikai 2 years ago

These minors were 15+ yo teens— old enough to know better. Something other than kindness seems to have gotten the better of them. YOUTUBE LINKS—————Breaking news of attack: https://youtu.be/LtZa4wmGNbM —————News of suspects’ surrender: https://youtu.be/4d3jeRnicxY—————Happy ending article: https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2022/05/26/buddy-cat-adopted-pspca/ (Sorry ads).

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No One 2 years ago

What evil little people those teenagers are. If their punishment doesn't include something that teaches empathy, they are likely to abuse humans later in life. Perhaps community service with a rescue service (while being watched very closely) would help. It seemed to help that football player.

7points

Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago

Psychopaths usually start by hurting animals before graduating to people.

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Beth L 2 years ago

Ted doesn't look quite as smitten as the humans in the household XD

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Marion Friedl 2 years ago

Depending on how old the minor offenders were who unleashed the dogs, eventually their parents should be charged, at least here in Germany it would be that way, and their dogs should be seized and rehomed after some training with a dog behavourist. I followed the rescue yet on Facebook and Instagram and also follow cute mini panfur Buddy on Instagram now, I can´t post there myself without a mobile phone, but occasionally I visit Instagram and I can at least follow, like and comment there. I´d have fallen in love with Buddy too, and I´m happy he recovered so well and found such a loving furever home with the vet and her partner.

20points

Maikai 2 years ago

These minors were 15+ yo teens— old enough to know better. Something other than kindness seems to have gotten the better of them. YOUTUBE LINKS—————Breaking news of attack: https://youtu.be/LtZa4wmGNbM —————News of suspects’ surrender: https://youtu.be/4d3jeRnicxY—————Happy ending article: https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2022/05/26/buddy-cat-adopted-pspca/ (Sorry ads).

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No One 2 years ago

What evil little people those teenagers are. If their punishment doesn't include something that teaches empathy, they are likely to abuse humans later in life. Perhaps community service with a rescue service (while being watched very closely) would help. It seemed to help that football player.

7points

Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago

Psychopaths usually start by hurting animals before graduating to people.

9points

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Beth L 2 years ago

Ted doesn't look quite as smitten as the humans in the household XD

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