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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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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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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    Hidrėlėy

    Hidrėlėy

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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.

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    Hidrėlėy

    Hidrėlėy

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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.

    Diana Lopetaitė

    Diana Lopetaitė

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    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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    Diana Lopetaitė

    Diana Lopetaitė

    Moderator, BoredPanda staff

    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
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Maikai
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Beth L
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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    Marion Friedl
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Maikai
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Beth L
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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