Back in April, a woman spotted a group of kids literally playing with fire, and was horrified when she got closer and realized they had set a cat ablaze.
She took the cat from the little demons and rushed him over to the ACCT Philly, where the stray — now dubbed Pixie — fought for his life as veterinary staff treated him.
Now Pixie, who doesn’t harbor any ill will toward people and is an affectionate, loving little dude, is all healed up and ready for his forever home.
Pixie lost most of his tail and he still suffers from some incontinence episodes — which is to be expected, given the trauma he endured — but his fur has grown back, he’s healthy and he’s ready to be loved.
“Pixie’s story is hard to read. It breaks our hearts. But it’s the reality we fight every single day,” ACCT Philly’s staff posted online. “It’s why we exist – because no animal should ever face such cruelty, and every animal deserves a second chance at life.”
Pixie’s “spirit has been untouched” by his ordeal. If you live in the area and think you can provide a good home for the little guy — and exhibit the patience he needs with his ongoing issues from the cruelty he endured — visit ACCT Philly to fill out an adoption form. We hope Pixie gets a great home and lives his best life.
Another state looks to ban declawing
Our representaves in congress are too busy embarrassing Americans, staging Jerry Springeresque arguments in the legislative chambers and chasing TV cameras, so naturally they have no time for an insignificant issue like animal welfare.
But if they won’t act to bring our barbarian nation in line with the civilized world when it comes to banning the mutilation of cats, at least some state governments are doing what they can.
Ohio’s representatives are pushing for their state to become the sixth to ban the cruel procedure, after New York, Maryland, Virginia, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Washington, D.C., has also banned declawing, and a few dozen cities throughout the country have passed their own local prohibitions.
A bipartisan bill sponsored by a Republican and two Democrats has been introduced.
The usual villains in these efforts, the state’s Veterinary Medical Association, have trotted out the same tired arguments that declawing is “discouraged,” but shouldn’t be banned.
That argument doesn’t hold water when the veterinarians who hold VMA memberships are the types who offer package deals for kitten neutering and declawing. Not all or even most vets belong to state VMAs, and almost no veterinarians who specialize in feline care are members, but the vets who do support the group are the ones who see declawing as an income stream.
Their usual strategy is to call in favors from reps whose campaigns the group donates to, who in turn try to prevent declawing bans from ever reaching the floor for a vote.
After decades of successfully defeating such bans, the dam finally broke when New York passed its ban in June of 2019, becoming the first state to outlaw elective declawing.
We wish the bill’s sponsors, and their allies in local animal welfare groups, good luck in moving the legislation forward.
Pain In The Bud 
Pixie’s story is horrific; how anyone can do that to another living creature is beyond me. I hope he finds a loving forever home very soon. He deserves to be happy.
“Our barbarian nation” – well said. It’s none of my business of course, living where I do, but any society that permits declawing in pursuit of profit cannot be regarded as civilised. Well done to those three representatives of Ohio, who have put their differences to one side for a while in order to do a good thing. If only more politicians would do that.
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Poor Pixie. He’s adorable (and bears a resemblance to certain cats we know). Hope he finds his human
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He looks so sweet and happy in the second photo I included here, where he’s all healed up.
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Our nation was always a barbarian nation and always will be. THE WHOLE WORLD IS.
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As proven by today’s events. Political violence. A country attacking the 6th sovereign country it’s targeted in less than a year. Another country trying to instigate a world war by testing NATO Article 5.
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Exactly!! Then there is the genocide of innocent children in Gaza and people who say it is a good thing to starve children. NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT CHILDREN OR ANIMALS. Humans have lost thier humanity. I was right not to have any children.I did not want to raise children in this world where things are just getting worse.
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If I could I would adopt Pixie immediately and have a bonfire with the kids…. (literally) however I have made a donation to ACCT Philly instead – thanks for raising this – at least some good has come forward from the horror
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ACCT Philly is the same group that saved The Other Buddy, the black cat who was attacked by pit bulls. They do great work. Other Buddy was adopted by the vet who performed the emergency surgery on him and has been doing really well as a loved indoor cat.
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I hate dogs – especially pit bulls. I lived with two and if my cat (Diego then Ramses) were not “caged” behind a security screen they would’ve killed the cat. Don’t care what people say about “responsible” pit bull owners. They are killing machines. Just look at their jaws.
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That attack on Philly Buddy was 100% the people who owned those dogs though. They set the dogs on him, they cheered them on, and they apparently had no conscience.
IIRC they were eventually caught and convicted.
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Years ago I was a church secretary at a church in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia. The church rented space to the local elementary school for first grade classes. One of classroom aids, Miss Pat, came upon some neighborhood monsters abusing a kitten. She somehow wrangled the kitten from them, and came to my office with the kitten.
Thank GOD the kitten was not hurt.
He was a beautiful little thing, white with black spots, and probably the cleanest – I mean IMMACULATE – little kitten I had ever seen.
I named the kitten Junior, and he lived in my office until it was time for him to get neutered, after which he was adopted by Miss Pat, who gave him a much loved, long and healthy life.
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I’m glad little Junior’s story had a happy ending.
Something has gone seriously wrong with parenting when children abuse animals. I know kids can be shockingly cruel sometimes, and I know sometimes even the most well-intentioned parents can’t stop determined kids from doing harm.
Hell, my brother and I were the definition of latchkey kids because my mom worked her ass off after my parents divorced. We did some incredibly dumb things, but we still had a moral compass.
But to harm an innocent animal, to take life, I just can’t wrap my head around it.
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My Ramses (and his brother) were rescued from a feral colony in Southern California. They were being mistreated by two young boys. The kind soul who ministered to the colony gave them $$ in exchange for the young cats who were around 5 months old at the time. After that abuse you’d think Ramses would be shy or scared around people but he is the most secure, well-adjusted, and people-friendly cat. Although I’d NEVER want any animal to go through that shite, I’m glad he did because he made the long journey to the shelter in No CA where I volunteered…and the rest is history. Here’s his story i n his own words:
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The kids should be put to sleep.
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They weren’t caught, but they should be prosecuted and given the harshest sentences a judge is permitted to hand down, along with mandatory psychological evaluations and rehabilitation.
Children torturing and killing animals does not bode well for their future as functioning adults in society, and unless the problem is addressed now, there will be serious problems later.
That is, of course, in addition to the intrinsic value animal life has.
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Many years ago a sweet cat was rescued by Milo’s Sanctuary after someone poured a caustic substance on him, melting his face and destroying one of his eyes. Sir Thomas Trueheart. I’ve been donating to Milo’s ever since. Alhtough he has since journeyed to the Rainbow Bridge, I will NEVER forget that beautiful soul. You can read his story here:
https://www.milossanctuary.org/sir-thomas-wizard-and-aiden-hopebringer.html
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