"I Fought Cruelty!"

Chico Mendes

Anonymous, Texas

Rescued a Family of Cats

This is Chico Mendes. While leaving work one day, my wife heard the pathetic cries of an abandoned kitten underneath a garbage dumpster. Being the person she is, she immediately rescued the lot and brought them inside, where she found no trouble getting the litter adopted, except for one. He was the smallest of the litter, had been sprayed by a skunk and appeared to be near death. She brought the little teacup-sized creature home where we fed him with an eyedropper every two hours. We made him feel as though he was the king of the cat world. Indeed, that's what Chico turned out to be!



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