Isis, the Little Girl with the Two Broken Legs
Miracles do happen. The little 9 month old Bengal girl lay for 12 days in a shelter before anyone contacted CA BCR. Her two front legs were broken, one was shattered at the knee. It is not known how her legs were broken, but by the nature of the breaks it looks like her legs could have been broken by her falling or being thrown out of a high window in a multi-storied building. After the shelter's vets determined that it would take at least $2000 in surgery to heal her, they wrapped her legs up and put her on pain medication. My first inclination was to have her euthanized, but the shelter contact said that the little girl was eating well (two cans of cat food a day) and wasn't in pain. This was a time critical situation. Finding a new home was easy, but where was the money going to come from for the surgery? After I appealed to various vet assistance programs with no luck, the national coordinator for our BCR group posted about the situation to our members as well as other Bengal groups. Word spread. Immediately people started pledging money to help with the surgery. I stayed up all night watching in awe as the pledges came in. The compassion and caring that people showed has been amazing. I can't even begin to express the emotions we felt and still feel from the outpouring of support. When it was obvious that we were able to get the little girl the surgery she needed, her new mom, Donna, picked her up and took her to the vet. The vet assessed her, said that it would take two surgeries and cost $4500 to mend her since she was left so long without treatment. This was more then twice the amount we had expected it to cost. Another miracle happened at the vet. After many conversations and begging, the vet agreed to have an intern, under her supervision, do the surgery for $2500. The little girl, thanks to the surgeons skills, did very well in surgery. Isis is now at home with Donna and her Bengal sister Bratty Patty. She is healing nicely and shows her gratefulness with purrs and kisses. This happy ending was possible only through the support and donations of many compassionate people. Thank you.

Tuffy
No one wanted the old chocolate snow Bengal with only a couple of teeth. He was found along with another younger Bengal in Oregon and since he was so old and ragged looking he was going to be put down. I talked my good friend Tracy into taking him in, and she agreed to only fostering him. After Tracy picked him up from the shelter she isolated him in a small room for awhile, just to be sure that he didn't have any contagious diseases. A few days later Tracy found a sick Robin on her property. It seems that all sick animals, no matter the species, find their way to Tracy's ranch. They all seem to know that she'll take them in. Well, Robin ended up sharing a room with Tuffy, an odd combination. Robin and Tuffy developed a friendship of sorts around a common interest... food. They both liked cat food and liked for Tracy to feed them together. Tracy had to feed Robin, then immediately feed Tuffy, first one, then the other. If she fed one of them twice in a row, the other would show his impatience. When Robin dropped his food Tuffy would carefully lick between Robin's toes... showing upmost respect for Robin. Not once did Tuffy try to make Robin his dinner. Tracy recently returned Robin to a laurel tree near where she had originally found him. Tuffy has immediately integrated well into the household of other cats and dogs, and has become fast buds with the Jack Russell who shares the house. Tracy has decided that Tuffy is now a permanent part of the household and will remain with them for the rest of his life. Thank you Pearl for the work you did on this rescue. You did a great job finding them. If it wasn't for your work on this, they both probably would have been put to sleep.

Crackers
Crackers was abandoned at a shelter by his previous owner when he moved away a couple of months ago. Because of the stress of abandonment and being in a strange location Crackers temporarily stopped using the litter box. It took a little bit of work to find the perfect match, someone who had the love and patience to work with Crackers and make him feel safe and loved. That special person was found, and Crackers has a great home where he and his human have a very special bond and share a wonderful companionship. For those of you who are curious, Crackers is no longer litter box challenged.

Nick
Nick needed to find a new home since his humans had to move and couldn't take him. They were heart broken but just couldn't take him with them. Nick is declawed. He has that special gift that some cats have... the gift of being a great kitty with young children. The perfect home was found with the perfect human family. Nick has settled in with his new family and helps Mom and Dad take care of their lovely little 3 year old girl.