A disturbing case of animal cruelty from the Cranbrook area has BC SPCA workers horrified.
Recently a Good Samaritan found a black cat at the dump near Cranbrook. Named Malala, the cat had her legs tied together; she was bleeding from several wounds, not moving but still alive. Most disturbingly, her tail had been severed and she was still bleeding. Dehydrated and emaciated, she was rushed to the East Kootenay BC SPCA branch for emergency care.
“She was bleeding a lot from her tail, which had been cut off, and she had several open wounds on her feet, legs and head,” said BC SPCA East Kootenay Branch manager Brenna Baker. “It horrifies me to think that someone might do something like this to any animal, then leave her at the dump, suffering and in pain, tossed away like so much trash.”
Vets worked quickly to clean Malala’s wounds; they performed surgery on her tail, and gave her plenty of fluids. Thankfully she is now recovering from the horrifying ordeal at the shelter.
“She is such a sweet pea and so full of love,” Baker says. “She’s got a long road to recovery, but we’re grateful to the man who spotted her at the Elko transfer station and wasted no time getting her to us.”
The cost for her medical care is expected to be around $1,200 and the BC SPCA hopes the public will help with donations. Anyone who can help Malala is asked to donate online or in person at 3339 Highway 3 and 95 in Cranbrook.
If anyone has any information on how Malala came to be at the Elko transfer station, they are encouraged to call the BC SPCA cruelty hotline, at 1-855-622-7722.
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