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<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First Reading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of his eyes is popping out!\u201d a good Samaritan said in a frantic phone call to PETA\u2019s Community Animal Project. The saint of a caller was dialing in from a rural Virginia town roughly 90 minutes from PETA\u2019s Norfolk, Virginia, headquarters. She\u2019d found a kitten in a wooded area whose eyes needed some serious divine intervention. Moving as fast as Elijah outrunning a chariot, PETA fieldworkers bolted to the scene. And God almighty, the good Samaritan wasn\u2019t exaggerating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Barti<\/a>
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph\u2014that\u2019s one devil of an upper respiratory infection (URI)!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The kitten, who was roughly 5 months old at the time, was indeed in rough shape. His right eye was so inflamed that it looked more like an oozing blueberry than an eyeball, and his left was nearly in purgatory. These afflictions, however, didn\u2019t stop the purring kitten from making impressive biscuits on his blanket or leaning into fieldworkers\u2019 touches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cat\u2019s caring caller admitted that she had no funds for veterinary care and no transportation. Putting her prayers in PETA\u2019s hands, the good Samaritan asked fieldworkers to get the tiny tabby the help he desperately needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Reading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once the kitten was safe at our shelter, PETA\u2019s veterinary team (the closest thing PETA fieldworkers have to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) started their healing straight away: A PETA licensed veterinary technician triaged the kitten the same day and began nursing his URI; one of PETA\u2019s veterinarians enucleated (removed) the right eye the following morning and prescribed an aggressive treatment plan to ensure the kitten would have as sound vision as possible in the left eye; and a PETA veterinary assistant whisked the brown tabby home to foster care immediately following his surgery. Talk about a holy trinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Barti<\/a>
With one eye removed and the other more healed than his namesake in Mark 10:46\u201352, adoptable Barti is ready to party!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With an apparent recollection of Jesus healing a blind man in Jericho, the one-eyed cat\u2019s foster guardian decided to dub him Bartimaeus, or Barti. (Should you ever find yourself attending Bible trivia night, you\u2019ll know who to invite.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Barti<\/a>
Let it be known\u2014this teen tabby is decidedly a disciple of indoor cat life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now with one eye (and one \u201ci\u201d), Barti was quick to adapt to life as an indoor-only cat. His foster guardian reports that the now 6-month-old tween is kind of the perfect companion cat: He\u2019s equally happy to curl up for meditation on his human\u2019s lap or to attend a playful youth group with his feline foster friends. He\u2019s had to return to PETA\u2019s clinic for a veterinary recheck or two, and his foster guardian even reports that he\u2019s quite keen on a car ride!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barti has been neutered and fully vaccinated. While his left eye\u2019s healing journey is a miracle akin to water being turned into wine, those interested in adopting Barti should be prepared for the possibility of needing to seek care from animal eye care specialists (as well as a general veterinarian).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PETA fieldworkers thank Jesus for Barti\u2019s fondness for road trips, as chauffeuring the brown tabby to his adoptive home\u2014anywhere along or near the East Coast\u2014will be their cross to bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gospel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re not into bearing false witness, so here\u2019s the hard truth: Barti\u2019s list of adopter hopefuls is getting longer than Psalm 119. (That\u2019s the longest psalm, for all you bible trivia washouts.) So, if you think you\u2019re the answer to Barti\u2019s prayers, bless PETA with an e-mail over at Adopt@peta.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adopt Barti!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Say a little prayer for \u2026 no, not for Barti, but maybe for yourself\u2014since this one-eyed cat\u2019s list of adopter hopefuls is getting longer than Psalm 119!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":1183170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","beyondwords_generate_audio":"","beyondwords_integration_method":"","beyondwords_project_id":"","beyondwords_content_id":"","beyondwords_preview_token":"","beyondwords_player_content":"","beyondwords_player_style":"","beyondwords_language_code":"","beyondwords_language_id":"","beyondwords_title_voice_id":"","beyondwords_body_voice_id":"","beyondwords_summary_voice_id":"","beyondwords_error_message":"#404: Not Found","beyondwords_disabled":"","beyondwords_delete_content":"","beyondwords_podcast_id":"","beyondwords_hash":"","publish_post_to_speechkit":"","speechkit_hash":"","speechkit_generate_audio":"","speechkit_project_id":"","speechkit_podcast_id":"","speechkit_error_message":"","speechkit_disabled":"","speechkit_access_key":"","speechkit_error":"","speechkit_info":"","speechkit_response":"","speechkit_retries":"","speechkit_status":"","speechkit_updated_at":"","_speechkit_link":"","_speechkit_text":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[438,33,35],"tags":[],"placement":[447],"section":[],"class_list":["post-1183160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adoptable","category-animal-companions","category-cruel-practices","placement-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPETA Rescues Cat, Who Is Now Thriving With One Eye | PETA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cOne of his eyes is popping out!\u201d A woman found this injured kitten and called PETA. 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