Our Rescue Pet of the Year winners 2017 have been announced and we are pleased to announce that the winners are:
Five year old Maine Coon, Darwin from Dundrum, wins the cat category and cat sanctuary, TC’s Forever Home wins the prize of enough ROYAL CANIN® food to feed all their cats for a month.
The dog category winner is Whippet cross, Scout from Hinckley. East Midlands Dog Rescue who re-homed Scout will receive enough food to feed 50 dogs for a month.
Both Darwin and Scout won by attracting a whopping majority of the votes!
We would like to thank everybody that entered a pet into our 2017 competition, our runners up and the public for voting.
Darwin
We run a cat sanctuary for elderly, disabled & special needs cats where we give them their forever home. We adopted Darwin, when he was a kitten, from an elderly couple who could not take care of him. Being a Maine Coon he is nurturing and an excellent ‘sibling’ to all 17 of our rescue cats. Heartbreakingly, in April this year, Darwin was shot in the face with a shotgun whilst out in the fields one night and suffered extensive facial damage. The lead shot blew a hole in the roof of his mouth up into his face and shattered his upper jaw and gum to a point where he has none left on the upper left side. Over 12 weeks of recovery he had several operations and almost lost his life twice. He fought so hard, our vets fought so hard and exactly 12 weeks to the day Darwin was fully healed. It is amazing considering all he went through that he not only survived but that he healed so well, so quickly. Darwin now has a little ‘Elvis’ lip and dribbles at times but apart from that he looks as magnificent as ever. We do have the photos and x-rays that show the lead shot inside his face and his progress. He gained worldwide support through social media and his story is on Instagram as #toughestcatintheworld and #fightfordarwin
