<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span></div><div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span></div><div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Courtesy of the Chronicle (Toowoomba, Australia) at:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "> </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/a-two-legged-cats-battle-to-stay-alive-has-whipped/1861901/">http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/a-two-legged-cats-battle-to-stay-alive-has-whipped/1861901/</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "> </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">--------------------------------------</div><div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "></p><h1 class="storyHeadline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; margin: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); line-height: 32px; font-size: 26px; font-family: 'Open Sans Condensed', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(74, 78, 71); ">Anyone want a cat with two legs?</h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A TWO-LEGGED cat's battle to stay alive has whipped up a storm of online support reaching far beyond Toowoomba's borders.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The ravaged feline, christened Super Ted, was bundled into West Toowoomba Vet Surgery by the RSPCA pet ambulance last week.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">His front-right and back-left legs had been severed, along with half of his tail.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ordinarily, a cat in such a state would have been euthanised.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Surgery owner Christine Burke said Super Ted made it clear he had not given up on life.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We first used Facebook to try finding his owner, but we couldn't find anyone," she said.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The photo went viral and was eventually picked up by RSPCA Queensland and promoted on its Facebook page.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"The RSPCA was going to struggle to pay the $1000 for surgery, so we did it and asked for people to donate," Ms Burke said.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The request went viral, and the price tag was reached within a matter of days.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dozens of offers to re-home the bipedal battler have been whittled down to three potential families.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"He hasn't whined once, even when he just had his stumps," Ms Burke said.</span></p><div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Staff members at the surgery have asked as many dog owners as possible to get involved in Toowoomba's Million Paws walk fundraiser at Queens Park from 9am on Sunday, May 19.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"All the money helps the RSPCA in Toowoomba help animals like Ted," Ms Burke said.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><img src="cid:81EB5D01-BADE-443C-9048-9AF3A9A522E6" alt="9-1837970-twb090513cat1_fct1024x630x90_t460.jpg" id="81EB5D01-BADE-443C-9048-9AF3A9A522E6" width="460" height="283"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic; ">Super Ted, the two-legged cat, has been saved from certain death by the staff at West Toowoomba Vet Surgery.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><img src="cid:BC192099-E354-4FF0-9B49-2E0DDE00CDB7" alt="9-1837972-twb090513cat2_t300.jpg" id="BC192099-E354-4FF0-9B49-2E0DDE00CDB7" width="300" height="401"></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic; ">Super Ted's health has rapidly improved since his surgery last week.</span></span></p></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">--------------------------------------<br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>