<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><div><div class="x-apple-transform-wrapper" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; height: 63.862857142857145px;"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="875" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-collapse: collapse; transform-origin: 0px 0px; transform: scale(0.7257142857142858); width: 875px !important; height: 88px !important;"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 255); padding: 3.75pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://www.fark.com/goto/10901048/people.com/pets/arizona-humane-society-makes-splints-for-kitten-unable-to-walk/?utm_source=fark" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Shelter workers take in an orphaned new-born rescue kitten unable to walk. They made him tiny homemade splints out of tongue depressors, gauze, medical wrap bandages, and tape to keep his legs steady. The result is anything but depressing on Caturday</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Courtesy of People Magazine at</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://people.com/pets/arizona-humane-society-makes-splints-for-kitten-unable-to-walk/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">https://people.com/pets/arizona-humane-society-makes-splints-for-kitten-unable-to-walk/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">———————————————</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><div class="intro article-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: Lora, serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div class="headline-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; align-items: center;"><h1 class="headline heading-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 48px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-family: Basel, serif; line-height: 52px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0px; border-left-width: 0px;">Arizona Rescuers Make Tiny Tongue Depressors Splints for Newborn Kitten Unable to Use Back Legs</h1><div id="karma-lazy-sponsorLogo" class="sponsor-logo" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"></div></div></div><p class="dek margin-16-tb padded-mobile" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Limerick, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); padding: 0px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">After wearing the splints for a week, the little rescue kitten is now able to use his back legs normally</p></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Arizona shelter workers had to get creative when they took in an orphaned rescue kitten unable to walk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95) !important;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Little baby Zion, a domestic shorthair kitten, arrived at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.azhumane.org/" target="_blank" title="(opens new window)" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: rgb(89, 89, 89) 0px -3px 0px inset; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">Arizona Humane Society</span></a>’s (AHS) Bottle Baby Intensive Care Unit at just five days old and unable to fully use his back feet, which made it difficult for him to walk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95) !important;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The staff at AHS’ Bottle Baby ICU was determined to get Zion up on all four paws, so they made him tiny homemade splints out of tongue depressors, gauze, medical wrap bandages, and tape to keep his legs steady.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">"After a little more than a week with his special splints, continued care, and lots of love, Zion began using his back legs normally and was able to rejoin the rest of his littermates in an AHS Foster Hero home!" the shelter told PEOPLE in a statement.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">——————</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Photo . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_080120.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_080120.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">———————————————</span><br><br><div><b>“Caturday”</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by Linus Petit</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3</a></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“A stranger is just a friend you haven't met.” - Roy E. Stolworthy</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>