Kitten Survives Trip Through Wood Chipper

http://www.local6.com/news/9473489/detail.html
A kitten in South Florida has amazed veterinarians by surviving a trip through a working wood chipper, according to a Local 6 News report.

Doctors said they did not think the stray kitten, now named Chipper, would survive after an anonymous caller said it fell asleep inside the wood chipper before workers turned it on.

Veterinarians said when the kitten arrived at the South Dixie Animal Hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla., its neck was fractured, front legs broken and the skin on its scalp was damaged.

However, veterinarians said Chipper will survive its injuries.

"You know, this little guy was a fighter," veterinarian Dr. Salvatore Zeitlin said. "You can never count anybody or anything out. You always have to be optimistic and give it your best shot."

Local 6 News reported that the kitten still needs a skin graft on its scalp but continues to recover.

Chipper may be put up for adoption in the next couple of weeks, according to the report.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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[No1KCfan6]

that is just plain cowardly. and i have a cat and he is a bundle of joy and makes me very happy. he follows me when i go for a walk on the golf course behind my house, a 30-minute trek. he sleeps on my bed with me (in the winter), and he's always doing something cute and funny that makes me laugh.....and he's very people friendly. those things are worth a million dollars to me. YOU'RE obviously not a CAT person, and i suspect you've never had one. maybe u should try one b4 u go on hating.

[undertaker11ism]

damn.thats sad.i fell sorry

[SgtPiggie]

@CaliSweatpea

I tried to post a link to the final story, but youtube automatically screws up any web addresses that are posted.

If you copy and paste (into google) the portions of text that I quoted from the Sun Sentinel, it will bring you to the full news article.

[CaliSweatpea]

@SgtPiggie Did he really die? Awe say it ain't so.

[SgtPiggie]

@cocokitty55

No, it died soon after.

From The Sun Sentinel:

"July 11, 2006

Chipper, the kitten who was mauled in a wood chipper, died Saturday because of complications from his injuries."

"The kitten took a turn for the worse and died in his sleep Saturday afternoon, Zeitlin said. A necropsy showed he had an abscess deep in his brain from an infection, probably caused by organic debris, Zeitlin said."

[zonkozonko]

My Great Great Grandpapa in Italy would have loved to have this Kitten. He always used fresh gut from freshly killed cats for his violin strings, young cats make better strings so I am told.

[glora01]

owned all hate comments :D

[glora01]

@Jessebied a tree fell on your mom

[glora01]

@fighter1pilot i was hoping i was going to see your mom get chopped up