Se encontró un gato con grandes ojos azules en un balde de alquitrán derretido. No podía ser levantado, el alquitrán cubría todo el costado de su cuerpo y sus piernas estaban enterradas en él.

El gato fue encontrado por algunas personas de buen corazón de Friends for Life, un refugio de Houston con certificación LEED No Kill. Tardó unos momentos en darse cuenta de a qué se enfrentaban. Iba a ser un proceso lento y arduo para liberarlo de esa horrible tumba.

“Parecía que Tarleton podría haber estado acostado acurrucado en cualquier cama para gatos. Excepto que había sido un balde de alquitrán derretido cuando lo colocaron allí por primera vez y se quedó atascado. escribieron los rescatadores del gato en su sitio web.

They injected mineral oil and vegetable oil around him to loosen the grip of the tar. Next came cutting the bucket away for more access. After they managed to take him out of the tar they discovered he had a badly broken leg and a broken pelvis. His skin was also burned from the chemicals in the tar.

“Freeing him led us to learn that he had a badly broken leg (so badly, in fact, that it had to be amputated) and a broken pelvis. His skin was also burned from the chemicals in the tar. Angry, firey red patches came up on his feet and underside where the fur and skin had been burned away.” wrote his rescuers.

They named him Tarleton. It was like he understood from the beginning that the whole team was working hard to help him. They worried about how quickly they could get the petroleum based tar off him and how much had already seeped into his system. They used warm water and Dawn to start to wash him bit by bit.

“His grace through that kind of pain was breathtaking.” they wrote.

Tarleton came through his surgery like a champ and has had cage rest to allow his pelvis to heal.

It didn’t take long and Tarleton found his forever loving family, he was adopted! He is now happy and loved!

¡El equipo de Friends for Life hizo un trabajo increíble para salvar la vida de Tartelon! ¿Cómo lo hicieron? “Hablamos con el tío Google. Hicimos una lluvia de ideas. Nos arremangamos y nos preparamos para ensuciarnos. Pero aquí está la cosa: nunca, nunca, nunca fue una opción simplemente matar a este gato sin intentarlo. Y ahí es donde el caucho se encuentra con la carretera en el refugio. Partimos de un lugar básico e innegociable: los animales protegidos tienen derecho a vivir”. ellos escribieron.