The cat's in devastating condition
Resident : It's just really bad. The cat's belly this small
Resident : Seems like half of its belly is cut off
Informant : I saw it, thinking how could it be possible
Informant : I saw the cat passing by here
The cat she accidentally saw on the street
has its waist being tied up tightly
Informant : Her belly's stuck to her bones...
Looks like the cat's belly is gone
Local : Oh my god.. Come here
Even though I kept calling her, she ran away that I couldn't chase after her
Local : Though I want to remove the thing on her waist
I couldn't since she runs away too fast
PD : Is she very wary? / Yes, it's serious
Despite several attempts for a rescue,
It's been failed due to her serious wariness
It's urgent to check her condition
But she's not seen at all
PD : Is that her?
The black cat barely walks up the stairs in a narrow alley
Without giving us a time to check her condition,
the cat moves fast in between the houses and the wall
Upon a closer look,
how the cat looks is more shocking than expected
What has happened to this cat?
It's been long.. About 2 months?
PD : What? / It's been 2 months..
I tried to catch her and remove it, but she always runs away
The cat has been in such condition
already for two months..
It's been gotten worse through the whole time she's ignored the help
Not she's ended in a serious condition..
Informant : Her waist was just tightened at first
But from last week, the flesh has revealed as something's shoved into it..
I'm afraid she's going to die soon..
As the wound getting worse,
the infected area has gotten bigger..
What's tightening her waist?
It's a sort of a steel wire / A steel wire?
Yes, it must be a sort of steel wire
It's a rubber band
It's a rubber band for sure. It can't be a steel wire..
It was this long.. Something tied with a rope
Someone carried it around
I guess that person tied her up
Because he or she dragged the cat on a leash like this
Like a dog leash? / Yes
I think that person tried to catch her
But the thing on her waist slipped off of her body because of the soft fur
That's how she could escape and the person failed to catch her
Among mixed thoughts about her
What's certain for now is
someone attempted to tie her on purpose
with a rope
Chase after her
and find her feeding herself
But then, another cat appears
Unlike the sick one, the cat keeps his eye on the production crew,
being wary of them
The other one's protecting her
To put it simply, he's her family
The cat who's thought to her family
hovers around the sick one, staying by her side
Then suddenly, the cat heads to somewhere
Where the cat goes is..
an empty space across the street
Seems like the cat's trying to release herself
Just wriggling in the same spot, the cat can't release herself
She tries to find the right spot again
and tries her best, but..
She can't release herself.. She's suffering so much
What should we do with her.. So heartbreaking..
I mean.. She might die soon.. So bad
The cat has endured such pain every day so well
But no one knows until when she'll be able to survive in such condition
The rescue plan has been decided
As the one leaves, the sick one follows
Right at this moment, install a trap cage in the corner of the alley
and wait for the cat to return..
The cat's here!
The sick cat starts to take an interest in the food inside
She's going in
She's inside!
Catch her!
Without huge difficulty,
Successfully rescued the cat
The vet carefully checks her waist area..
Vet : Her waist is tied with a wire
The thing around her waist was a wire..!
Vet : This little..
The circle is this small
and it has been tightening her waist so far..
The diameter of the circle is only 1.2 inches
Being stuck in such a small circle,
the cat has been suffered from the pain of wound getting deeper and worse..
Vet : It's surprising that she's survived until now with such condition
Small intestines are supposed to be located the whole part of the abdominal cavity
But in her case, all are located in the front part
Fortunately though, the bladder is hidden in the back
That's why the bowel movement was possible and enabled her to survive..
It's a miracle that she's alive..
As the organs including her bladder are located in the back
She could have survived until now though she has struggled a lot
Then what is this wire?
Rescue expert : It's a type of a snare trap
A wire snare trap
Someone used a wire to make a snare trap
Snares often found in the mountain are made of steel
But it's housing complex..
Resident : Who would set a snare trap in the middle of the city?
It's only possible in the mountain..
Someone set this one on purpose..
A person must have done it
Just like the other abused cats
who had suffered in terrible ways by cat haters
the cat might have been abused by the same reason
We could find obstacles that might harm stray cats in the alley where the cats actually live
Don't feed feral cats They stink If you are spotted feeding them, your life will in danger
Vet : As I removed the wire tightening her waist
The organs will slowly be located in their original place
and her waist will also get back to its size
once the infection is treated and the wound is sealed
But we'll see how it goes
Hard to know how much it will take
for the wound to be healed
But we sincerely do wish the cat never gives up her life
as she's sustained so far like a miracle