In just a couple of days, on Thursday evening most of us will be celebrating Thanksgiving surrounded by our families and those we love. I want to introduce you someone that will spend Thanksgiving alone, battling extensive injuries and fighting for his life. His name is Duke.
Duke has been found with extensive injuries on his lower body. He was rushed to the clinic in a state of shock. His tail was rotten and surrounded by necrotic tissue. It was so damaged that it fell off right on the vet´s hands!
There is no way of knowing how long he survived on the streets in that condition, but he was nearly frozen and burning like a stove due to infection. It was clear that small rural vet would not be able to treat Duke and the only alternative in their eyes was euthanasia. But before they killed him they contacted us and asked for help…
Duke arrived to us this morning in an absolutely appalling condition. He was a sight to behold… His massive injury had been covered in gauze that melted with the raw flesh. I will never forget the stench of feces and urine mixed with rotten flesh. His hip has been shattered and the skin around his hip and buttocks is totally gone.
He was absolutely terrified, shaking like a leaf but with his eyes he was begging for help. The moment we opened his cage and we touched him gently, he knew he was finally safe.
PLEASE WATCH THIS EMOTIONAL MOMENT…
In a couple of days we will be giving thanks for all the good things we have in our lives.
Today I want to thank you in advance and personally ask your help on behalf of beautiful Duke, that finds himself in a terrible position, having absolutely nothing and nobody… except us!
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November 30
DUKE IS PUTTING UP THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE!!!
Duke was in an absolutely appalling condition when he arrived to us, his blood levels were awful and he was in so much pain that at first we had to keep him drugged most of the time…
This is being a TERRIBLY LONG HOLIDAY… FOR DUKE AND FOR US…
BUT… HE IS IMPROVING!!! PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT BOTH PICTURES AND YOU WILL SEE THE EVOLUTION THERE!!!
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December 3
Duke continues his treatment. His massive injury is improving slowly but surely. The combination of antibiotics and the application of the Manukah Honey is ensuring his skin is growing back.
But now, there is another hurdle for Duke to jump over… His broken femur needs to be operated… we are going to wait until the weekend for his general condition to improve further and then we will go into surgery…
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DUKE HAS BEEN OPERATED THIS MORNING!!!!
FIRST WE FIXED HIS RAVAGED SKIN…
WE HAVE NOW FIXED HIS BROKEN FEMUR….
DUKE CONTINUES HIS TREATMENT AND RECOVERY!!
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Update 14 January…
Over the weekend Duke moved to his beautiful foster home. Christina, his new foster mum will be in charge of making him recover trust in human beings.
He is totally recovered now from his physical injuries… we must now work on repairing his soul…
Please Help us continue rescue, Donate… Make it count.. Please help us save more lives like Duke´s …
Many thanks!
Viktor
P.S. After Duke is totally recovered he is going to need an extraordinary home. Please write to me on viktor@myletsadopt.com and tell me why you would be the perfect home for Duke…
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Dear Duke,
You are not alone. I promise you.
I will be flying to Miami tomorrow to be with my family on Thanksgiving, but before I do that, I will donate to help you go through this.
Thank you Viktor, thank you for never giving up.
Please make sure Duke never gets to spend another holiday on his own.
Respect
Tim
You realy touch my heart Duke, your eyes are so expressives and I don’t understand how animals can be with so much pain. I give for you what was possible for me but I do it with my heart. I hope all the best for you, I hope you will have a nice life in a lovely family and I’m sad that it will not be me. Love you little heard.
poor sweetheart my heart is breaking for him. I wish I could donate to every cause but I just have to send something for this beautiful creature. Bless you all for helping him and be strong Sir Duke you are in the best hands possible.
i wish I could donate for every cause but my heart is breaking for this beautiful boy, bless you all for helping him and be strong Sir Duke you are in the best hands possible. My donation is on its way, I just wish you could come and live with me!
Just donated a little for Duke. Many thanks for helping him!
My boy Beau once had a similar injury- an infection had completely removed the skin on a large section of his back thigh close to his tail. Everyday we went to the vet to clean the wound with warm water and keep it moist so that it could heal. My boy was in such pain! It took several weeks for the wound to heal and close completely. Duke’s condition is a lot worse. I do not know how he tolerates the excruciating pain he feels every second of every minute of every day! I pray that you can relieve his pain while you help him heal.
Donated.
Duke, you are such a brave boy. I hope you heal quickly and that you find a loving home to spend the rest of your days. I am sending a little something for your medical. Hugs❤️
This little guy might be in pain, but he won’t be alone: we’ll be thinking of him. Donated and shared.
Poor little soul, hope he recovers and finds his forever home xx donation made from me and my Kitty Crew
Oh goodness…….. look at that baby boy! I need him to get better and come and live with me and my furbabies!
Made me cry just thinking about all the pain he has been fighting through. Thank you so much for helping to heal him. I donated and hope with all my heart our love and prayers will heal this kind soul.
next week will donate for this lovely duke – thank goodness you have him , poor little love XXX
Thank you to the person who brought Duke to the first vet, and thank you to the vet for calling LAG! And thank you, Viktor and team, for being there for Duke! Pull thru, Duke! Many people love you and want you to get well! You are so pretty, and you are being so good for the doctors. You know they want to help you.
please save Duke and find him the best Family in the World. I will make a small donation.
I’ll be donating on Friday; in the mean time, prayers for a complete healing for you Sir Duke; you are in excellent hands and everybody is 100% behind you all the way. Hugs from Houston.
OMG what festering hellhole in the world was this poor baby found in? I wish I could help, but I’m literaly flat broke, having lost a job recently. But I will be praying for him.
Poor baby! What city was this cat in and do you have any idea how this happened? Hit by a car? I just donated again for this poor baby. He looks like my Oliver. If I didn’t already have 5 of my own, I would apply to adopt him. What a love! I thank the Universe that people like you exist, Viktor. You are a remarkable human being. Thank you for all that you and your team does to help the helpless and the voiceless.
You can only try and imagine what horrendous pain poor Duke must be in and the long road ahead of him to recovery, and he was so placid on the table. What a sweet little soul. You wonder how these poor animals get to be in such a terrible state. Thank God, for people like you Viktor, who go the extra mile to help these souls in need. I know you’ll do all you can for him. Have donated. xx
Please help him, please…
Donated, poor baby.
Donated for Duke. I hope he gets well soon.
I too will be donating to help you heal. God only knows how you sustained such a brutal injury. My heart is troubled by the atrocities of this world. Stay strong Duke. People all over the world are rooting for you. Especially me in New Jersey, USA.
His little eyes! We don’t have much to donate this time, but Im on my way ~ If only everyone gave $5.00 or $10.00, we could change the world. Prayers for Duke, you guys rock xo
Many thanks Nancy…
thank you so much for saving Duke.. Please keep us posted on his progress.
God bless you & keep you strong Duke. You’re in the most loving hands that will make sure you’re never, ever alone again. I pray for healing & relief from the pain you’ve endured & a life full of the love you deserve!!!
duke you look so much like my cat Felix from when I was a little girl. You are absolutely beautiful. You’re so strong I know you can make it. I’m donating all I can. You’ve stolen my heart 🙂
Beautiful Duke – small donation made in memory of my ginger boy Sammy x
Many thanks Maxine…
Donated. Thank you for all you do Viktor and staff.
My heart breaks for this baby!!! Shared on my FB wall!
Poor soul!! Thank God for all the people responsible for rescuing him and the medical staff that are doing their best to save him. Bless you all! I’ll be praying. He would probably fit perfect in my house with my two taille so Manx cats, but I live in Canada on a low income and can’t see how I could afford him. Hoping he finds a loving and forever home. Paying for his recovery. ♡♡
Donated to Duke, with a lot of prayers for this little guy for a quick recovery & a wonderful home. Thank you Viktor & LAG.
Many thanks for your help Glen!!! than you…
Donated! Please take good care of our thanksgiving miracle kitty !
Donated as much as I could. Will continue to monitor and donate as I am able. Thank you Viktor for helping this beautiful baby.
Dearest Duke,
I am so sorry that you got to this state, I wish someone had stepped in sooner, but you are now in the best hands. LAG will look after you and in a couple of months, you will be in a loving home where those sad scared eyes are no more. You won’t be so scared and in so much pain that all you can do is watch the vets work around you. The times that will only lie that still is when you have a tummy full of food, warm and your new family giving you attention that you will lie there and let them. Please pull through, you have an amazing life ahead where there is no more pain, fear or despair. Just love, freedom and happiness. I myself am in a lot of pain, and I can’t work, so I have barely any money, but your desperate eyes made me cry so much (I still am) that I will donate as much as I can. I wish I could adopt you, but I am not allowed any pets due to my landlord, and if I could, I’m sure you would get on with my dog, who is lucky to live with my parents who love her very much. Please don’t give up, this isn’t the end Duke, we are all hoping for a speedy recovery and a loving home!
Lots of love xxx
This is horrendous. I’ve cried my eyes out thinking about the pain that this poor baby has had to endure. How painful this must be for him. I have sent a small donation, I wish it could be more. I am praying for you Duke. I pray that you will be comforted and that God will help to speed your healing.
Is he being any given pain medication? Will he need a skin graft? Just wondering what kind treatment he will need to get healed up. I follow your work and I know you do all that you can for these poor sweet animals. Thank you for caring for Duke and all of the other injured animals. Please keep us all updated on how Duke is doing.
Hi Lori… of course he is being given medication, antibiotics to fight off infection as well as he´s being treated with a very special kind of honey, Manukah Honey, from New Zealand.. amazing stuff for skin recovery
Donated – feel better soon Sweet Duke
Thank you Lorrie!!
I definetely will donate as soon as i get paid…i would apply for an Adoption but I already have 4 and they are all rescues…May he get healthy first…Every Bit helps…i guess…i wish there were a lot more people like you and all i wish this fur baby is a home where he receives love that he deserves…no animal should suffer…i dont wanna think about if mine get hurt
Thank you Sonja… thank you.. the moment he gets better please write to us… your home sounds ideal…
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I have donated hope it helps Viktor I make it in the name of my cat Toby to his memory he is no longer with us he is in cat heaven but he had an great little personality and Duke reminds me of him please make him well Viktor I know you and your team will do your best he is in the best hands with you guys and make sure he is never alone again please bless him God bless you all xxxxxx
Thank you Toby and Marion…
Love, always
I wish I was allowed to have a cat in my apartment. I would adopt him in a heartbeat unfortunately I cannot but I have donated to help him survive & finally be able to find a loving family and be free from such heartbreaking suffering
Dearest sweet gorgeous loving sad terrified precious angel Duke, I can’t stop crying and my heart is so broken for you, the horrendous abuse that you’be been through and pain! Your sad terrified eyes pleading for help….Baby boy, you are in the most loving and caring hands possible, with the best care that will be given to you, so even though you still have a tough recovery ahead of you, stay strong and know that with the best medicine and care, you will recover and be alright. You remind me of my baby Mango, who I would do anything for and love with all my heart! I love you so much Duke, your sweet precious face….I wish that I could hold you and kiss you and tell you that everything will be alright, but I think you know that now… Duke, you deserve the best, most wonderful loving furrever home and family, who will treat you like a king, pamper you, never have to worry about food, being hurt and abused, or of being loved, and you will never be alone again!! God bless you always sweet precious angel Duke. The world the pulling for you baby boy…..you are very loved! I will donate tomorrow as I can’t get on internet due to snowstorm. Thank you so much Viktor for all you do for the helpless and voiceless animals, you are their angel….and thank you to LAG! I love you so much Duke, you have my heart! Please keep us updated about Duke, thanks Viktor.
Thank you very much Pamela… from the heart.
Such sad eyes! He’s begging for help. Donated for Duke.
Many thanks Tabitha..
Thank you so much for not giving up on him. I pray Duke will survive. I will make a very small contribution, but it’s all I can do right now. From Canada with love and gratitude…
Thank YOU Anabela..
I just donated and I will spread the word to my loved ones. Thank you so much for helping this beautiful kitty. I truly hope he gets better and heals. This broke my heart. I am sending good vibes and I would appreciate if we could get updates. I will gladly donate more when I can.
I was not going to donate any money for a year os so because my 5 year old Yorkie needs to have both her back knees replaced and that will cost $8000. But I can still find some money to send to this poor little cat. I cannot even begin to imagine the pain this little guy is in. Like many other people who have commented this brought me to tears and that is rare for me. I hope this little trooper can survive this horrible injury.
Many thanks for your help Deborah… and good luck with your baby… well make sure Duke makes it through it..
Aww. at 2.52 he looked like he was asking where are you going? poor guy. if i had spare to donate i would be. my poor boy is telling me to. i rescued him after him and his siblings were just tossed out of a car. rescues seem to be better cats cause they know hate before they know love. and they soak up that love.
It said his pelvis was shattered? Is there anyway to pin the bone back together so he will be able to walk? Although I feed grain-free food to my ferel colony of 16 cats (which costs a fortune) and have two cats of my own I am still going to donate to help this guy out. If everyone in this country just gave your organization $1 that would be roughly $350 million. Think of how much good can be done with that much money and how little a $1 donation would effect the person donating.
Yes… we are going to operate him as soon as his condition has improved a little bit…
Duke, you are NOT alone, you have so many who love you
I’m still waiting moderation 🙁
Not that I mind Viktor – I know you are all busy.
How is Duke doing?……and I KNOW you wouldn’t leave him alone with his pain.
Lx
Thank you Lorraine… sorry for the delay..
Duke is doing better, it will take a while but skin is slowly building up.. I will update a new picture in a few mins…
Donated, get well Duke…thank you for taking him in, not very many would take this on, your blessed..
What a beautiful boy he is, and how much he has suffered! I don’t even want to think of how his tail got that way. I sent what I could, and will try to send more next month. I wish I could take him, but I already have three rescue cats, the loves of my life, and live on disability, so it’s not possible. I will be waiting to see, when he’s better, which lucky person gets to give Duke a forever home!! I love you, Duke! <3
I made a small donation for now. I wish I could afford to donate more, but having had emergency open heart surgery and three months of unpaid sick leave, I am barely getting back on my feet right now. But how could I turn my back on someone as sweet and as fortunate as Duke? Such a trusting look on his face as he was being treated. I’ve seen injuries that bad while working in a 24 hour vet hospital that treated animals for almost all of our area’s rescue groups and for Good Samaritans who brought injured animals to us for care. May Duke have a miraculous recovery, and my the hands of his caretakers be steady as they help him through this horrible ordeal.
Many thanks for your help Susie… thank you..
Also: I agree with you that Manuka Honey is an amazing substance. So soothing and so quick to help to rebuild tissue. <3
What an incredibly sad story. Hopefully Duke will fully recover. In which country did this happen?
This just breaks my heart. God please let little Duke pull through. He has endured so much pain and he doesn’t understand what is happening to him. Let him know nothing but love for the rest of his life. He never asked for this, he only wanted love. I don’t understand how humans can be so cruel and how they can torture sweet little animals like you. They are so innocent. I among many would love to take care of this little darling and give him a good home with lots of love. I have two other cats, but I already love this little guy. God bless the Drs that are trying to save him. They will have a special place in Heaven. I can’t donate right now, but will ty to next week.
I want to hold this sweet baby so badly, I just put my beautiful cat callie to sleep 1 month ago because of cancer and I just don’t don’t understand what gave Duke the will power to go on but i will will help your cause with a donation and will pray for the pain to go away.
Small donation sent for sweet little Duke. I hope he starts feeling better very soon. Oh, how much I wish I won the lotto to shower you with money. Thank you for what you do for them.
Here’s 10$ for Duke or the next little patient in line ……with all my love and many good wishes to all
If I didn’t already have 3 cats I would happily take Duke 🙁 poor baby. Such a tough little guy
Donated. Please let me know if you still need a home for this little guy, I would love to bring him into my home with my two rescues and little feral angel.
Many thanks Shawn… it does look like he has found a home already.. I will make the announcement once it´s official..
Duke , your remind me of my Hobbes. Praying that all will heal and you will find your forever home. Donated.
A home already. Duke you are going to be the handsomest cat….no one will ever guess that you arent a Manx…..well….once that bottom covers up they wont! Thanks again Viktor and the team, and all the bees that provided the Manuka of course.
Sweet Duke has stolen my heart with his big beautiful eyes! I have donated what i can to help him. I am also sending all the positive healing vibes and love i can to him. Thank you Viktor and everyone who helps for the awesome work you do.
Please keep us all updated on his progress! Much love from Me and my furry family <3
I am still waiting for moderation?
How is Duke now? You are doing a wonderful job Viktor. We would be very happy to see some videos if it is possible from this sweet boy and his improvment. Best regards
Sorry… approved! :-)…
Ill upload a new video tomorrow… he´s doing incredible well, you won´t believe your eyes.. 🙂
I have prayed for Duke every night since I saw his first video. I cried for a long time after watching it. He is an extraordinary cat and I know he is getting great care so he can heal. I an so looking forward to seeing a video update on his progress. Bless each and every one of you for all that you do for these precious animals.
Christina has a beautiful face and Im sure her soul matches it. She will heal Duke…….but Viktor, do we have a picture of his bottom, now it is mended? 🙂
Lx
Lorraine.. her button is perfect, totally recovered, he needs no cures of any kind. I´m putting together a video where you will see the life that awaits him..