globalnews.ca
60%
986
Unlikely surrogates step in for orphaned kittens: ‘He just lives to care for these babies’
Furget Me Not Rescue in Edmonton, Garth was known as a rough and tumble outdoor cat.“He was a stray for a few years at a housing complex out in Abbostfield and every winter he started to look worse and worse. But he was evading any traps anyone set out for him,” explained the rescue’s founder, Christine Koltun.During Easter 2020, he ended up on the doorstep of a Furget Me Not volunteer with severe injuries: bad ear mites, a limp and multiple broken teeth.He was taken to the City of Edmonton’s Animal Care and Control, and the rescue feared the worst.“We thought for sure he’d be a prime euthanasia candidate because he was a senior cat in really terrible condition.