05/29/2015
Can someone adopt or at least foster this poor guy? He is not a risk to your animals! Please help them and him! Thank-you so much. If any of my Fosterers are willing to help out, please let me know!!! :)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Hi, I’m OZZIE and I'm 5 years old according to the shelter. I was surrender as a stray at Animal Care & Control SAN FRANCISCO. I’ve really been through the ringer and as they say ‘I’ve got the odds stacked against me here.” I came in pretty beat up, I’m blind in one eye. They've treated me at SF ACC and even gave me a dental. I’m really scared and just haven’t adjusted to being at SF ACC, so they are not going to be putting me up for adoption. On top of all that, I tested positive for FIV. Give Me Shelter has some information posted below from Best Friends and a study from Purdue University letting you know I can safely live with other cats and it’s really no big deal. I didn’t pass SF ACC’s medical standards and well let’s face it, I won’t pass behavior either since I’m scared. Give Me Shelter was given a heads up today that I will be offered to them, but my time is still short maybe 5 days at best. If Give Me Shelter doesn’t find placement for me quickly, my outcome will be up to SF ACC. Could you have mercy on me and give me a home?
If you can help OZZIE- adopt or foster – please contact Maria at [email protected].
Best Friends on FIV
http://bestfriends.org/Resources/FAQs-About-Feline-Immunodeficiency-Virus-FIV/
Below is an article about the long-term (5-yr ending Feb. 2015) research project of Annette Litster, DVM Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Veterinary Clinical Science. She published results more than 1/2 way through the study here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24698667
Here is an article explaining the results:
http://www.wivotersforcompanionanimals.com/blog/study-shows-that-fiv-positive-cats-can-live-harmoniously-with-fiv-negative-cats — in San Francisco.