Photo: Happy Tails Animal Shelter
Winter is done with cold weather.
According toWQAD, the 1-year-old cat was abandoned near a Rock Falls, Illinois, animal shelter in a carrier packed with snow.
“I said, ‘There’s definitely not a cat in here.’ So I grabbed it, and next thing I know I saw an ear,” Czyczyk told WQAD of meeting Winter for the first time.
Happy Tails Animal Shelter
Winter is now warm, fed and doing well aside from an itchy case of flea allergy dermatitis, but a few more hours outside and her fate could’ve been much different.
Now that the cat is recovering, Happy Tails staff is turning their attention to finding the person who abandoned the animal in these cruel conditions.
The shelter is offering a $1,000 reward — which they helpedraise through Facebook donations— to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of whoever left Winter behind.
Abandoning an animal inWhiteside Countycan come with a fine, according to WQAD, but that doesn’t mean residents are out of options if they can no longer care for a pet. Happy Tails provides instructions on how to safely rehome a peton its website.
Winter herself should be ready for a new home soon. The shelter plans to put the cat up for adoption in the next week.
source: people.com
