When authorities found 50 or so cats crammed right into a automotive in Minnesota’s Chisago County in June 2022, the temperature was hovering round 95 levels. Officials have been capable of transport a lot of the felines to a shelter, however one escaped and went lacking—till a month later, when volunteers discovered him “mendacity immobile, close to dying, his fur drenched in urine,” per CBS News. Now, a contented ending for the kitty named Hercules, who has since develop into a proud mannequin for Target.
- Origin story: The man who’d been dwelling in his automotive with all of these cats was stated to have fallen on onerous instances and been evicted from his earlier residence. “He was very well mannered, and it appeared he cherished [the cats] very a lot,” veterinarian Nicole Perreault, who additionally runs a Minnesota pet adoption and foster group, tells the Washington Post.