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MONTH: October 2007
Animal Obituaries
Sylvie, 15, trapped as a feral kitten by Animal People publisher Kim Bartlett behind a Connecticut restaurant in 1992, was euthanized on October 18, 2007 due to brain damage from an apparent stroke. Sweet-natured and especially devoted to elderly tomcats, Sylvie retained a fear of humans until she became a paraplegic in May 2006 and required constant care thereafter.
Tiger, 17, died on October 9, 2007 at the Visakha SPCA in Visakhapatnam, India. "He was two years old when in late 1996 I brought him to a vet clinic after he was hit by a jeep," recalled Visakha SPCA founder Pradeep Kumar Nath. Tiger, with paralyzed hindquarters, and Lakshmi, a three-legged cow, became the first Visakha SPCA resident animals. When ANIMAL PEOPLE first visited the Visakha SPCA in 2000, Nath warned that Tiger was "a runner," and had to be held closely. PETA volunteer Teresa Gibbs had recommended that both Tiger and Lakshmi, who died in April 2007, should be euthanized. Doubting that Tiger could really run far or fast, the ANIMAL PEOPLE delegation gave him the split second he needed to take off at rocket speed in pursuit of another dog. Despite his handicap, Tiger remained the Visakha SPCA top dog to the end. Late in life he regained partial use of his hind legs.