2/8/25 Baxter Update. A crew from a fire department in Detroit was taking care of this stray kitty, who kept wandering in and out of the department. One of the guys named Leo, had a soft spot the stray said he’d love to take him home, but was afraid of how he would do since he was an outdoor cat. One day, the kitty now named “Baxter” showed up with severe trauma to his right eye and it needed to be removed.

We were contacted for help and offered to pay for surgery, neutering and vetting. Baxter is now living his best life with the firefighter and he has no desire to go back outside ever again.

Here he is in this updated photo giving a nice long stretch for the camera. Gina https://4paws1heart.org/donations/

1/3/25 A fire department in Detroit has been putting food out for some strays and Baxter was one of them. Approximately one week ago he showed up to the fire department with a hole in his eye likely from trauma.

One of the guys took Baxter to emergency but due to cost Baxter couldn’t get surgery. When they reached out to us we contacted one of our partner vets who was fortunately able to get Baxter in right away, and eye removal was done yesterday. He is recovering in this picture on fluids and pain meds.

The firefighter is going to foster and hopefully keep Baxter inside from now on. He fell in love with this boy. Thank you to those who support our mission to help cats and dogs like Baxter get the second chance they deserve. Veterinary care is expensive and strays do not have an owner to provide medical funding or decisions for their quality of life, so we are blessed to be able to help in some way.. Gina https://4paws1heart.org/donations/