If You See A Cat With Purple Paws, Pick It Up And Take It To The Nearest Shelter. It’s Being Used As Bait

Cats with painted paws stand out for more than just their unique appearance. Megan Sorbara from the Naples Cat Alliance(http://www.naplescatalliance.org/) explains that these cats are not partaking in a new trend or accidentally wandering into wet paint.

In fact, their colored paws are a distressing mark of their past involvement in dog-fighting rings, where they were used as bait. The various colors on their paws made it easier for spectators to bet on the grim fate of these innocent animals.

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However, there are fortunate ones like Mr. Purple Paws, who have managed to escape this cruel fate and find safety. Rescued by Clewiston Animal Control and eventually taken in by the Naples Cat Alliance, Mr. Purple Paws caught Sorbara’s attention and heart with his colorful paws—a sign of the harrowing experiences he endured.

Sorbara, no stranger to the harsh realities faced by many animals, found Mr. Purple Paws’s story particularly moving. She shared the harsh truth about the coloring of these cats’ paws, explaining it’s a method used by dog fighters to “color-code” the cats for betting purposes.

“Being in animal rescue, you hear and read about a lot of terrible things being done to poor innocent animals,” she wrote on Facebook.

“And then one day, the victim of one of these terrible things shows up at your door. I consider myself pretty hardened to a lot of stuff. I have dealt with a lot of injured, emaciated, neglected and abused animals but this one really got to me.”

Mr. Purple Paws’s condition is a testament to the cruelty he survived, with his vibrant paws clashing against his otherwise healthy appearance.

Despite the dark past, Mr. Purple Paws exhibited a remarkably sweet and playful nature, quickly becoming a beloved member of the Naples Cat Alliance community.

“I can only hope more were able to get away but my real hope is that the perpetrators of this heinous ‘sport’ be found and prosecuted,” Sorbara said.

Despite everything this animal is been through, Mr. Purple Paws is sweet, gentle, friendly, and surprisingly playful.

“He let us pick him up and he is playing with toys,” Sorbara told I Heart Cats. “He is so sweet.”

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The public’s response to Mr. Purple Paws’s story was one of outrage and a call for justice against the perpetrators of such cruel acts.

“Anyone involved with any kind of animal fighting needs to be locked up for the rest of their lives,” one user wrote. “They enjoy the blood-sport of watching animals in pain and suffering and being absolutely terrified and struggling for their lives. How dare they hurt these poor innocent animals! This is sick, barbaric, and brutal.”

This feline’s journey from a grim past to finding a loving forever home serves as a beacon of hope and a reminder of the importance of compassion and action in the face of animal cruelty.

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