Bear the kitten survives Christmas scare thanks to vets’ charity A six-month-old kitten used up one of his nine lives after he ate the netting from his owner’s Christmas roast beef and had to undergo emergency surgery.
Vets from the PDSA charity acted swiftly to save Bear after the netting from the beef joint caused a blockage in his intestines which almost killed him.
The kitten was initially treated at his local vet but it became apparent more needed to be done and Mr Simpson could not afford the work as he was jobless at the time.
Thankfully, we were able to remove all the string but we also had to remove two inches of Bear’s intestines that were too damaged to be repaired.”.
Vet Gabrielle Fish said: “The operation took nearly five hours.
