A cat in Indiana is looking for a “loving home” after being abandoned by his former owner in a backpack outside a local animal shelter’s former location.
On Thursday, Jan. 23, the Humane Fort Wayne animal shelter in Indiana announced on Facebook and Instagram that a “resilient” black cat had been left in the cold outside the shelter’s old location.
As Humane Fort Wayne noted on social media, the cat — now named Mr. Satchel — was abandoned in winter weather inside a backpack outside the shelter’s former location. The temperature in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is currently around 20 degrees.
Mr. Sathcel sat outside Humane Fort Wayne’s old shelter location, stuck in the backpack, for 24 hours before a shelter staff member discovered the cat “cold, terrified, alone and covered in his own waste” while visiting the location.
“But now, he was in safe hands. Our medical team…
