Bino the Black Cat

This is the story of Bino (pronounced Beeno). A stray who survived on the streets in Campagna Italy for 3 years - until he travelled 3,000 miles over two days and came to London. I met him whilst on holiday on 4th July 2024 and I fell head over heals in love with him. After 2 months (and much, much paperwork) I flew back to bring him back to England with me. You'll see from his photos the reason why I couldn't just walk past him and not do something - the sweetest cat I'd ever met in my life has a horrific injury on this neck... And I took him to the vet as soon as I was able to. Feline Leukemia Whilst I was at the vet with him, I was told he's probably about 3 years old (we set his birthday to the day I had him microchipped in my name - 8th July. And upon initial blood tests, he was diagnosed via a SNAP test (and a week later was confirmed with a full panel blood screen) with Feline Leukemia, the condition is incurable. FeLV is a viral infection that attacks his immune system. It is not spread to dogs or humans, and the virus dies on contact with air within hours. He will still be able to live a full and happy life until his body gives up and it you meet him you will agree that he absolutely deserves all the love he can get. His neck No one knows what happened to his neck, the vet suspects chemical burns from a plastic flea collar. The dirty environment he's living in does not allow for it to heal. He's constantly fighting mosquito bites or ants and fleas and then scratching himself until he bleeds. Since I brought him home, I've also had to cover £1,600 in additional costs as he got very sick in foster care and needed emergency treatment and 6+ weeks of antibiotics. I found out his neck was severely infected and was suffering with jaundice and anemia (which have both been treated successfully).

I would love to receive any funding towards treating him