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In December, 2012, Linda Leek was grooming her “best friend,” Sheba, a beautiful white and gray cat with streaks of brown, when she found a lump.

”When I touched it she would kind of flinch,” Linda said. “Every time I would touch her in that area she would not bite me but put her mouth on me like ‘if you do it I will bite you’ – a warning sign.”

Linda took Sheba to Beverly Virgil Animal Hospital, which is not far from her apartment in Los Angeles’ Koreatown.  Dr. Seong K. Kim examined Sheba and determined that she needed surgery. He performed the operation and spayed Sheba. Sheba was in the hospital two days. “He just took really good care of her,” Linda said. “The surgery had to be done. I found out later that the tumor was malignant.”

Linda, who has multiple sclerosis, lives on Social Security disability benefits and has little extra money to spend. A friend paid the cost of the initial office visit and Angel Fund and the hospital took care of the rest. Linda is grateful for the help she received.

Since her surgery, Sheba has resumed her role as Linda’s best friend.  The two expect to have many more years together. “She has her good days and her bad days,” Linda said, “just like me.” A couple of months ago, Sheba added another member to the household.

“Somebody in the building threw a kitten out in the street outside our apartment and Sheba went out and brought it in,”Linda said. “It was really surprising because it’s just been me and her for 12 years. And she didn’t allow other cats around. She went out and rescued that kitten and I’m like, ‘well o.k., I guess we have another cat.’”

The black and white kitten looks like Figaro, the kitten from Pinochio, and that is what Linda named him.

REGISTER for the Animal Health Foundation walk at the Irvine Regional Park in Orange, CA and enjoy vendors, disc dog demos, agility demos, silent auction, raffle prizes, goody bags and more!

All funds raised will help the AHF improve the health and welfare of pets through our veterinary care assistance, disaster relief, pet partner and wildlife in need programs!

Go to www.ahfwalk.org to register and for information

Thanks to our sponsors: 

Frontline Plus         VPI Pet Insurance           VCA All-Care

Mark your calendars for the new date for AHF’s Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound!

March 30, 2014

Registration at 8 a.m.

Walk Begins at 9 a.m.

Irvine Regional Park, Section 4

Agility Demos; Flyball Demos; Disc Dog Demos; Vendors; Silent Auction and MORE!

Mark your calendars!  Registration will open soon!

The AHF is a collaborator with the Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF) by supporting needy veterinary students in Aceh, Sumatra. The AHF provides scholarships within the OURF’s Orangutan Caring Scholarship program to students who might otherwise be unable to attend veterinary school. The AHF funded four new five-year scholarships in 2011 & 2012 covering the cost of tuition and the internship required to become a practicing veterinarian.

To read OURFs annual report, please CLICK HERE