Does your heart just break to see a cat with that many mats in its fur? Believe it or not, there is a cat under that fur. Sinbad, the nine-year-old Persian had five pounds of extra fur dragging behind him. The staff at The Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago were understandably shaken to see how overgrown his fur was.
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Sinbad had trouble moving and was very weak. Sinbad was found living in the home of an elderly gentleman.
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The man could barely take care of himself, so, Sinbad suffered too. The man willingly surrendered Sinbad. The staff went to work.
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