The supersized, Virginia shelter cat named Patches, whose story went viral, is inspiring people around the globe in his so-far-so-good journey of weight reduction, which adopter Kay Ford shares with the world on the Facebook web page Patches’ Journey.
As of the third week of June, Patches had misplaced nearly 10 % of his physique weight: He weighed in at 36.16 kilos, a number of weeks after his adoption at 40.3 kilos. More than 35,000 followers cheer on the kitty, and plenty of have despatched messages to Kay about how Patches has inspired them to get in form. The cat is cooperative about his weight loss program plan — not that he has a alternative, jokes Kay, who’s utilizing Patches’ on-line platform to advocate for cat adoption.
“He’s absolutely wonderful,” she says. “There is such a change in him. You can really see the difference. … It’s just incredibly gratifying.”
