Earl is a 6-year-old Domestic Short Hair in Detroit, MI, who needs $1,000 for a blood transfusion and arm amputation.

Please meet the Earl of Riverdale. My family and I bought this fixer upper and Earl, the mini panther, was already here, securing the outside of the house. He was always friendly so I thought he belonged to someone on the block. But he only ever stayed on this property. I suppose that the previous owners of the property left him behind. So, we became his people.

We immediately fell in love with Earl and he, being the loving cat that his is, loves us back. We give him food, treats, and armpit scritches (his favorite) and we even set him up with heated home for outside, due to the fact that he doesn't get along well with our cats that we have when we moved here. We tried several times, it didn't work so we allowed him stay outside in his domain.

Right now, the vet quoted a blood transfusion and amputation. We've already put down more than half, but we need help to get as close to the total amount as possible.

On the morning of March 31, 2021, two pit bulls attacked Earl. We heard Earl's screams and chased the dogs away with a bat, but the damage was already done.  Earl's left front arm was crushed. All of Earl's vitals are trending upwards, except his red blood cell count which needs to be up in order for him to make it through amputation. Earl is being treated at Affiliated Vet in Allen Park, MI.

Earl has the most amazing "meow", if you want to even call it that. It's more of a "merp". He loves to sit in the sun right outside of our front bay window and peer in on us. He greets us every day that we return home with his "merps" and does a BIIIIIGGG STRETCH on our legs to demand his armpit scratches and dinner.