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HERALD WIRES

RIVERVIEW - The little orange-and-white ball of fluff is a fighter.

Any kitten that survives a tumble through the deadly maw of a wood chipper would have to be.

His meow would almost be pitiable, if he weren't so full of energy and spunk just two weeks after his rescuer and veterinarian debated whether his injuries were so severe that he couldn't be saved.

"Chipper's" head is tilted to the right, the result of a fracture to the neck that apparently didn't damage the spinal-cord nerves. Both of the miracle kitten's front legs were badly mangled and broken, but he gets around, if a little awkwardly. His right eye now appears to be functioning, even if it is damaged.

Maury Swee, of Boca Raton, who runs a no-kill shelter, the 10th Life Sanctuary outside of Clewiston, says he got a call from an anonymous woman on the morning of June 20. The woman said a kitten had been asleep in a wood chipper that was turned on by workers.

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What a way to wake up :o Poor little guy!

What a way to live life... I guess that cat'll know soon enough how all those 20-year-old dogs feel.

I have a hard time imaging things like that. People underestimate the misery that animals have in life as a whole, and usually lack an appriciation for their feelings, so it bothers me when things like this happen.