Meet Emmy, up top, and Leonard. They own my friend Brian. All cats act like they’re famous, but Emmy had her actual 15 minutes because of the circumstances of her coming to live with Brian: She was horribly abused by some rotten kids, who lit her on fire and were probably going to through her off the roof of their building (as they’d done with other cats they’d tortured), but she had a fortuitous escape, courtesy of the FDNY, and ended up at an animal shelter, where, Brian says, she won over the staff and "as severely injured as she was (looked like she'd been dipped in oil), she was still affectionate." Emmy was nursed back to health by Brian’s sister, a D.A. who happens to specialize in animal-cruelty cases. Brian says his sister "followed her around with evidence bags... so when Emmy's ears eventually fell off, they were preserved for use in the prosecution which eventually took place." Emmy got her name from her "Missing Ears" (M.E.), and she's been on the news and everything as a New York survivor.
Leonard was also a rescue, never abused but plenty sickly. He’s not doing very well lately, unfortunately, poor mite. He has an enlarged heart that requires regular medication, and it looks like his heart may finally be giving out. Brian says Leonard is "the sweetest, most adorable little creature."
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