A tabby kitten named Bettie Bee was born with two faces survived the odds to live for 16 days.
On
Friday, unfortunately, her luck ran out. The two-faced, three-eyed,
two-mouthed kitten died at 16 days old, living 16 days longer than
expected.
Newsweek reports that ,on December 20, Bettie Bee was born in South Africa .
original cat-owner brought the two-faced tabby to a local rescuer who
is known for taking in special needs kittens.
According to an
email interview withNewsweek, the rescuer said she was growing like a
normal kitten. However, a few days after her story of survival went
viral, Bettie Bee came down with pneumonia, according to the official
page’s Facebook post.
inhaled more liquid. The rescuer decided it was time to take her to a
veterinarian to be euthanized.
“She was struggling and I said to myself from the beginning I would not
let her suffer,” the rescuer wrote on Facebook. “For 16 days I gave my
all and so did she, I would do it all over again, she deserved to have a
chance at life but sadly it was not meant to be.”
When Newsweek asked the rescuer for comment, she declined, saying she needed time to grieve.
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