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Cat miraculously survives after being abandoned outside shelter in carrier packed with snow overnight

Now that Winter seems to be recovering, the staff is beginning to turn their attention to finding the person who was cruel enough to abandon the cat

A one-year-old cat has proved that they do have nine lives since she was lucky to have survived after being abandoned near an animal shelter in Rock Falls, Illinois, in a carrier packed with snow. The cat was found on Wednesday morning by Donald Czyczyk, who is Happy Tails Humane Society's director of shelter medicine. 

According to WQAD, Donald saw the gray tabby's carrier while he was on his way to work. The carrier was a bright pink container and had been lodged in the snow. Czyczyk shared of seeing the cat 'Winter' for the first time, "I said, 'There’s definitely not a cat in here.' So I grabbed it, and next thing I know I saw an ear." Donald then brought the freezing animal inside so that she could receive some immediate care and medical attention.