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Jonathon Naylor Editor Boris must have felt like the luckiest cat in the world when, after living as a stray, he finally found a home last year. But as he was about to find out, the world can be an unforgiving place for four-legged critters. Boris had been eking out an existence on the streets of downtown Flin Flon when he was brought to the Flin Flon, Creighton and Area SPCA last fall. He was only about four months old but had already developed a warm personality. 'He's just such a love,' said Carmen Hiebert, manager of the SPCA shelter. 'When you pick him up, he's just kind of like Jell-O in your arms.' Boris, a furry black and white fellow, spent just a couple of months with the SPCA before being adopted locally last November. Circumstances led to him being given away in Saskatoon, however, and it's not clear where he ended up from there. All Hiebert knows is that she recently got a call from the SPCA in North Battleford, Sask., more than 600 kilometres away from Flin Flon. They had scanned the implanted microchip of a homeless cat and traced him back to Hiebert's shelter. Hiebert didn't know exactly which cat it was until she checked her database. 'When I found out it was little Boris, I guess my first reaction was disappointment that he was once again homeless,' she said. With the North Battleford SPCA overrun with some 40 cats, Boris' prospects for being adopted a second time seemed slim. So Hiebert said she would gladly take Boris back. Arrangements were made to have the Battlefords North Stars hockey team drop him off when they arrived in Flin Flon last Friday, Feb. 8 to play the Bombers. Sadly, Boris had not received good care. Some bone in his tail was exposed, either due to an attack or frostbite, and his ears were full of mites. Boris will have part of his tail surgically removed later this week, after which Hiebert hopes to find him another home _ a permanent one this time. Anyone interested in adopting Boris may contact Hiebert at 204-687-8744.
