08/17/2026
The good news is Cali is feeling great after her surgery and wants lots of cuddles. Cali is one lucky cat with zero teeth and eight lives left.
The bad news is the vet found a .22 caliber bullet lodged in her jaw. We can’t say who or how but we know at some point someone shot this cat in the face at Gold Hill Galley in Guantanamo Bay.
She was found on island already injured, they thought it was healed. Part of the reason the surgery was so expensive is they do a full CT scan of the pets’ head and only then did the specialist see there was something stuck in her jaw. It’s so clearly a bullet the vet said she has no weapons experience but it has to be a bullet. We’ve sent the photos to some ballistic expert friends of friends to confirm. Many of our supporters probably have or know someone with fi****ms experience you can ask.
We don’t know why she was shot, but the fact that any animal would be shot without confirming a humane death is disturbing and wrong. Her injury blew out several teeth, left a tooth and the bullet embedded in her mouth, and caused her jaw to shift which meant her teeth dug into her gums because of the misalignment. Removing her teeth removes that problem, allowing her jaw to continue to heal a little more aligned. She’ll be able to eat things other than wet food once fully healed, even kibble, treats, or tiny bites of meat. It has been so incredibly to watch this already happy cat become even more vivacious as you can tell she’s now pain free!
