Cat with gang tattoos is looking for a new home after being rescued from a Mexican Prison. (Read More Here).
A tattooed Sphynx cat will no longer be subjected to a life behind bars — and is looking for a new home — after it was rescued from the Cereso 3 prison in Mexico.
The cat, who does not yet have a name, was taken into the care of animal rescue workers in the city of Juarez after authorities found that gang members had tattooed and generally mistreated the animal, Reuters reported on Thursday.
Mexican authorities are still making a decision about who will adopt the young feline and plan to entrust the creature to a family in a ceremony on March 1, according to Reuters. These photos provided by the Chihuahua State Police show the cat that was found inside a cell at Cereso prison in Juarez after a New Year’s Day riot and jail break. (Courtesy: La Secretaría de Seguridad Pública del Estado de Chihuahua)
Investigators say several heavily armed individuals rushed the prison as the gates opened to visitors and killed three guards before proceeding to a cell block where Mexicles gang leader Ernesto “El Neto” Alfredo Piñon was being held.
The tattoos were inscribed on the cat without anesthetic and may have belonged to a gang leader who was killed on January 5 after escaping the prison, Mail Online reported.
Authorities said they are now looking for a caring family to adopt the one-year-old cat.
“The cat is very sociable and is in great shape, with no infections,” Cesar Rene Diaz, ecology director for the city of Juarez, told Reuters.
In addition to several animals, authorities found plasma TV sets, drugs, liquor and cash, as well as musical instruments, and even a mechanical bull inside several cells.
The cat was put up for adoption, and immediately garnered interest from hundreds of people around the world.
A special committee set up by the city of Juarez whittled the number of adoption applicants to 10, including seven from the U.S., two from Juarez and one from the state of Oaxaca. The committee reportedly voted unanimously to have the cat sent to a new country, thus sending it to the U.S.
