A Cincinnati kitten with a handmade wheelchair found a home
Shelter staff built a wheelchair from Hot Wheels and rulers for a stray kitten with a back injury. Tattoo artist Hope Hollandsworth adopted him.
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Cincinnati shelter staff built a tiny wheelchair from Hot Wheels cars and rulers for a stray kitten named Gelato, who has a back injury. Tattoo artist Hope Hollandsworth adopted him to live with her other special-needs cats.
The account does not give the shelter's formal name. It also does not say Gelato is cured or spell out a long-term prognosis. What it reports is the handmade wheelchair and the adoption.
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