George - Canadian lynx

George, a Canadian lynx, resided at a safe haven sanctuary in Colorado. The sad part is, the sanctuary was not receiving enough funding to continue to care for the animals and the Director made the very difficult decision to start placing animals at other facilities in order to ensure they received the proper care. It must be so humbling when one is faced with such a decision.

George is very apprehensive of people and is very protective over his companion Kajeeka, who is deaf and blind. The bond they share is amazing and very special.

George originated from a fur farm where his life would have ended at 2-years-old and his pelt used for a coat. Luckily, someone intervened. George has a physical deformity, which is common in many fur farm animals. His knee on one leg is not attached and the bottom half of his leg faces sideways. An x-ray showed it could not be corrected with surgery and could only be amputated. At first the leg didn't bother George, but within a year at TWS, you could see it was beginning to cause him pain. The TWS staff chose to remove the leg and George hasn't skipped a beat.

	George George, a Canadian lynx, resided at a safe haven sanctuary in Colorado. The sad part is, the sanctuary was not receiving enough funding to continue to care for the animals and the Director made the very difficult decision to start placing animals at other facilities in order to ensure they received the proper care. It must be so humbling when one is faced with such a decision. George is very apprehensive of people and is very protective over his companion Kajeeka, who is deaf and blind. The bond they share is amazing and very special. George originated from a fur farm where his life would have ended at 2-years-old and his pelt used for a coat. Luckily, someone intervened. George has a physical deformity, which is common in many fur farm animals. His knee on one leg is not attached and the bottom half of his leg faces sideways. An x-ray showed it could not be corrected with surgery and could only be amputated. At first the leg didn't bother George, but within a year at TWS, you could see it was beginning to cause him pain. The TWS staff chose to remove the leg and George hasn't skipped a beat.