"Considering he was about 3,300 miles into his cross-country ride, had been in the saddle for three months and was deeply fatigued, no one would blame him for not immediately identifying the mysterious - and tiny - thing he spied on a wicked hot late July morning while riding on a rural road outside of Council, Virginia. Perhaps he was imagining it."
"They rolled into Honaker, Virginia, population 1,100, and rode straight to Honaker Animal Health. The staff dewormed the kitten, weighed him (0.4 pounds) and tried to get him rehydrated. He fed aggressively. They made a care package equipped with formula, a nursing kit, a flea comb and instructions on how to feed him on the road. They charged just $30 and Nadine happily paid the bill."
Bert Richie had ridden roughly 3,300 miles across the country and was deeply fatigued when he and his riding companion Nadine spotted a tiny, distressed newborn kitten on a hot July morning near Council, Virginia. The kitten's eyes were not opening and he was infested with fleas. Efforts to locate the mother and to feed the kitten immediately failed. Richie called a veterinarian and, despite a long 16-mile, 1,300-foot climb in extreme heat, transported the kitten to Honaker Animal Health. Clinic staff dewormed, weighed (0.4 pounds), rehydrated and fed the kitten, then provided a care package and charged $30, which Nadine paid.
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