A PET cat found impaled on three fence spikes has made an incredible recovery.
A passerby found the helpless ginger cat pierced through the spikes of eight-foot tall railings outside a block of flats in Cricklewood in North West London early on Friday morning.
Firefighters had to use car-crash rescue machines to cut away the metal fence before the poor creature was taken for emergency surgery at the 24-hour Medivet Animal Hospital in Hendon shortly after the discovery at 4am.
Amazingly, the fence posts narrowly missed the cat's vital organs - with one piercing his back leg and a second stabbing through his abdomen.
After life-saving surgery, the ginger and white cat is already up on his feet and recovering after his horrendous ordeal.
He is not microchipped and DCI Broster is investigating what happened.
It is possible that the cat slipped or jumped from a balcony on a nearby block of flats and became impaled, but nothing is being ruled out as a possible cause.
DCI Broster said: "He was so brave, continuously purring and nudging me whilst I comforted him despite his horrendous ordeal.
"The only time he ever cried was if I had to leave him to help with his treatment.
"It's an absolute miracle that this cat is alive, and even better, it's looking like he won't even have to have the damaged leg amputated.
"In fact, he is doing so well he's already up on his feet and walking which is astounding, I can't quite believe how lucky he is.
"He's still not out of the woods yet as there's a risk of infection from where the metal posts were inside his body, but the vets have done an amazing job in saving his life."
The lucky cat is now moving to an RSPCA hospital this week for further care.
RSPCA deputy chief inspector Nicole Broster said she was "amazed" he was still alive after calling the fire service to rescue the cat.
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She said: "When I got there I was incredibly shocked - in all my years with the RSPCA I have never seen anything like it.
"This poor cat literally had metal posts protruding through his body.
"I was amazed that this lovely affectionate boy was still alive and I knew I had to get him urgent help in order to give him the best chance of survival."
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