A hairless cat had a lucky escape after being found with an arrow shot through her head. Akila, a seven-year-old calico Sphynx, was found by her owner, Tyra Bulluck, 40, cowering in bushes in a neighbor's yard with a seven inch arrow that had been fired right between the terrified cat’s eyes. Akila, a purebred calico Sphynx cat that lives strictly indoors, had a lucky escape when a seven inch arrow deflected off her skull lodging itself in skin and only causing a superficial wound The projectile had deflected off Akila's skull, only going under the surface of the skin. Had it hit from a different angle and pierced the skull, it would have meant instant death.
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Akila, the seven-year-old calico sphynx, was found cowering in bushes near her owner's home in Riverside, Florida
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Luckily the seven inch arrow deflected off her skull
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She underwent a 45-minute emergency operation to safely remove the projectile and was able to return home
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Her owner contacted the local sheriff's office and an animal cruelty investigation has been launched
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Until then their primary concern had been that the purebred had been outside on what had been a chilly night for @placeholder.