<div><p>Vets had no idea what could have inspired someone to treat poor Billy the cat so badly, but his tragic story is helping to protect other pets.</p><p>When a passerby in Sussex, England found this stray, he had a spent days fighting to survive after a vicious attack. His injuries were so bad that they thought he had been targeted by another animal. But the truth was much worse.</p><p>Someone had shot this innocent creature with a pellet gun. Vets say that Billy was hit <strong>7 times</strong>, including four shots to the head. His recovery is nothing short of a miracle.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/cat2.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/cat2_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Cats Protection</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, Billy isn't the only cat who has been targeted by these despicable attacks. </p><p>According to the charity <a href="https://cats.e-activist.com/page/7153/petition/1">Cats Protection</a>, 202 cats in the UK were shot with air guns in 2016, and a tragic 46% of these animals didn't survive their injuries.</p><p>The charity hopes to make the laws in England and Wales more strict to shrink the number of cases like this, and they've made Billy the star of their campaign.</p><div><div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="EaRTtYCZMqo"></amp-youtube></div></div></div><p></p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>Billy will never recover from his attack - he's blind, and there are still pellets stuck in his skull - but with his loving foster mom Emily he's adjusting to life as well as he can.</p><p>Hopefully his story will inspire more people to protect cats from abuse like this.</p><p>[Source: <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cat-left-blinded-after-being-10184227">The Mirror</a>]</p><p><strong>Share this story if you think this is unacceptable!</strong></p></div>