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Pedro Pspspscal, a cat named after actorPedro Pascal, was rescued soon after going viral, thanks to some creative social media posts.
“Pedro Pspspscal is daddy and we all love this famous boi ❤️ Here’s some of his most famous scenes with costars Bella Ramsey, Grogu, and Nicolas Cage 🙌🏽 #adoptdontshop #pedropascal,“KHS tweetedon March 20 about the then-adoptable feline.
Twitter user @cowlonful discovered Pedro Pspspscal’s adoption profile the same day and also posted about the cat on social media.
“Been laughing about this for about 5 consecutive minutes,” the Twitter user wrotealongside a screenshot of Pedro Pspspscal’s adoption page. The tweet has gone on to be viewed over 8 million times.Thanks to Pedro Pspspscal’s viral day on Twitter, the cat soon found a home.
On March 22, KHS updated its Twitter followers: “Huge thanks to Newsweek for featuring our little Mandalorian, Pedro Pspspscal, on their website ❤️ He got adopted yesterday, but we currently have 24 cats that would love to go home with you!”
Kansas Humane Society
The Wichita-based shelter, which has been around since 1888, according to its Twitter page, claims to have a 98% save rate for animals it takes in.
“Pedro came to us from our neighbors next door at the Wichita Animal Shelter, who found him as a stray,” Jordan Bani-Younes from KHS toldNewsweek. “Pedro is a very cuddly boy that loves head rubs.”
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“Do we know if Pedro has seen the pspspscal cat?” one Twitter user wrote in response to the rescue feline’s rise in popularity.
Though Pedro — the cat — is no longer available, KHS noted toNewsweekthat 91 dogs and 15 cats are still in the shelter’s care, looking for homes.
“We really need fosters to help expand our shelter walls, and people to adopt, and spay/neuter the pets they already have,” Bani-Younes told the outlet.
source: people.com
