{"id":4365,"date":"2023-10-28T09:40:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T09:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=4365"},"modified":"2023-10-28T09:40:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T09:40:16","slug":"husky-named-bret-michaels-saves-a-kittens-life-then-gets-adopted-by-the-real-bret-michaels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=4365","title":{"rendered":"Husky named \u201cBret Michaels\u201d saves a kitten\u2019s life \u2014 then gets adopted by the real Bret Michaels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It\u2019s always inspiring to see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theanimalclub.net\/dogs\/chris-evans-visits-animal-shelter-gives-cuddles-and-treats-to-adoptable-dogs\/\">celebrities helping shelter dogs<\/a>, but one recent story is truly remarkable: when a kitten named \u201cBret Michaels\u201d saved the life of a kitten, it got the attention of his rockstar namesake, leading to a very happy ending.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On October 17, the Nebraska Humane Society\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NebraskaHumaneSociety\/posts\/723074853192807?ref=embed_post\">shared an inspiring story<\/a>\u00a0about a \u201chero\u201d dog in their care. They recently took in a trio of month-old kittens who were found in bad shape, dirty and covered in fleas.<\/p>\n<p>One of the kittens was in especially bad shape, and was weak and lethargic. They realized he was suffering from flea anemia, and was in desperate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theanimalclub.net\/dogs\/dog-who-saved-other-dogs-life-by-donating-blood-was-nearly-euthanized-by-shelter\/\">need of a blood transfusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An unlikely hero stepped up to save the kitten\u2019s life: a 6-year-old husky named Bret Michaels.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNebraskaHumaneSociety%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02hcMgYFjvTz4GzDnFoTDWj51TuutEbV58RF3dscoCyyHu7TB3FaxheyasBE8S1sGvl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"781\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The shelter explained that they didn\u2019t have time to identify the cat\u2019s blood type to find a suitable feline donor, but canine blood can be transfused to felines in a process called xenotransfusion. The husky donated blood, saving the kitten\u2019s life: the cat is reportedly \u201con the road to recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The husky\u2019s life-saving blood donation would be an inspiring story in itself, but it\u2019s what happened next that\u2019s truly special.<\/p>\n<p>As any \u201980s music fans surely know, the husky is named after rock star Bret Michaels, frontman of glam metal band Poison.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31357 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-djur.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/23192943\/shutterstock_101818105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-djur.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/23192943\/shutterstock_101818105.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"761\" data-eio-rheight=\"1000\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DFree \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, the real Bret Michaels heard about the life-saving efforts of his canine namesake, and also learned that the husky was up for adoption, looking for a forever home.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cEvery Rose Has Its Thorn\u201d singer contacted the shelter \u2014 and said he wanted to adopt the dog!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNebraskaHumaneSociety%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0mXQWrpjXyhjQv5h8kjKVigb94UtmCk9fvUXp3jQzyYqqqmAmawrNssS9MqZeBtrhl&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"497\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Nebraska Humane Society\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=724870876346538&amp;set=a.266220182211612&amp;type=3&amp;ref=embed_post\">announced the incredible news<\/a>\u00a0on October 20: \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to see how he thrives in his new home, we just hope it doesn\u2019t get too confusing when someone tells Bret Michaels to fetch!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news was also confirmed by Michaels, who shared\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BretMichaels\/posts\/912293116924799?ref=embed_post\">photos of his beautiful new pet on Facebook<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s got everything that says \u2013 I\u2019m Bret Michaels A Husky and I\u2019ve been adopted by Bret Michaels The Rockstar,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBretMichaels%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02NgMmpddpe2TR7UxF5i3P6odEhrfCrSzaycPTVsQGre8JJZioW2ishZpmFVWuEhkHl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"665\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could not have been more touched and more honored to adopt\u00a0Bret\u00a0Michaels\u00a0the husky, knowing that he gave blood to save the life of a kitten,\u201d Michaels told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bret-michaels-adopts-a-dog-named-named-after-him-exclusive-8364387\">People<\/a>. \u201cI could not work fast enough to adopt this husky and extend the awesome quality of little\u00a0Bret\u00a0Jr.\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told the outlet that he had recently lost his 14-year-old German shepherd Phoenix, and the story \u201cbrought a smile back into my family\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BretMichaels\/posts\/pfbid036ZxR5PDx5H83RqwVD9bWbi64KkZ8D6vS3BU3xAdnHTWMNmGCTEQ6WPRFuMLmocxNl?__cft__[0]=AZWh6wsy1pVHQzcMYvgsZvTPGf18oP9iZ2_CjmT9ArFbjU3oYBzKcvV-pTHlJvtEc25cuUC4npeyRi_FOfDKcho-Qh7J9zpxjik_WqrCkb3uL5rS4bb_CphIUAA_vu9-YhwMBRL7LFn6-iJhscePntIXWqCFW8EhnZynF7oWujKGCmk93qsC6BvepdIDr2lqfEA&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">another post<\/a>, Michaels said he visited the shelter and met the \u201cincredible human beings &amp; staff that worked so hard to save &amp; improve pet lives,\u201d as well as the kitten that the husky saved, who is named Roses &amp; Thorn. He said that he was making it his mission to find a home for the kitten.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBretMichaels%2Fposts%2Fpfbid036ZxR5PDx5H83RqwVD9bWbi64KkZ8D6vS3BU3xAdnHTWMNmGCTEQ6WPRFuMLmocxNl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"723\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you to Bret Michaels (the dog) for saving this kitten\u2019s life, and thank you to Bret Michaels (the rock star) for adopting this amazing husky! It was truly meant to be \u2764\ufe0f\ud83e\udd70<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please share this amazing news!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s always inspiring to see\u00a0celebrities helping shelter dogs, but one recent story is truly remarkable:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":67,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}