{"id":7407,"date":"2025-10-16T22:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/7407\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T22:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:55:08","slug":"mandarin-oaks-elementary-kindergarteners-foster-blind-kitten-rescued-from-rural-georgia-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/7407\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandarin Oaks Elementary kindergarteners foster blind kitten rescued from rural Georgia shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mandarin Oaks Elementary kindergarteners are fostering this blind kitten. (Ana&#8217;s Angels Animal Rescue)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A group of kindergarteners is helping foster a blind kitten that was recently rescued by a local organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Ana\u2019s Angels Animal Rescue rescued the kitten from a rural Georgia shelter with the help of \u201cPilots for Paws,\u201d a nonprofit organization with volunteer pilots and plane owners who are willing to assist with animal transportation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to the organization, Mandarin Oaks Elementary kindergarteners are fostering the kitten before he undergoes double eye removal surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This October, Ana\u2019s Angels Animal Rescue will be celebrating 25 years of offering pet adoptions in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">According to the organization, Dr. Christian Broadhurst examined the kitten for an initial vet exam and will be performing the surgery at Clay County Humane Society in the upcoming weeks. <\/p>\n<p>According to the organization, Dr. Christian Broadhurst examined the kitten for an initial vet exam and will be performing the surgery at Clay County Humane Society in the upcoming weeks. (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorMarcela Camargo headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/team\/MCamargo\/\" title=\"View Marcela Camargo&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcela Camargo<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Marcela joined News4JAX in 2023. She grew up in Mexico and eventually moved to California to pursue her dream of becoming a journalist. Now, she is a proud San Diego State University alumna who has many years of experience in TV and digital journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mandarin Oaks Elementary kindergarteners are fostering this blind kitten. (Ana&#8217;s Angels Animal Rescue) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A group&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,7853],"class_list":["post-7407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-mandarin-oaks-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}