According to CBS, Boots was scheduled to be put down due to her late owner’s instructions. However, Sandra Buturusis, Boots’ neighbor, campaigned on her behalf.
“She’s lovable, playful. Though she’s 11 years old, she doesn’t act like it,” Buturusis told CBS.
After Boots’ owner, Georgia Lee Dvorak, died in December, she left instructions for Boots to be put down.
“She was so afraid that if something happened to her, that the cat would not be taken care of and she’d go to another abusive home,” Buturusis explained.
However, the executor of Dvorak’s will took up Boots’ cause and petitioned for the cat to be spared.
“We didn’t want to euthanize this healthy, living animal,” said Fifth Third Bank president Jeffrey Schmidt.
The judge heard the bank’s petition and agreed to let Boots continue living a happy and healthy life. She has been placed in a home with a tradition of caring for cats, making everyone happy.
“I guess you could say this time curiosity saved the cat,” Schmidt said. “We’re very happy for that.” In addition to placing Boots in a new home, the Bank has donated supplies and food to the cat’s new residence.
Dvorak was certainly an animal lover, leaving over $11 million to animal charities.
“She had a really big heart,” neighbor Buturusis told CBS. “She loved animals.”
