Odd kitty's 10th life will be in museum

Me-wow - The one-eyed, noseless animal from Oregon will be preserved in New York

Friday, April 07, 2006

WILLIAM KATES

A one-eyed, noseless kitten from Oregon that stirred international debate last year over whether it was a hoax will become the "spokesanimal" for a new museum of anomalies intended to launch discussions about how science and religion intersect. ETC

it’s for real. Veterinarians said it suffered from a rare disorder called holoprosencephaly.

I took a look at he link you give, and found the following hi-lights:

holoprosencephaly (improper brain lobe development) can have the following associated with it:

cleft lip or other facial abnormalities

Endocrine disorders: Diabetes insipidus (DI) occurred in 70% of patients with classic HPE. severity of the DI correlated with the grade of HPE and hypothalamic non-separation

cardiac malformation or effects

I think researchers should look in the direction of 2-butoxyethanol for causing such. From what I've learned about it, 2-butoxyethanol is a pesticide, a poison, a frequently used solvent.

It is a teratogen chemical, meaning it harms the developing fetus. I suspect it for causing

Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction
and 'gulf war syndrome'
and diabetes,
and much cancer and birth defects. http://www.valdezlink.com/acute.htm

Do any of you know any gulf war vets or Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup workers?

It is a chemical exposure they share in common: 2-butoxyethanol.

But so have many in the general population (without realizing it)

Cy ... the one-eyed kitten suffering holoprosencephaly.

January 11, 2006 A photo of a one-eyed kitten named Cy drew more than a little scepticism when it turned up on various websites, but medical authorities have a name for the bizarre condition.

"Holoprosencephaly" causes facial deformities, according to the US National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

In the worst cases, a single eye is located where the nose should be, according to the institute's Web site.

Traci Allen says the kitten she named Cy, short for Cyclops, was born on December 28 with the single eye and no nose.

"You don't expect to see something like that," the 35-year-old Allen said from her home in Redmond, Oregon.

Allen said she stayed up all night with the deformed kitten on her recliner, feeding Cy a liquid formula through a syringe.

She says she cared for the kitten the next day as well, until it died that evening.

Allen had taken digital pictures that she provided to The Associated Press.

Some bloggers have questioned the authenticity of the photo distributed on January 6.

AP regional photo editor Tom Stathis said he took extensive steps to confirm the one-eyed cat was not a hoax.

Stathis had Allen ship him the memory card that was in her camera.

On the card were a number of pictures - including holiday snapshots, and four pictures of a one-eyed kitten.

The kitten pictures showed the animal from different perspectives.

Fabricating those images in sequence and in the camera's original picture format, from the varying perspectives, would have been virtually impossible, Stathis said.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/cyclops-kitten-no-hoax/2006/01/11/1136956230663.html