This
one-eyed, nose less ragdoll breed can stay alive for only one day after being
born. The condition is known as cyclopia because it creates a birth defect in
which a normally two-eyed animal is born with only a single fused eye. In this
case, her single eye is located where the nose should be. Her facial
deformities were examined at the National Institute for Neurological Disorders
and Stroke in Bethesda, MD.
Veterinarians
in Oregon said Cy suffered from a rare disorder called holoprosencephaly - a
birth defect of the brain, which often also affects facial features, causing
closely spaced eyes, small head size and sometimes clefts of the lip and roof
of the mouth.
Personally
when I saw this story, two things happened: I stopped reading at the first
line. Then I felt sick. Why? Firstly I was scared; one eyed creatures don’t
exist, do they? Except in fairy tales. Secondly, Cy tragic as he is, has
nothing in common with the perfect pet I have always had in mind.
Why
is it that ‘different’ makes us afraid?
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