CHOCTAW, OK -- When we first introduced you to Deuce back in August, he'd just been discovered in Choctaw with both back legs and part of his tail cut off.  The vetererinarian who treated him said it appeared he'd been surviving on his own with the traumatic injuries for about six weeks. 

When Stephani Coker saw Deuce's story, she knew she wanted him to join her family. 

"It just tugged at my heart strings.  I felt so sorry for him.  First he has this accident, then he's left out there for a month or a month and a half without food or water," said Coker.  "I just wanted to give him a forever home.  I knew I could love him."  

And after two and a half months in her home, Deuce is doing remarkably well.  "He's a happy, wonderful little kitty.  I mean he's just like any other cat," said Coker.  Deuce can't jump.  But he can climb.  And instead of holding his stumps in the air, he's now ac

A special gala will be coming to Shawnee this weekend to help raise money for canine companions across the country.

Residents and their dogs are invited to the ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening of a new dog park.