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Cat's eyes
January 1, 2009
A British cat has become the first feline to be fitted with contact lenses.
Ernest - a 15-year-old black and white cat - wears the visual aids after a medical condition which affects his eyesight left him unable to see clearly.
The moggy - who has lived at the RSPCA rescue centre in Godshill, Isle of Wight for 13 years - suffers from entropion which causes an inward rolling of the eyes and inflammation.
An operation to correct it could have killed him.
Centre manager Paula Sadler, 56, said: "Before Ernest was given the contact lenses he was quite squinty and had trouble seeing where he was going.
"Now his eyes have opened up and he has a new lease of life. The lenses have worked wonders."
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