Mr Norris before his final operation (Picture: PA)

A cat who was born with a cleft palate has found love and acceptance on the internet after having surgery to fix the problem.

Sarah Ross, who owns Mr Norris, was told it might be kinder to put him down after he was born with a chunk of his mouth and lip missing, making it nearly impossible for him to eat.

However Sarah decided to help the little kitten and opted for him to have the potentially life-saving surgery.

Sarah, who is the co-founder of the Sunny Harbour Cat and Kitten Rescue in Fife, regularly posted about Mr Norris’ operation and recovery to Facebook, which won the little moggy thousands of fans online.




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His owner says Mr Norris loves posing for pictures now (Picture: PA)

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It took two operations to entirely fix Mr Norris’ mouth, but now he is a happy and healthy cat.

He even goes to events, where, according to Sarah, ‘150-plus people turn up to see him’.

Sarah told MailOnline: ‘We knew straight away when we saw that he had a sizeable chunk of his lip missing; it would be impossible for him to feed from his mother or even from a standard bottle.

‘Euthanasia just wasn’t an option for us. He’d already shown so much strength and such a desire to live that we had to keep fighting for him.’

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Being fed as a kitten (Picture: PA)