26-toed mutant kitty uses his extra digits to save animal shelter

Meet Daniel the mutant - toed cat , who ’s using his extra pussycat figure to graze in some much requisite cash for the Milwaukee Animal Rescue Center . Most kat have 18 toes , but Daniel the orange - and - ashen tabby has two special toes on each foot due to a genetic mutation called polydactylism , which bring him up to 26 toe total .

And now that the Milwaukee shelter ’s rent has doubled , Daniel ’s mutant powers are being put to the test . The cat ’s popularity has been used to raise money for a new locating . check for $ 26 have been come in ( $ 1 for each toe ) . With the service of Daniel , the shelter has raised about $ 80,000 and hopes to erect $ 150,000 total .

Here ’s an older television report of Daniel and his self-aggrandizing paws .