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Eintracht Frankfurt’s Michy Batshuayi Announces Death of Family Cat After Blood-Donation Plea

He said transfusion complications left Kiyo too weak for surgery at a Frankfurt clinic.

Overview

  • Batshuayi and his partner said late Sunday that Kiyo died in veterinary care in Frankfurt, sharing the news in an Instagram statement.
  • They had appealed to his roughly 2.8 million Instagram followers for urgent feline blood donations after a car struck the cat.
  • According to Batshuayi’s post, Kiyo received multiple transfusions but his immune system rejected the donor blood, causing severe complications.
  • BILD reported that veterinarians deemed surgery impossible due to extreme weakening and an additional infection, with survival odds estimated at about 20%.
  • Batshuayi thanked donors and supporters for their help and posted a photo from Kiyo’s final hours, expressing his family’s grief.