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.