Abused Brooklyn Bodega Cat 'Fulton' Finds Forever Home

Photos courtesy of the ASPCA

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — The adorable one-and-a-half-year-old bodega cat who miraculously survived being flung like a rag doll around a Chinese-food restaurant on Fulton Street in March (VERY disturbing video below) was at last put up for adoption this week, after spending nearly six weeks in ASPCA intensive care and recovery.

And unsurprisingly, within days of the announcement, the "sweet, trusting" cat — recently re-named Fulton, after his former stomping grounds — had found a forever home in Queens, according to the ASPCA.

"Animal Recovery Center staff will certainly miss seeing him each day, but look forward to finding him the safe and loving home he deserves," Howard Lawrence, vice president of the ASPCA's humane law enforcement division, had said upon putting Fulton up for adoption.

Fulton's ordeal on March 25, caught on video inside New People's Restaurant, broke hearts across the borough.

The video showed 28-year-old Zaid Salah — who has since been declared unfit to stand trial, according to AMNY — chasing Fulton into the restaurant, seizing him by his fur and slamming him against the walls.

The New York Daily News reported that Saleh had originally grabbed Fulton from the cat's resident bodega across the street, the Seven & One Deli & Grocery, as some twisted type of revenge for getting kicked out of the bodega earlier that day.

Saleh reportedly began to beat the cat on the sidewalk at Fulton Street and Kingston Avenue. So the cat darted into the restaurant — and that's where the hideous video begins.

"The male cat suffered a hemorrhage in the eye, a puncture wound to his tongue, bruising to his gums, tongue and lips, swelling to his tail and fluid in the abdomen, among other injuries," DNAinfo reported, citing court documents.

Yet somehow, despite his ordeal, Fulton remains "a very sweet, outgoing boy who enjoys meeting new people," the ASPCA said earlier this week. "He has some interest in toys but mostly prefers to cozy up to a human companion and get a few of his favorite treats."