* Over £4,000 has been pledged to help pay for Raymond's treatment.
UPDATE FROM HIS OWNER AROUND 9AM:
"Just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated towards rays vet bills people have been so so kind and generous.
"Just been to see him and cried 😭
"Just waiting to see if he will be going for a CT scan today."
Just over £4,000 has been pledged by hundreds of well-wishers to help pay for treatment to Llangollen's celebrity cat after he was accidentally hit and injured by a car two days ago.
The famous moggy, who has his own Facebook page - Raymond the Ginger Cat - is known and loved by scores of admirers for his wanderings around the town, nipping in and out of shops and hotels and even attending a church service on Christmas morning.
On Sunday there was an outpouring of shock and disbelief after it was announced on Facebook that he had been hit by a car in the town centre while being chased by a dog.
Scores of messages of sympathy for his family and best wishes for his speedy recovery began to be posted on social media.
And there was been a surge of donations to an online funding account set up by a friend to help pay for his treatment.
The owner took to Facebook on Raymond's page to say his pelvis had been injured on the left side and the bill for treatment was likely to be between four and five thousand pounds, adding that they would pay although and donations would be welcome.
Since then pledges to the Gofundme page have been mounting rapidly and by yesterday afternoon had gone over the £4,000 mark.
The page now displays a note to say the organiser has disabled new donations to the fundraiser "at the moment".
On Monday morning the cat's owner posted on Raymond's page that he was "comfortable and pain free," and they were waiting to hear when he would have surgery.
* Llanblogger will bring you further updates on Raymond's progress as and when we have them.
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