06/25/2025
Why are people so cruel. If we think we have issues with strays and peoples attitudes to cats in the UK, overseas it’s even worse. ☺️
Before the weekend, a rescuer who is full, contacted us about needing a foster for a kitten. A kitten that nearly lost its life in the most awful circumstances, but couldn’t be left….
TWO WORDS- Hunting and dogs💔
A rescuer found themselves driving home ‘the back way’ and came across a man out with his dogs in a field, chasing something. That something was the little lady pictured🐾🩷
The purpose of the chase will never be proven, but let us share with you that using kittens for dog bait is sadly not uncommon in Cyprus. Of course, it’s illegal. But very hard to prove that it’s being done, and with cats everywhere, there’s many a ‘get out clause’ and excuses made. With a lot of animal abuse cases, it’s so SO hard to prove!
The rescuer feels this is very likely the case- the kitten was being used to train the hunting dogs🤯🤬😓💔🇨🇾
A farmer/hunter out with his dogs, of a hunting breed. No leads, no attempt to control the dogs… oh! And a weapon carried in hand- this was no average dog walk!
When the rescuer stopped to intervene, that weapon was raised towards them. Now if it was just ‘innocently’ dogs chasing a stray kitten in a field, I don’t think the threat of being shot would have been given by the man with the dogs, who made no effort to prevent the dogs chasing the kitten. The rescuer was met with much resistance and even had his vehicle damaged in the process, scratched in fact. The rescuer did however manage to take the kitten. There could have been more, but this was the only one seen/found.
Upon her rescue, baby girl was obviously extremely distressed and fearful. She was hard to handle in the vets, where she was checked over for diseases and stayed in the clinic at the weekend. Whilst very young, she was potentially a feral kitten who had experienced no human interaction so far in life.
So- asking someone to foster her was a HUGE gamble- but we wanted her to have a chance at being saved from the street. We would never know without sending her to foster.
But what if she is indeed feral? She can’t go back to where she was found. She is alone, with no mother. What would we do with a feral, young kitten? Could we turn her around? Again, the answer was the same, give her a chance.
So, after several hours in foster, with hiding under the bed, she finally melted like butter and found comfort in the arms of her foster mum🥰🥹🐾😻❤️🩹
Her life could have been cut short and in a horrific manner, but the bravery of someone stopping to intervene, saved her life😻
Baby girl you are safe now❤️🩹 And it looks like you’re part of the Project Paw Cyprus gang now 🐾🇨🇾🩷😻
