How I met my cat?
Hope
“A glimpse of Hope”
As a child we always visited the south coast of Durban but as time went on we gradually stopped going
there. My mom was given a weeks accommodation
on the North coast last year August, so off we went.
As it came to our last week we decided to drive up
to Scottbourgh to see how things had changed. On
our way home we stopped at the well known “shell
shop”. There she was, sitting at the door of the shop.
She looked terrible. My heart broke.
As I walked around the shop “she” followed me.
Rubbing her tiny thin wounded body up against me.
Then we had to leave. Again she sat at the door
watching as we drove away, me crying my heart out.
Kitty
Quote
“People who love cats
have some of the biggest hearts around.”
- Susan Easterly
That was the Tuesday. I contacted numerous rescue
organisations asking for some sort of help, but had
no luck at all. Until a cat angel came along. Sylvia
from Persian Rescue, Durban. Hope was no Persian
but Persian Rescue was the only organisation willing
to help me. I collected a carrier from Sylvia, drove
back to the shell shop and fetched MY cat. It was as
if she knew I would return.
I met Sylvia at her vet on the North coast. We had
Hope checked out and tested for the 2 nasty diseases. She tested negative. She then spent the night
with Sylvia at Persian Rescue as we were leaving
the Friday morning. We picked her up on the way
“home”.
The whole way home she was calm and quiet. As
if she knew she was going “home”. We stopped a
couple of times so I could feed and give water and in
return I got a great big purr.
And that’s how she became part of my family.
She stole my heart at the first glimpse of “Hope”.
Taryn Vlok
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Kittycat Issue 1 January/February 2014