Saving kittens to save the girl child:Mredula

Through my interaction with her, I came to learn that Tushi suffers from some kind of severe trauma, because she was found unconscious in a pool of sewage when she was rescued. She has a phobia for water, and dreads human contact, even that of those who are close to her. I was amazed to observe that she rarely permits her own family to touch her.

“Tushi will only come out of hiding when my mother is in the leaving room alone,” said Mredula “and then she will jump on her thighs, crawl to her neck, and lick her for a long time. I think it is because my mother was the one who rescued her from the drainage.”

In a country where most people live on less than a dollar a day, few people can sacrifice their meager earnings to take care of cats. But this family feeds, and bathes its cats as if they are human. Each cat has its own preferences when it comes to diet. Comly for instance, only eats bread and fish, and she is very fortunate because her closest friend, Alam, makes sure that she has her meals on time. Even if he is deaf and dumb, and even if it is extremely difficult for him to cater for his own needs, at the end of each day, he makes sure that Comly has had her meal before he takes his own!

Taking care of these cats is a very complicated business in a country like Bangladesh. Mredula has had to endure the trauma of the neighbor’s dogs attacking her cats, and that of the neighbor’s children beating up the cats, whenever they get the chance to do so. But in spite of the odds, this family has not lost its will, to save both the female kittens and the girl child.

“I really wish some one out there could join hands with me,” said Jackia “so that we can raise enough money to adopt more female kittens.”

IF YOU WISH TO ADOPT A KITTEN AND SAVE THE GIRL CHILD: If you wish to adopt a kitten, and save both the female kitten and the girl child, you can contact Jackia on mobile number +8801670736123, Vatapara, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, or you can contact me directly at: obamuhigire@yahoo.com, and I will get you in touch with Jackia and her family.