“…Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
It´s been a month and a half since I took that one day trip to the Middle East to Rescue Diego. The trip went well. It was exhausting but also exhilarating to be able to make such difference to the life of one animal that had absolutely no chance.
Upon my return Diego was operated and recovered nicely. He is about to fly to Switzerland to join his beautiful family…
But Diego wasn´t the only life we saved on that trip. By sheer coincidence I found myself in the presence of the most heartbreaking situation, a whole box full of kitties, many of them sick, abandoned to their fate.
My friends and I took them to the vet to be treated and left them there, not before giving them my word we would find them all homes and give them wonderful lives.
I will never forget the feeling of holding the future of all those lives and having to leave them behind while they were being treated, vaccinated, paperwork being organized, etc… I knew rescuing them would mean I would have to fly back to Jordan at some point to get them but leaving them in Jordan to fend off by themselves begging for food on the streets was never an option.
On Wednesday I will catch an evening flight to Jordan, in the middle East. I will arrive to Amman at 23 hrs. I will then be greeted by my friend that will hand me over a box with the kitties and I will immediately head back to the departure lounge to return on the 7 o´clock flight. So, this time I won´t even be leaving the airport. I will be back home with all the babies with me by lunchtime.
Who does that? Who flies to the Middle East to rescue five kitties without even leaving the airport and returns on the first available flight just 8 hours later? Who is crazy enough to do this?
We are. Let´s Adopt Global does this. Call us crazy, but we are going to change those lives forever.
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Update 9 July…
I´M AT THE AIRPORT… HEADING TO JORDAN, IN THE MIDDLE EAST, TO PICK UP THE KITTIES..
I´ll be landing there at 23.00 hrs… this is going to be incredibly short and I hope nothing goes wrong. Fingers crossed…
LANDED!!! IT CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT HERE….
Had a pleasant trip, watched 300 Raise of a Empire a movie where lots of people are angry and mean to each other, lots of blood, people cheer noone cries . I then watched Labor Day, a movie where lots of people are angry and mean with one guy and we all get to cry in the end.
Ok, enough jokes… heading to get the kitties..
Oh… look… the Bedouins have come to the airport to greet me!
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That´s it… we are out of here… IN and OUT!
Update 10 July…
It was a whirlwind operation, I would fly to the Middle East overnight, get the kitties at the airport and fly back to Europe arriving home in the morning… Everything went as planned.
I can´t begin to describe how tired I was when I took this picture. The desolation of the boarding lounge at Amman´s airport … by that time kitties were already on the plane, probably snuggled up sleeping.
LANDED!!!! Now let´s see how are the kitties doing..
Excellent.. everything has gone well… now the drive to our European HQ´s in Valencia and straight to the vet to check everyone is doing well…
Everyone is well… 🙂 … here are some pics taken at the clinic and in my own home where they are resting waiting for their next flight on Saturday when three of them will fly to their homes in Switzerland..
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UPDATE Saturday 12 July…
YES!!!! THE KITTIES ARE IN ZURICH, SWITZERLAND!!!!!
Two of them, Aziz and Pookie are staying here… with their beautiful new family… but the journey is not over yet… I now have a few hours drive to Geneva to take DIEGO HOME!!!!. Would you care join me?
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Sunday 13…
Look at this!!! Aziz and Pookie are HOME… Look at those faces!!!!
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Update: You´ve seen their journey, from the carton box in Amman to their homes in Switzerland… but hold on.. there were three more cats weren´t they? Peanut, Lana and Tiger…
Yes… we took care of them too… and what did we do? Again.. we jumped on yet another plane and took them to their homes in Germany… here, in some pictures, a journey that 1000 words couldn´t describe…
Peanut and Lana, with typical worried faces, yet again not knowing what was going to happen! Tiger was sleeping in the back… he couldn’t care less really..
and so… we flew to Düsseldorf, in Germany…
A few hours later…
Lana and Tiger were home.. but we had one last thing to do… deliver PEANUT!!!
And all was going well until THIS happened..
Luckily… After a few hours of unnecessary and crazy delay we Peanut arrived home…
And from here we had to be back in Düsseldorf in time time to catch my flight back… and that, my friends, will be a story told another day…
For now… this is it… all kitties save and sound at home… the craziest rescue we´ve ever done… I´m totally dead…
This was not a normal blogpost… this was the fulfilling of a most sacred promise. made to a box full of helpless kitties.
Many thanks!!!
Viktor Larkhill
P.S. I´ll be updating you while on the road… Please Check out and Like our Page on Facebook: Let´s Adopt! Global.
I follow and donate to a number of rescue groups and large animal charities, but in all my years of animal advocate I have never met an organisation like yours. I read your blog daily and there is not a single post that doesn´t inspire me to do more and to do better. I don´t know anyone that does what Let´s Adopt Global does. You make me cry, you make me laugh, you make me proud of being part of what you do.
This is a thank you from me and my family.
We are in this journey with you. Count on 50 from us.
Mick and Sarah
I remember that promise.
Thank you and bon voyage Viktor x
An incredible group of young, devoted ambitious young animal medical activists led by Victor… the stories are amazing and the rescues thrilling… I am happy to donate a little something every time… lesley
Donated and god bless you.
YES!!! Please save them !!! <3 Donate a little, good luck and thank you !!!
hi Victor,
I love reading about your work and your rescues. can you tell me what happened to all the cats you were rescuing from the place that had them piled in cages, one above the other. You were going back daily to take more out, did you manage to rescue them all?
Hi.. yes.. they were all rescued.. have a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7N3nMB-kNw
I 100% agree with Mick Stewart’s comment. I have never seen or heard of an organization like yours and the sentence you quote from the below Steve Job’s quote is so appropo:
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Steve Jobs
Your group is challenging and changing the way animal activists Do what they do. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We give a little for the kittens, in the future it will be more. I promise. God Bless you all and all the animals you care for.
Hello Viktor, YOU are my favorite kind of crazy! I will give up my coffee again this week, so that I can send you a little something for the box of kitties. I will always try and help, because what you’re doing is so wonderful! That’s my promise to you.
I was SO happy to hear Diego is going to a great home with lots of love, he deserves it, the poor little guy.
Keep on keeping on~
Love & Hugs, Nancy
Thank you Nancy.. who needs coffee anyway?
Many thanks for your help… More news soon..
You are wonderful to rescue these babies! God gave you this opportunity to save these little guys. Please add me to your Facebook friends list. Looking forward to seeing these kittens thrive with human love.Thank you! Arrista
Take care..made a donation..hope it all comes right for these kitties!! Thank you!!
I will donate on the 16th, to coco and this box of kittens, wish I could right now, maybe sooner but definitely on the 16th. I am sure you will still need donations for these babies than too. Viktor you are a saint, you and your friends and crew. God bless and safe travels
‘Who flies to the Middle East to collect a box of kittens and get the next flight home?’ You do Viktor and we’re all right behind you.
Hello Vivtor,
these sweet faces deserve a full & healthy life, in their forever home. Not a life in the streets where death is present every single moment.
Donation is on your way, I wish you a safe round trip, bring our babies home. This time don’t forget to get your aspirin 🙂
p/s : hug the little ones many times over for me please.
Dimi
Viktor, you are fantastic; Let’s Adopt is exceptional; have a safe journey
Donated to this fab cause. Go team LAG! I’m behind you all the way!
Prayingg all goes well. If didn’t have 4 rescued would adopt them all as like to have 4/5 cats as company for eac other but am sure you will not have any trouble finding homes for them all. We had a little ginger kitten turn up at our back door. Not scared of dogs barking took him in and then remembered my Mum had died a couple of weeks earlier and I was still grieving but ginger was my Mums favourite cats, made me happy and sad but like to believe Tommy was sent by my Mum. I donate monthly.
Thank you for your wishes Norma.. and thank you for being there… Wish us luck!
Donated. Good luck and God Bless.
Viktor, Thank you for making them important. There are so many who would discard them and say they don’t matter.
But they do matter. Every little life you save. It is heartbreaking work, and you are quite a man to take on this endeavour.
Donating, with much gratitude, for the castaways.
Patricia
Many thanks Patricia.. of course they are important… their lives is all they have…
Well take care of that..
Donated as always, and following / supporting you from afar.
God speed.
I donated last night. You will do this Viktor, because it is what you DO!! Good luck and God speed and hurry back with your precious cargo. ♡♥
Donated a small amount again, now go get’em, Viktor! Good luck and Godspeed. x
Just Donated sorry got distracted hope it helps you are an great man viktor thank you for all you do x
Viktor…you are a Godsend…and I admire your dedication and determination in this rescue as with all others. I can’t say thank
you enough…you are amazing…I wish to have been on this journey
but I just now saw the post…I am sorry…God Bless you now and
always…pls keep an update. Thank you..Hugss & Prayers xoxoxox
thanks Victor, glad to see all those empty cages, a great job .
God bless you for saving all these babies and finding them wonderful new homes! 🙂 Crying tears of joy! :'( 🙂
You and your team are doing a wonderful job for these poor animals I am following your updates, will definitely donate. animals. God bless always
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So happy your promise was kept and all these kitties have wonderful, loving homes. God bless you and all of them! 🙂 ♡♡♡
You made a promise..A promise is your word.. Your Word is your HONOR..
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT
LAG rocks! Thanks to Every single one of you, lives have been changed forever, animals that had little or no chances of survival are thriving – thanks So Much, & God Bless you ALL!!
I am lost for words, really things like these happen -maybe- once in a life time. You have my respect for all you’ve done and will do in the future.
Dimi
Thank you Dimi… thank you