This is a picture of the shithole where Curly used to live when I rescued him and the others. He was moved to a home. Sadly, today, this beautiful cat will start living on a cage because NO TURKISH MEMBER can be bothered to foster him. Have a look at the picture and think about it…
Please read below for the rest of the story. If you are in Istanbul please open your home to Curly temporarly.
Contact me on viktor@myletsadopt.com
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As I write this blog I have you in mind, so please read carefully.
Most of the animals were ill, very ill, for months they had been fed a mix of vegetables that had taken their digestive systems to the point of near collapse.
There were blobs of green diarrhea scattered all over what must have once been a clean floor. There was no sign of water, the litters had not been changed for weeks. It was Dante’s vision of Cat Hell.
The little yellow three legged cat stood there, looking at me, standing proud in the middle of chaos. His eyes pleading me to take him and his friends away from there and never allow anyone to do this to them again.
There were 10 cats. I took each and every one of them. Over the next few days I worked the phones and managed to distribute the animals among a small group of available fosters.
I named him Curly.
During the next four months Curly lived in our best foster home. From the beginning it was clear that his ordeal didn’t leave any of the usual psychological marks. This was a cat determined to enjoy life to the full, as only a cat can. Curly got adopted by a family in Germany… it would take us a while to get him there, but he would have a great life. This is a video of Curly I took barely two weeks ago.
Then, suddenly, everything went wrong. Curly’s family decided not to wait one more day and cancelled the adoption. A few days later, his foster in Turkey, facing a host of personal problems decided to give him away.
This evening Curly’s life will come full circle, and unless we do something about it he will spend his first night stuck inside a cage, again a destitute cat, unwanted and rejected, betrayed by the very same people that once saved him.
Istanbul, 20th of June. I am speaking on the phone to a renowned turkish animal activist. He tells me he cannot foster Curly because if he does the cat will be traumatized once he moves to his final home. He advices me to find a garden somewhere, release him there, walk away and pray to God he makes it. I hung up the phone and curse his twisted logic, a logic that, sadly, is far too common amongst animal lovers not only here in Turkey but just about anywhere else in the world.
Tonight, unless someone in Istanbul steps to the plate and offers to foster Curly will experience the painful isolation of a cage.
This is a message to you. You live in Istanbul, you can do something about it or you can just look away.
This is your chance to make a difference, to do something that fills your life with pride.
To alleviate pain. To save a life.
Adopt or foster Curley.
Contact me: viktor@myletsadopt.com
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