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Breaking Cat News has a Special Report that the cats of BCN have just released. Check it out for smiles, some laughs, and even a few heart-rending moments. I chose the section that is most relevant to our recent situation (we adopted a 8.5-year-old, little girl a little over a year ago. She’ll be 10 in February, and every day she does something new that reminds me how much she needed to have a forever home of her own. She has come out of shell so much that she’s a new cat!
As a person who has had mostly Siamese cats in my life, I just had to also show you this one, but you have to go read the comic to find out who he’s responding to. (And that guy DOES deserve a Siamese cat on his face! So does the guy who doesn’t want to spend time feeding his cat. Jerkface.)
Those who know me well know that I have an affinity for bats. In fact, when I was in college, one of my favorite professors gave me a poems related to some of the things that she knew I loved (mainly bats and hawks — although when I graduated, she also gave me a wonderful silk scarf with dragonflies on it that I treasure to this day). We discussed the bats after I professed my love of them, mentioning their tiny faces, and she said that most people were uneasy about them for one reason or another. The next time I saw her, she had a poem ready for me that included this line:
I’ve been following the plight of bats around the world (from being killed to dying of terrifying diseases) for years now, and I never fail to feel that these creatures are simply amazing. I honestly don’t think I’ve seen a bat that scared me or made me feel a bit uneasy, even if it does have a human face.
Some people don’t like them, but I hope this video will make you think twice about thinking they aren’t (or, at the very least, can’t be) adorable
Her story is a sad one, but she seems like an inquisitive little bat after she starts responding. And she’s pregnant! Here’s more about her first day after being rescued. (She was released about three weeks later and was still pregnant upon release!)
On a related note, there is a bat sanctuary in the United States, so if you’re interested in helping bats that have been mistreated or injured, check out Bat World to see what they’re up to. They even have bat cams in some of their permanent guests’ rooms, if you’re interested! Mr. Kitty has the best rescue story ever. It involves a cat that helps the charity’s mission, so how could that not be a good story?
