They checked their exterior camera and saw that someone had thrown the little boy out of a car near their house. Needless to say, he had some damage to his face but the next day they took him to the vet and fortunately no permanent damage has been done.
His name is Beans. Stuart and I think he should be called Lucky - because he couldn’t have found a better place to ‘land’.
But this begs the question - what is wrong with someone that they want to hurt a helpless tiny animal. Shame on them!
Some people have zero empathy or regard for life and unwanted kittens are a fact of life in France where too few get their pets spayed and there is at lease a moderate sized feral population.
Years ago - before we bought the house we came across a box of five or six kittens dumped in the covoiturage parking spot on the D777 near Questembert - it was an absolute wrench knowing there was nothing we could do. It was before the days of good mobile internet so we could not find a home or vets, it was the weekend anyway and we were on our way to the ferry so did not have the luxury of spending a lot of time figuring out what to do (we’d actually stopped to get something out of the back of the car). Had it been the middle of the week we might have been able to take them back to the gite and try contacting the owner for help. Fortunately someone spotted us peering into the box and stopped to ask what was going on - he took the kittens so I hope that his intentions were good and that they made it - I’ll never know
Might it be worth suggesting to your friends to check if there is a number plate clearly visible on the video and passing this to the local gendarmes for them to consider whether any action could be taken?
Virtually every day I sign some French online petition calling for the punishment of yet another perpetrator of extreme cruelty to domestic animals - it’s invariably heart-wrenching stuff.
However, on the positive side at least the public sale of animals de compagnies is going to be much more strictly regulated
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Last Friday, our friends had just gone to bed when they heard a pitiful meowing and when they investigated, found this little lad in their driveway.
They checked their exterior camera and saw that someone had thrown the little boy out of a car near their house. Needless to say, he had some damage to his face but the next day they took him to the vet and fortunately no permanent damage has been done.
His name is Beans. Stuart and I think he should be called Lucky - because he couldn’t have found a better place to ‘land’.
But this begs the question - what is wrong with someone that they want to hurt a helpless tiny animal. Shame on them!
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Tragic story with a happy ending. When I was learning French at uni in the nineties, one of the cultural notes in our textbook actually dealt with the culture of abandoning pets on the highway, on their way to summer vacation. Looks like the mentality hasn’t changed much in thirty years, to the shame of this country.
To add some context, I was shocked at yet more French red tape that complicates something so everyday as giving away a kitten when I was given one, originally intending to rehome it myself. Took it to the vet for its vaccines and to ask about spaying. The vet told me that, by law, the individual who gave it to me should have listed the pet on the ICAD pet registry herself before giving it to me, but that vets are understanding (!) that this law is not always followed. So I registered the pet.
Yet the vet was also amazed I was at least vaccinating, and possibly spaying, the kitten before looking for a new owner for it. However predictably, Kitty was a foster fail and is here by my side almost four years hence
Sadly necessary to try to reduce abuses. People breeding just to “create” christmas presents for example. Often seen as a nice supplementary income with zero concern for animals.
Similiar to our first cat. Called lucky but changed it to ykcul. She was a charmer.
The latest arrived on 26 Dec. Abandoned over rhe holidays. Wet, bedraggled, starving and dumped.Having already 2 senior castrated males a lively young female wasn"t on our hit list. However 7 months on, with the help of Feliway and neutering, she is developing into a well behaved, lovable cat. Some lapses still, but worth every minute. Good luck.
Please supply updates on Beans (with pix)
Our 3 legged Haggis was hit by a car outside our house before we rescued him.
About a year old, wearing a collar, neutered but no chip. Never found the owner. Judging by his habits ( a wee bit bitey if not getting his way), he had been ‘wandered’.
@UBAC - forgive me for asking such a simple question but I’m struggling to know how to pronounce ykcul.
Is it Eekcool or Eekcull or maybe it’s something completely different from that. I’m having a senior moment and can’t work it out right now.
@survive15 - Beans is doing OK at the moment. He’s settled in quite nicely with Squeak (another rescue cat) who just blows raspberries at him. And the dogs (boxers) are wondering how something so small can make such a noise. He’s very much underweight and our friends are monitoring that very carefully. He’s too young (and underweight) for worming and flea treatment but he seems quite ‘clean’ at the moment. He uses his litter tray and does not mess in the house. I’ve asked for some more photos and when I get them, I will post again.
Hi Rachel 05
The former. Or at least like ik-cool got her coming. She was born in Turkey and travelled with Amos (another drop in to the best restaurant in town, our place), by car. 6 days drive and hotels overnight. 2 cat cages, 1 wc cage, 2 suitcases, 2 food ect bags. Great fun, especially whilst staying in a 'hotel" attached to a high class hourly hire. But the food was good.!
Glad you are making progress with the little one.
As an aside relevant to this thread, I was recently speaking to the No to Dog Meat foundation people and they were saying that all their animals bound for Europe from China arrive into France because unlike the UK and the rest of Europe, France, and Air France their carrier, make the red tape minimal and are extremely easy to work with knowing what the group is and how it operates. So that’s a positive when we’ve all been on the receiving end of France’s infamous bureaucracy at one time or another, when it matters, they can do what’s needed to secure what they need to for public health and safety while making it as smooth as possible for animals which have suffered so much already.
