Remember these babies?
We finally found a temporary home for them at the Soi Cats and Dogs center.
I approached them knowing that adoption isn’t their priority as I was desperate to find home for these kittens.
As I tweeted, or blogged, before, the last batch of babies by this stray mother cat were met with untimely death, thanks to the “kindness” of the condo management, who thought these kittens were making too much mess in the garden around their pool.
I later asked someone from the condo, and they said the kittens were actually left at a nearby temple, though you can’t really be sure, considering the temple is right next to Klong Saen Sap.
But anyway, we wanted to get the mom sterilized but then she got pregnant again, and this time with these cute little babies, and we couldn’t let them get killed again.
So I asked SCAD what they could do. Turned out the kittens were eligible for their Rehoming program. Usually the center would go to a neighborhood, neuter the dogs and cats, and bring in ones that they think would be adoptable (healthy, clean, nice). They don’t encourage people to drop the animals at the center, but we were lucky as they said these kittens would find home quickly.
Now the kittens are up for adoption, as well as the mother, to our surprise. They usually release sterilized animals back into the neighborhood but the mother however charmed the staff and got herself a spot on the adoption list also.
So, if you’re planning to get yourself a cat, consider SCAD instead of a pet store. It’s free to adopt and they always make sure the animals are friendly and healthy before putting them up for adoption.
Photos of the babies and the mother cat will be posted on their website soon, and I will update this post with the links to them.
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SCAD is a wonderful institution and deserves support. They also run a great kids program of Sat’s to teach kids how to care for animals (by cleaning and caring for all the animals in the center at the time)
It is sad to see how much discrimination there is between pure breeds and mutts.. they are all lovely animals deserving of care.
By brigide on 03.01.10 1:31 pm | Permalink
Kitty, you are not a ‘gnarly kitty’. You are a sweetheart! :) I’ve always thought you rock, but this post shows just how extra-awesome you are! Thank you for taking the time to take the babies and their mum to SCAD, and thank you for giving SCAD publicity on your site.
Our neighbours across the hall adopted a young cat from SCAD. He is gorgeous, chocolate brown with blue eyes, and he has a lovely little personality. They named him Sleigh Bell because they adopted him at Christmas a year ago. He couldn’t be more cute if he came with a fancy pedigree. The same goes for my two former soi kitties — the first, I found as a baby in a carpark in Soi 23, the second showed up in a friend’s garden in Soi 26. After check-ups at the vet, they joined our family and have brought us lots of love. My Soi 26 baby is curled up next to me as I type this!
I’ll spread the word amongst my friends about the kitties you brought to SCAD. I hope they find homes soon!
By Bangkok Expat Mama on 03.04.10 5:49 pm | Permalink
That’s probably the nicest comment on this whole blog! Thanks L!
By gnarlykitty on 03.07.10 9:59 pm | Permalink
This has nothing to do with your post (but I am very much admiring your care of ferral kitties!) – but I thought you would like what you can do with the latest update of the Firefox browser – you can add your own wallpapers, things like Hello Kitty and such – cute and pink, the way you like it. :)
By Mel on 03.13.10 6:50 am | Permalink
Wonderful kitties, glad they had a comfortable shelter now. I remember the abandoned kitties on our last house, we had hard time catching them but so glad we lured them and they are super sweet, their mother is so wild. Wondering how they are doing now, I heard about very cold weather hitting the place.
By Hannah on 03.19.10 4:39 pm | Permalink
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