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Billy and Fluffy both deserve medals. They are probably the only 'cat marathon' boys in Greece. There story is a sad one, and sadly there is nothing we can do about this. For many years, they, together with many other strays, were fed outside a house in a village. One particular day, the surrounding neighbours decided to put a stop to this. The cruelty that followed is beyond words to describe. Watching animals being kicked and deprived of food and much more, is something that will live with us for a very long time. With this, all the strays had to be moved away immediately. Many phone calls were made, asking for a temporary home, even for just one cat, but to no avail. The local charity suggested that they were all taken 14kms to another village and left by some bins, with hope that someone might feed them. This is not what was expected. Instead, over a 3 day period these strays were moved to a field far away from the village. It meant that they would be outside all the time, with only trees as shelter, in oppose to old houses. But as the cages were opened and the cats released, a few darted and to this day have never been seen again. It hurts not knowing what has happened to beautiful strays which one has befriended, especially when one stray was a little cripple girl. As usual, these strays were fed in their new surrounds, but some mornings all the strays were soaking wet!!!!! Anyway Billy and Fluffy had other ideas. There was no way either of them were staying at his field, no matter how nice it was. They decided to run away, but luckily for them, there instincts were good, they always made it back to the village. Each time they were taken back to the field, but each time they kept returning. Billy returned 12 times and Fluffy over 20 times. This was a journey of 4 kms each time. So now, Billy has adapted to being a house or outdoor cat, whereas Fluffy on the other hand, is still a village street roamer. He roams the village streets, wails outside our gate, comes in periodically and sadly, has to take his chances. He would suit an indoor enviroment, but where there are no other cats. He is fed twice a day behind closed gates, with view of no-one seeing this. Each time, cat cries are heard in the village, we think that maybe some of the other strays are being harmed.
I love this post. It reflects the essence of your work. And boy would I love to give those two guys a new home....:-)
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