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I knew it would not be long before someone told me about more kittens here! Yesterday I went over to a friend's apartment block, where her neighbour has taken in a tabby momcat and three kittens - a black girl and tabby and orange males, about three weeks old. They are currently in a basket on the staircase outside her door as her family have a dog and her father won't allow the cats in. But they all look healthy and the girl (around 20 I guess) is feeding mom, who was very protective of her kittens but allowed me to handle them. They were little lovebugs. But they cannot stay there and she says they will have to go on the street again when they are old enough. I asked if at least she will get them neutered and she said she would try to, so I offered my vet's number and said I would help with that if necessary. So now we have an impossible situation - as I know all too well, there is a 0% chance of findng future owners for these sweet babies, or for mama, and their lives on the Sarajevo street is to be condemned to stealing from litter boxes. I simply cannot take them, there is no humane society or shelter, City animal control puts down every animal brought to them, the same day. They don't even have cages. And I am sure that these are only the first of many that I will learn about this spring.
 

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I live in the No. Va area near DC.
Well, it is heart breaking to see animals, let alone people in need.
I suppose with the economic situation there, people are barely
getting by much less pets.

Can you try with the embassies and see if there is any interest
in sponsoring or helping street cats? If you could neuter
and feed, the problems would be greatly reduced. Finding a vet
that would neuter/spay for low cost - that would be ideal.

That's about all I can think of. It is one of the reasons I avoid
seeing the problem. I just got involved with the Carradoc cats -
and I tell you, now I see them everywhere. Sigh. I am such
a softie.

I have Mama Za in the basement - 4 lovely kits with homes to
be found via the vet's office and Humane Society. Then Za
gets a spay and back to her home grounds. I would love to put
her in a barn home, but there are none to be had.

I know there are more kits out there, and I never SEE the
cats at Carradoc, but they are there. I need to trap again,
after Za is done. One by one. I don't have room for more
than one at a time. I keep thinking, drop in a bucket, but
drop in a bucket is better than not at all...

And then there's the foster gal I rescued / stole from irresponsible
abusive owners - the boys tormented this poor kit, and then when
she escaped outside, and went down a sewer - they simply
left her there!!! No food, no calling for her.. nada. So, Miew Miew
is mine now - no way I was giving her back, after I trapped her, LOL.
Gotta find HER a home too!

I commend you for your caring. Getting them fixed is about
all you can do - maybe feed them in winter? Enough so
they stay alive... shelter? Its soo hard. I know I couldn't
begin to live where you do and see all the animals starving.
I can barely do it here - and the problem is MUCH less
visible here...

I will pray for you & the kits
 
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Thanks for the thoughts. The embassies won't do anything but sometimes feed the cats that turn up on their own land. And I do have a vet who does really low cost fixing and shots - both for me and for my friend who tries to help street dogs. So whatever happens, these kittens will be neutered. Even if I took them (and I can't) there is not enough time to get their paperwork done before I leave here in June/July. And these ones are at least being given a good start in life where they are, compared to the ones on the actual streets.
 

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Is it possible to put out a call to arms and find a few people willing to get together and start a no-kill rescue group that will try and find, then organize and keep up with foster homes and try to et them adopted?

Perhaps someone at the embassies, or the vet will be willing to offer some space for a temporary shelter for those up for adoption while others are in foster care?
 

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Originally Posted by jennyranson

Thanks for the thoughts. The embassies won't do anything but sometimes feed the cats that turn up on their own land. And I do have a vet who does really low cost fixing and shots - both for me and for my friend who tries to help street dogs. So whatever happens, these kittens will be neutered. Even if I took them (and I can't) there is not enough time to get their paperwork done before I leave here in June/July. And these ones are at least being given a good start in life where they are, compared to the ones on the actual streets.
Jenny...this is a pretty inspirational story about a woman who started a rescue group for Egyptian cats.

http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82568

Perhaps if you contact her..she can provide you with ideas of what you can do to improve things where you are.

Katie
 
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Again, thanks for the comments. Yes, I am leaving this summer. But these things have been tried here a couple of times by different people, for both cats and dogs, and nothing has really worked. The locals don't care and the internationals are never here long enough. ANd as was said in a previous post, people still have such problems that they can't spare time or money for animals. I was amazed and pleased that this particular cat family are at least inside, fed and safe, for now, and that they will not be released until they are at least old enough to fend for themselves and have been altered. Yesterday I discovered a litter of seven puppies in a neghbour's shed. They will be even more of a problem. Their mother is feeding them but there is no future for them.
 
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