A scared 45-day-old kitten was working round within the busy avenue of Churchgate at round 8 pm on Tuesday, dodging the rushing automobiles all of the whereas making an attempt to save lots of herself from getting run over. Fortunately for her, two college students who have been crossing by the world after a protracted day of college work, discovered the kitten and spent nearly all of their night time find her a home.
Durgesh Yewale (20), alongside along with his buddy Vedant Sakpal (18), have been crossing the VN highway, simply behind the Churchgate station, once they noticed a kitten who was in the way in which of a rushing automobile. The kitten by some means saved herself and ran away, nonetheless, just some minutes later they heard a frantic meow that they assumed was the kitten’s moan for assist. Yewale and Sakpal then determined to search out the kitten and save her.
“We both are very fond of cats in general. Whenever we come across a cat or a kitten, we make sure to click a picture. I find them very cute and adorable”, Yewale mentioned, including, “It was our natural instinct to save the kitten.”
They began looking out the buildings in that space to search out the kitten, nonetheless, not everybody within the building was keen sufficient to assist them monitor her. Another meow and the scholars traced the kitten who was hiding beneath a automobile.
“We finally found her hiding below a car and took her out from there”, mentioned Sakpal. He and Yewale are engineering college students at Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Bandra.
“Then, began the frantic search of finding her a home”, Yewale mentioned, including that the kitten had in all probability misplaced her mother lately due to which she was so clueless and scared. “We called up many NGOs and shelter homes but couldn’t find even a single place which was willing to take the kitten”, he mentioned.
The college students lastly contacted a welfare home at Lower Parel who was not choosing up their calls. Ultimately, with no possibility left, the scholars determined to go there themselves and hand over the kitten. Sheltering the kitten in a cardbox, they each set out for his or her vacation spot.
Yewale mentioned, “The kitten was shivering all the way to the welfare home and was purring continuously. I wanted to adopt her myself but because I live in a PG, I am not allowed to keep pets.”
Sakpal, too, wished to take the kitten home however due to his mom’s allergy, his arms have been tied.
“However, upon reaching there, we were told that this was not a shelter but only an OPD clinic for treatment of injured animals”, Sakpal mentioned. The kitten too, had began growing a slight fever by then.
With no different possibility left at round 10.30 pm, the scholars contacted their buddy, Aaron Fernandes (19) who stayed within the close by Sewri space for assist. The college students mentioned that Fernandes was very happy to present her a home for a couple of days till her residing preparations have been taken care of.
“We didn’t have to do much later, because the welfare home called Wednesday morning to inform us that they had found a home for our friend”, knowledgeable Yewale, including that her new mother and father took her home within the afternoon itself.
Published on: Thursday, January 25, 2024, 07:00 AM IST