The day aims to remind us that while kittens are well equipped to find their way into our hearts, many don’t find homes. They’re abandoned at shelters, on the side of the road or wild and feral. Spaying and neutering our pets, including our cats, is vital to their health and keeping the stray population down.

While many online posts focus on domestic kittens – what abut the wild ones? Here is an image for you to share online to educate others.

With all of the quarantine and stress of the Coronavirus pandemic, we needed a little good news; Simba did too. We were happy to help this beautiful cat; the opportunity lifted our spirits too!

We agreed to accept provide Simba with lifetime care at our sanctuary. We picked him up this morning and brought him straight back to his forever home.

He is in a quarantine habitat, for now, not only for Coronavirus reasons but as a standard practice any time we rescue a new animal. He can see, hear, and smell his future serval playmates, but they are ‘social distancing’ for a few weeks before they can meet up close.

Since Simba has already been neutered, we simply need to wait until the proper time has passed and he is cleared by our veterinarian. Then we can start introducing him to Kenya, Kito, and Saka, the other servals at Forest Animal Rescue. They are going to love having another friend!