August 7, 2006: Abandoned Cat Saved From the Streets

This cat, “Culchuh”—Farsi for “Cookie”—turned up at a grocery store two weeks after the first bombs fell. A woman in the store recognized her as having belonged to a family who had left the area. At any loud noise, Cookie would run into the store, only to creep back outside to beg again for food. PETA’s team took her to a rescue unit in Jordan, where she will stay until a new home can be found for her, and paid for her spay surgery and medical needs. Meanwhile, the media outside the U.S. (America, where are you?) continue to cover the plight of animals in the war.

Michele reports: “On the news, they’re reporting that fliers are being dropped from planes in Sidon (Saida) urging people to leave before the city is bombed. My heart breaks for the calico kitten and the two puppies I fed there earlier. They were waiting on a porch for their people to come home, and everyone who was left behind thought that would happen, but now we fear for them. We have no way of going back; the area is closed off.”