August 8, 2006: Kitten Is the Last One Out as Bombings Increase

This is Jamelia, the kitten who left the war zone with her PETA friends.

“Bombs fell heavily on southern Beirut,” Jason reports. “It has become impossible to get into areas outside the city, where Israeli planes have dropped leaflets warning everyone to evacuate before everything will be leveled. We have left provisions for the black dog and his friends with an old man who remains here, and we have taken one kitten to a shelter in Amman, where she will be sterilized and re-homed. Now we are packing up to leave, but our hearts remain with the animals who cannot escape. War is truly a terrible thing for all forms of life.”

Jason continues: “We wish our very best to CHAI, which is working on the Israeli side; to BETA, which is trying to help animals in Beirut; and to the Humane Center for Animal Welfare in Jordan, which has taken in some of the animals we got out of Lebanon. And our thanks to the wonderful individuals—including those in the rescue services and the military on all sides of this hideous situation—who have helped animals caught up in the warfare. These individuals all did a better job than the rich governments who betrayed faithful animals and the people who cared for them.”