Friday, March 19, 2010

Herding Gaza Cats



OK, so what dogs have been domesticated in the middle East?

One June 30, 2009, My brother told me to take the two cuts cats they had at home to vaccinate them. He did not want the kids to get any infection when they play with the cute cats they were delivered at our home. I thought this was really awesome as the stories of the people of Gaza and their suffering never stop, but here, they are also willing to take care of the cats. they also feed the cats and the kids love to play with them. Here is a story in the Time about raising cats in Gaza.

We ended up taking those cats to the local vet (he usually treats farm animals) when he saw the cats he said, "they are too young", "bring them back in a week", he added, "they might die if I vaccinate them now" We took them back at our home. But many in the family found it funny that a full grown man like myself with take car and actually go to the vet to treat those cute cats. I remember in 2005 Gaza had shortage in cats, as the poison they were using to kill rats was also killing the Gaza cats. since cats are important in the fight against rats, the local government started paying people 100 dollar for each cat they bring in. Somehow, in 2009, there were way too many cats, and they were the aggressive kind. For example, if you eat outdoors they would come from the middle of nowhere asking to be fed. In Roa's home there was a team of three cats they always will share the meal with us, when the cats get freaky, my father in law will send them away.

That was not a big deal, here is a video of the struggle we had to go through to herd the cats. We wanted to put them in a box so we can take them on the car with us to see the vet. Little Hani, nickname foxy is helping, but he is having too much fun with it.

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