Stray Cat Rescued in the United Arab Emirates

I called her 'Scabby.' The Middle East is full of stray cats that eat out of dumpsters. These cats have a really hard life! I took pity on this one because it was so friendly and it kept getting attacked by another male cat. Scabby was full of scabs and very deep bloody wounds all over her body. There was no vet hospital in the small city and the only shelter (hours away) said they had no room for anymore cats. She would be put down if they took her. There were vets in my city but they only serviced livestock. The UAE has so much money, but people just don't care about animals. The government has no animal shelters. There is a small group of expat women who take in a few foster rescues and that's it for the whole country. The situation is overwhelming!

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Stray
• Cat
• UAE

[Steveni2]

poor thing

wondering if he/she will ever go home.

I hope you make a new home for him/her

It's too bad that the previous owners are not aware of how their cat is doing. Losing a pet is so sad.

[HYTELES]

This is the Middle East. Most of the cats there never have a home. They are strays that live off the trash that people throw into the dumpsters.

[DavidandI2]

looks like a Bengal

I is he/she doing now?

not so thin i bet

[HYTELES]

I don't know. I had to leave here in the UAE. An Arab family took her in and after a few days they "lost the cat."

[pravasi1000]

I am not rich, living hardly to meet both ends meet.In my area (Sharjah) there is around 9-10 stray cats living depends me..i cannt shut my eyes, because they are suffering for drop of water even.So morning and evening I am feeding.I knock many doors to help them,either criticising me or ignore me.Many of them asking me..is it my hobby for feeding this animals, they dono about humanity..

[ialrai]

i lived in kuwait in nine and there were so many strays i took in 4 kittens and brought them back to my home in St.Paul ppl in the middle east are very friendly but i dont understand this stray cat "epidemmic" makes me sad :(

[BullBeatz96]

@boportsmouth

Camels is very very expensive animals you know

[boportsmouth]

could do a lot more to deal with their massive population of stray cats though.

[boportsmouth]

Thats not totally fair. Arabs adore Salukis and their racing camels. The UAE and Qatar

[shoecat10]

UAE street cats have tthe official title of Arabian Mau. A newly discovered breed. Google it. I rescued a tiny starving kitten from sharjah that was beingabuse. We thought he was dead. As soon as I could I took him to Canada and I can't wait to be reunited with him. He is ginger. Some fairy tales do come true.

[sedelman2]

OMG! I had a really similar problem! I tried to adopt a kitty out to a Jordanian guy who "Gave the cat to his sister" but I found it back on the street 3 days later!

[cliffwalkinfool]

A woman I met (country forgotten) had a cat and When she returned she simply put the cat down, knowing how tough it is for cats there. To bring it here was too expensive or against the law.

And I spent $400 trying to save my Blue Boy till it was clear nothing could be done.

My neighbor spent three grand on one cat and put a five-grand deposit on another. We just love our cats. I don't love ALL cats, just those who have become my friends. Laugh if you want, they are as children to me.

[helenmcqueen]

These "religious" people don't give a damn about animals,I lived in the UAE for 5 years and the neglect and cruelty I witnessed was appalling. Helen Mcqueen