Lucy the cat lives in her own world
and is waiting for lots of cuddles
For many years,an animal-loving lady has been committed to animal welfare. She has numerous foster cats in her home, which livewith heruntil they are adopted. The own eight cats always get on well with all new arrivals.
For some time she has had a cat with her, about seventeen months old, who brings with her a sad story all of her own.
Little Lucy was no longer wanted because she had become blind and deaf
The human foster mum had been able to place Lucy and her sibling and was delighted that the two kittens had a secure future ahead of them.
After a few months, little Lucy returned to her human foster mum, distraught and sad. She should have been euthanised because she had suddenly gone blind and deaf at the age of six months. Lucy was naturally disorientated because she was unable to develop any visual orientation due to her blindness. Her little cat ears did not respond to any acoustic stimuli. A life of deafness and blindness is just as challenging for an animal as it is for a human.
What now, little Lucy?
Lucy needed a secure run, lots of love, patience, attention and time from people who pet her and pet her and pet her …
The animal carers at Gut Aiderbichl have years of experience with blind cats, dogs and horses. Lucy was taken in at the Gut Aiderbichl Traisen animal sanctuary and we have the impression that she feels very much at home here.
Lucy’s handicaps don’t matter to our staff and all the other cats who live in Traisen. She has a safe run, loves the sun on her little nose and likes to smell the grass and bushes. As soon as she “smells” a carer, she makes it clear what she would like: to be stroked, stroked, stroked …. until she drops. Gently stroking human hands are the best thing for our little blind, deaf Lucy. Then she closes her eyes and purrs the most beautiful cat purr song you’ve ever heard.
Euthanasia should relieve pain, not life
Nothing in life is perfect. Many things in life can change at lightning speed, sometimes within a very short space of time.
At Gut Aiderbichl, animals are put down when there is no more medical help available, or old animals signal “I don’t want to eat any more, I don’t want any more medicine …. I want you to take me to the Rainbow Bridge…”.
Lucy is – apart from being blind and deaf – a perfectly healthy, lovable and grateful fellow creature. We would love people who can take the time to visit Lucy from time to time, stroke her and cuddle her. Maybe Lucy will be lucky and one or two people will get in touch who have time to visit our Lucy.
We ourselves must be the change we want to see in the world.
~ M. Gandhi
