Cats – The most innocent creature I ever found. Ever since I was a kid, cat is my companion. Maybe because my parents used to keep a lot of cats in the house. I remember there were about 11 cats of various ages at one time in my house.
However, this species is fighting against brutal human.
Human suppose to be the guardians for all creatures on this earth but it flip 180 degrees. What a shame! and sinful of course. In the hands of human, these creatures suffer, died and even worst - extinct. You name it – Dodo, Tasmanian Tiger, Siberian Tiger and so on.
Let’s get back to cat. History has proven that cat has been a companion to human. Prophet Muhammad pbuh used to have kittens and cats. You must have heard about the little Muizzah, whom Prophet Muhammad pbuh willingly to cut a portion of his robe because she slept on it. Abu Hurairah was nicknamed so (Hurairah literally means kitten in Arabic while Abu means father) because of his hobby keeping a kitten inside his robe pocket. The ancient Egyptian regarded cats as God. If their cats died, they will shave their eyebrows as a respect. And also, upon excavation of tombs around Middle East, engravings, paintings, and statues of cats were discovered. Some of them are made of solid gold!
In my life, I have seen a lot of violence to cat. There was one time when I took a stop at one R&R in Negeri Sembilan on my way back to my hometown. As I walk approach the restaurant, I saw a white cat was walking in front of me. She was so cute and tame. I whistled her and as she stops, I rubbed her head. She responded by meowing and rubbing his body to my hand. Then, I have my lunch at the nearby restaurant. As I walked back to the parking lot, I looked out for her. I found her lying under a table, near a burger stall. To my surprise, her white body was covered in blood and mud. I asked the burger boy, what happen to that cat? He mentioned that she was hit by a car. He also said that the driver didn’t ever care to look back. The cat is still breathing. In pain, she was trying to move with only two of her front leg. She dragged the rest of her body to shift her position into shady area. I guess her waist downwards is paralyzed due to the impact. She’s meowing, maybe praying for her suffering and excruciating pain. I don’t even notice my tears drop. It was one automatic drop. My body shakes and I could no longer wait. I left the place.
Maybe people will say, I am super-sensitive. For crying out loud, it is a life. We are saying about a life. What if it’s the life is yours? It’s irreplaceable!
I dedicated this post to my beloved cats in my life – Kasut (died by car accident while she was pregnant. I can’t erase from my memory the picture of her with blood spraying from her nose), Katak (naturally died, she got different pair of eyes color – one is green, the other’s blue), Chin (died naturally), Belang (die naturally), Bonyot (MIA), Etot (MIA), Udo (died young), Hitam (died to disease), Debu (Siamese-Local cross-breed, died naturally), Putihs (I got a lot of cat named Putih), Tok Me (the most tender cat. She only give birth to one kitten at one time…died naturally)…..and the rest…..Thanks for always being there for me. May the Bless of God bestowed upon all of you.
XOXO
Cat Lovers
