One very cold November afternoon in 2021, I received a call from my sister who had just successfully rescued two dogs from Romania, and as I had always wanted to offer a rescue animal a good home, I found the website of a volunteer-run centre near Toulouse in France (a 5hr drive from my rental flat in Nice) called 'Les Amis des Animaux', which translates as 'Friends of the Animals'...

 

The first image I saw was of two scruffy-looking kittens! - Oscar & Sammy! Their story broke my heart...they were dumped in a bin bag on the side of a road, left for dead on the outskirts of Toulouse. Luckily, a kind woman had found them in time and took them to 'Les Amis' where they were taken to a Vet, and given treatment...Both had been injured and in bad shape -Oscar had also developed a heart condition and Sammy, an infected digestive tract - both would need on-going medication and a lot of love...

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To get them to Nice would be an issue - I didn't have a car, and I didn't want to put them through the 7hr round-trip train journey, so I saved up for a €500 return taxi halfway there and back.  So, on a bleak morning, January 2022, I headed out to Beziers, to meet two volunteer drivers, who had driven the kittens halfway, to meet me in the taxi. Oscar & Sammy were scared, but I was SO happy!  I knew they would be finally loved and cared for! They endured the journey back to Nice, I talked to them all the way, propping up my Ipad next to their cat carrier, so they could see a video of birds and countryside on a YouTube video, to help them relax... and before we knew it, we were home - their new home!...

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Since then they have transformed! They have very different characters...Oscar (Libra) is calm and quite independent - he adores his white toy mouse and is my little 'hunter', keeping pigeons off my balcony railings!  Sammy (Virgo) is 'mummy's boy', very needy emotionally but loves playing with yellow feathers! They are extremely happy and pampered and I do my best to cope with the on-going vet bills, medication and special food they need for their medical conditions...

They are the love of my life!...

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If you would like to Donate to either the Charity direct, or to the 'Oscar & Sammy' fund to help me continue to care for them, any amount would be much appreciated...

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https://lesamisdesanimaux.com/

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To Donate directly to Oscar & Sammy: 

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