22 September 2006

During the second week of September (2006), an older gentleman came into the Pan y Fun store in Valle Gran Rey and requested help from the Pro Animal Gomera (PAG) folks.  Seems that somebody had thrown five kittens into a water reservoir, presumably to drown, and the couple (the man and his wife) were a little too elderly to jump in after them.  A member of PAG accompanied the gentleman to the scene and noted that one of the kittens had already died, but the elderly lady was working real hard with a bush branch to keep the remaining four afloat.  The member was able to “rescue” the four and hurried them home to dry them off and make sure that they were alright.  They were a little afraid (shy), but seemed to have really survived their ordeal.  We have just learned that all four passed away, one by one this past week.  Most likely they still had water in the lungs which caused an infection.  This just goes to show that even though we try hard, we cannot save them all.