Kittens in Gozo…

I sat on a wall admiring the view when I was staying in Xaghra.  I heard some meowing coming from the hedgerow below.  It was very faint and I wasn’t quite sure where it was coming from.

I decided to get a big stick and try to separate the hedgerow to see if i could find where the sound was coming from.  As I poked the bushes I heard another cat meowing and realised there was more than one in there somewhere.  I wondered if maybe a cat had given birth in there.

A little while later, I spotted a plastic bag off to the left.  I poked it with the stick and it felt like there was some meat or something in there.  I began to climb down the wall so I could get closer to the bag.

I was then joined by some tourists who asked me what i was doing.  They got involved and held onto my arm while I fished out the plastic bag.

I managed to hook it with the stick and put it on the wall.  One of the girls opened the knot on top.  There were two sheets of newspaper inside which we unwrapped to reveal two tiny kittens clutching onto each other for dear life.

I asked the tourists if there was anywhere we could take them but they said there would be no such place in Gozo.  We found a clearing within the hedgerow and lay the newspaper out flat so they could at least breathe freely. 

I made the decision to walk away then as I didn’t know what else I could do.

I don’t know their fate after that…