Kitten rescued from a warzone to a warm home by heroic human who never thought he'd become a cat person: 'He had to walk up to us and collapse at our feet'

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    While working in a country caught in the middle of a civil war, I came across this tiny orange boy in an abandoned warehouse.
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    He was incredibly weak, he pretty much used the last bit of energy he had to walk up to us and collapse at our feet.
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    With no vets in the city, we had no choice but to care for him ourselves. The only vaguely nutritious thing we could find was fresh goat milk,
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    which we fed to him with a syringe until he was strong enough to eat on his own.
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    A week or two later, he started getting more energetic and could finally eat little pieces of chicken (no cat food obtainable).
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    When it came time for us to leave the country, we were faced with a tough choice, either leave him behind,
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    knowing no one would look after him, or spend an outrageous amount of money and effort to bring him with us.
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    By then, he had completely won over our whole team. So we made the call, he was coming home.
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    I'm happy to say that we managed to get Scotch-Brite (or "Scotchy" for short)
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    safely back to our home country in early December. He's now living his best life with my other cat,
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    who I rescued from a car engine back in August last year. I grew up in a dog- only household, so I never expected to become a cat person.
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    But here we are, two rescues later, and I couldn't be more grateful that the Cat Redistribution System chose me.
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    We ended up naming him Scotch-Brite because his fur was so rough and scruffy when we found him, it felt just like one of those scratchy cleaning sponges.
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    LaureGilou ⚫ 21h ago I love you so much for not leaving him behind. 621 > Reply
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    ValmarieB6670 • 21h ago What a very lucky and handsome lil guy he is! 134 ○ Reply
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    • enbycats 21h ago The CDS really knows to whom to deliver! Well done! 115 > Reply
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    yrnkween ⚫ 21h ago Top 1% Commenter He's grown into a gorgeous boy. Thank you! for saving him and giving. him a good life. Ŵ 81 > Reply
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