Frodo the kitten, caught with butterfly net by wildlife conservationist rescuers after he was found orphaned by the roadside, and through purrs and belly rubs, gets adopted instantly

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Dec 20, 2025 4:00 PM EST

As we have stated several times before in stories similar to this one. Cat rescues are diverse as all heck. You simply never know how, where or what time of day you might end up finding yourself in the middle of a feline rescue and once you do, you are strapped in for the ride of a life time. As was the case for a couple of wildlife conservationists who were doing some work on a patch of land, documenting the many different species of animals that live within its imaginary borders.

When out of no where they came upon a stray cat. Certainly not a native member of the ecosystem they were studying, the pair gave little mind to the skittish kitten who rather successfully evaded their attempts to catch it. But that all ended on the final day of their work on the land when they finally caught the kitten with their trusty butterfly net, and the rest of the story, as they say, is down below.
 

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    "He purrs constantly, lets me rub his belly"
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    Storytime: For my job, I conduct wildlife surveys on various public and private properties. We had seen a kitten in one wildlife
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    management area a few times over the last month and had tried to catch it, with no success nor any real hope, as it was too skittish and we
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    (apparently) lacked the right tools and time. We surmised it was orphaned as we found a roadk! adult cat near to
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    where we always saw the kitten. On the last day we were planning to be at this site, I was out looking for
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    dragonflies with a butterfly net. I suddenly realized the kitten was feet away from me. Its head was turned
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    away, apparently focused on hunting some insect. I realized this was my best chance yet to nab it so I took a few big strides and put my net over its
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    entire body. It had noticed me coming towards it and had started to run away, but it was too late and too slow. I half expected it to freak
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  • Now, that is the kind of quick thinking that only a person who spends their days catching butterflies and insects with a net can develop. We certainly would not have been able to react so quickly to the situation had it been us in their boots and khakis. 

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    out and tear through the net but instead, it stayed perfectly still and never tried to bite or scratch. In a few minutes we were feeding it
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    sardines out of hand, and were able to move it to my backpack. The local humane society wouldn't
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    take him (they don't take animals outside of their local zone), but luckily my coworker wanted a cat. He was (and is, this all happened three days ago) skin
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  • While we understand that rescues and shelters sometimes have limits on how many and under what circumstances they can house animals. But at the same time it feels irresponsible to have such organizations if they have to be so limited. It's as though the police would reject taking prisoners because they have too many…

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    and bones and covered in fleas (we washed those out), but he's adjusted to domestic life astoundingly well. He's slept in my bed
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    6 NORT
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    every night since we caught him (my coworker couldn't take him until today), eats both wet and dry food, and figured out the
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    litter box instantly. He also purrs constantly, lets me rub his belly (no cat has allowed me to do that before), and has yet to scratch or
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    bite me on purpose. The only thing I think he's missing is that trademarked kitten curiosity; he doesn't play or explore like I expect
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    cats to do, though given more time to adjust that could certainly change. His name is Frodo.
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    Bud... You saved him and he knows it It's rough out there in the streets.
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