Fok tale
Today’s story in our Pets Make Us Human contest comes from lui pac.
I first saw Foktillus two years ago while doing research in the mountains of Kiamba, Sarangani Province. Fok’s former master was a three year-old boy who loved to cuddle him and choke him to invite out his claws. Fok was around two months old at the time. Fok had scars, was so thin and I thought he was not well cared for. When he moved around he would get kicked by the children and he’d just reply with a gentle meow. I did not find that adorable. So I thought I had to rescue the cat.
I find beauty in the deep blackness of his furs. I am a fan of black and I thought a black cat would be a perfect pair for my black terrier-spitz doggy-dog. My colleagues were not amused at the color of the cat. The hell I care. I don’t believe in superstition and I love to disprove them anyway. The next day I befriended the parents of the boy and convinced them that the cat would live a better life with me in Marbel. I guess they understood. That same day I went home with my three colleagues with the black cat lap-hopping inside the car. Fok is now my study-mate, writing buddy, and the best friend of my black doggy Maximus.
Foktillus gets a gift pack from Purina, PAWS, and the Homeless, Not Worthless campaign for stray cats and dogs. His human will get the prize notification by email. To join our Pets Make Us Human contest, email your pet adoption story and a photo of your cat or dog to saffron.safin@gmail.com.
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March 19th, 2009 at 18:42
I’m very happy to read the entries people send in. They don’t even sound like mere entries to win Purina packages: it’s like they’d want to tell everybody about how inspiring their pets are, but cannot find a way to do it.
And for the sake of those abandoned animals looking for homes, I hope that this would continue as a yearly event. I’m very sure that many people would love to adopt pets, but they need a little nudge.
– from a member of a housekeeping army of four beautiful half-askals
March 19th, 2009 at 22:24
This is something worth mentioning in fightagainstrecession.com to kind of help those people feeling doomed that there’s still life like a cat’s. :-)
March 20th, 2009 at 10:08
i love reading stories like this! may nagsabi sa akin na kung sino daw yung mababait sa animals ay yun talaga ang may mabubuting kalooban :)
March 20th, 2009 at 10:49
i am not superstitious either. a pure black cat is a picture of perfection.