A police complaint has been filed after 15 fluffy Persian cats were found dumped in Arad, sparking concern among animal rescuers and residents. The case (3889) was lodged at Hidd Police Station by South African expatriate Tracy Ross, who discovered the kittens during an evening walk.
“While strolling through my affluent neighbourhood of Arad, where I have lived for 21 years, I found something I never imagined I’d see here,” she told the GDN. “It was a mass dumping of 15 Persian cats – newborn kittens and their mothers – all clearly from the same home. I was shocked.”
Although stray animals and abandonment are not uncommon in Bahrain, Ms Ross said she had never encountered such a large number at once and felt compelled to step in and help.
“They were not strays and would unlikely have lasted long in the wild. They looked well cared for before being left,” she said, adding that she could not understand how anyone could do this to innocent kittens.
Ms Ross, who works as a planning and design head at a travel company, rescued as many as she could on the spot and immediately contacted volunteers from Bahrain Animal Rescue Centre (BARC) to help locate the others. She has taken in five of the cats and a friend has stepped in too to offer a temporary shelter.
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