My wife and I lived in Aruba 2005 - 2010 and we started Aruba Kitten Rescue. Since we moved back to the states we still do coordinating to help visiting tourists take kittens home with them. During our stay there we rescued over 150 kittens and "hotel cats". We have a website that gives more info.
http://www.arubakitten.org
This is Keebler. We got her when she was hours old and was our last rescue while we were there.
Bunny and Dude were 2 days old when we got them
Luna was hours old and our first rescue along with her 2 brothers, George and George.
Jenny was pregnant and feral when she wandered into our yard. It looked like she swallowed a volley ball. My wife managed to catch her and put her into our guest room. She had 4 kittens the next day. A week later we got a call from the vet. He had 2 one week old kittens that needed help as the mother had been poisoned. She accepted them. We decided to keep Jenny as she had a hard life and it would be so hard to get her adopted. After the kittens were weaned she moved under our bed and stayed there for 3 months, only coming out in ninja mode to eat and use the litter box. That was 6 years ago and she is now my lap cat while I watch tv in the evening.
Stanley (the big orange palooka) wandered into the yard. He was injured from a fight and was facing the possibility of losing his eye. He didn't. Though a big male, he would tend to the kittens. We would call him "Uncle Stanley".
And last but not least is our Missy. She is a Maine Coon that we had in NJ. Naturally she wasn't going to be left behind and she emigrated to Aruba with us and then back again. This was the shot I took of her the day we brought her home as a 3 month old kitten.
These 7 came back with us to the states. What a scene it was going through the airport. Just as an extra - here is a clip I made of Stanley. He is like my best friend.
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