Mariana tana

The tale of the Talei rescue

In the heart of a small retirement village, cats stalked the area. The council had deemed them as pests and a notice was released stating that the cats were going to be ‘removed’. My Grandaunt, a resident of the village called me in a panic. She knew of my love for animals and my experience in the animal training industry. She was terrified that all these animals would be killed. My work colleague Zoe and I devised a plan and we went to the village. On our way, we bought cat food and a cat trap. We created the trap and sat in wait for cats. We had to rescue as many as we could in the hope we could rehabilitate them and find them homes.