The Moment She Sees An Orphaned Kitten A Rescue Cat Adopts Her

When Hala the cat encountered Lola, a 2-month-old kitten, she decided right once that she would be Lola’s mother.

“Hala has never produced kittens before since she is so young,” said Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel (also known as Alaa), the founder of House of Cats Ernesto, a cat sanctuary in Aleppo, Syria. “However, she approached the kitty and began cleaning her.”

Lola isn’t the first kitten to visit Ernesto’s House of Cats. Since the Syrian civil conflict began out in 2012, the nation has been bombarded on a near-daily basis, forcing thousands of people to abandon their homes.

Unfortunately, many dogs and cats were abandoned, and the number of stray animals quickly grew.

Alaa, an ambulance driver, gained notoriety when he lingered in the battle zone to feed hundreds of abandoned cats in Aleppo.

Then, last year, Alaa founded House of Cats Ernesto, an official cat sanctuary named after his own cat Ernesto.

The shelter was targeted by bombings in November, killing scores of animals as well as Alaa’s beloved dog, Hope. Alaa and his cat, Ernesto, finally fled to Turkey, but he returned to Syria as quickly as possible to establish the refuge in a new site in Aleppo.

Hala came to the shelter six months ago, when a volunteer discovered her on the streets as a frightened, ailing kitten and brought her to the refuge.

Hala is assisting Lola in adjusting to life at the cat sanctuary now that she is healthy and happy.

Alaa explained, “The kitty doesn’t know how to clean herself.” “Hala attempts to clean the kitten every day after they eat, and it’s the loveliest thing.” Hala washes her face every day.”

“Now they play, eat and sleep together,” Alaa added.

“I saw this lovely photo of Hala with the kitten and wondered whether we had a new mom and kitten,” Alessandra Abidin, who administers Il gattaro D’aleppo, a Facebook page dedicated to House of Cats Ernesto, told The Dodo. “When they told me Hala had just got the kitten, I decided to write a blog entry about it because I really adore it.”

“The Ernesto’s Sanctuary is a fantastic idea and a haven in the midst of a combat zone,” Abidin remarked. “We were able to do miracles for the animals thanks to the affection and support of individuals all across the world.”