On the 2^nd of February 2011 little Gato (name given by Elke Winkler) was brought to us by Harish Jain of Baluganj, in a pathetic condition. It had been badly beaten by some human. It was paralysed and was unable to walk. In the beginning it would drag itself around. In those days Kathrin was in the shelter doing a lot of volunteering work (pls refer to the issue of Dec 2010 to know her experiences). She promptly took little Gato under her wing. She made sure that it was properly looked after and he got its medicines on time. Constant care and attention by the staff and Kathrin helped little Gato take little hesitant steps. The day finally came when Gato, the tom cat, was confident enough to walk albeit a little crookedly.

 Kathrin had to finally leave India and was very keen that all the cats she was looking after, get adopted. 2 cats - Basmati and Chapatti found a home (refer to issue Mar 2011 to read the story of Chapatti and Basmati). But Gato was not that fortunate. It seemed that no one wanted to adopt a cat who walked in a strange manner.  A few months passed and then finally on the 10^th of July there came a sensitive Samaritan in the form of Ms Kamlesh Sharma, a reporter from the Local DLA paper. She came to the shelter and fell in love with beautiful Gato. She decided to adopt him. Now he resides at Nagla Fhaturi near Yamuna Bridge Agra and hopefully will have a full and satisfying life.