Even though there are more and more wild cats in Thuringia and Saxony, you should never take them with you. This can be life-threatening for the animals, according to the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz (BUND). Many walkers mistake the small, cute kittens for abandoned domestic kittens and take them home with them.
"What looks like help is often the opposite: if a healthy wild kitten is taken home, its chances of survival are drastically reduced," says Friederike Scholz, coordinator of the "Wildcat Rescue Network" at BUND. "The animals are very sensitive, cannot tolerate normal cat food and can quickly become infected with diseases from domestic cats."
