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2/11/2025

Stray cats and kittens are looking for a new home.

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00:00The Bean Kitty Collective is a group that's been set up to help people help in regards

00:11to the animal welfare problem in the UAE.

00:14So the adoption day you're seeing here is the result of people finding lost, abandoned

00:19or stray cats that they've socialised and got healthy and ready for rehoming.

00:23We have 17 cats here for adoption today.

00:27Probably most of them are Arabian Mouse or mixed breed cats.

00:31We have a couple of fluffy cats with no particular breed in particular, they're just fluffy.

00:37How do we screen them?

00:38We talk to the families in depth.

00:40We take the cats out to the kiss and cuddle room and we talk to them about their previous

00:43experience with cats, who they currently have in their home and where their plans are going

00:49for the future.

00:50So a lot of the times we find really good matches for the cats and sometimes we do encourage

00:54families to look elsewhere.

00:55This is Matilda, this is Dylan, this is my wife Adriana, I'm Luther and this is Mozart's

01:00the cat.

01:01I'm here with my baby boy now.

01:02Instead of having another baby I'm having a cat.

01:03He's gorgeous and also as soon as I pet him up, look he's just comfortable, he just likes

01:14me.

01:15I think he bonded straight away.

01:20It's important that they commit to the following things.

01:22It's a lifetime home, which means the cat stays with them for the course of their life,

01:2615 to 20 years.

01:28They need to do things like maintain annual vaccinations.

01:32If they're adopting a kitten, get the kitten neutered.

01:34If they adopt a cat from us, it's actually already neutered and be prepared to take the

01:38cat with them when they leave the UAE.

01:41So when we go back to the UK as expatriates, I think eventually we'll also look to take

01:45Mozart back.

01:47Cats or animals in a home bring benefits in terms of just your harmony in your home.

01:52It can bring benefits to people in terms of their immune systems.

01:55Personally, I can't live without animals in the home.

01:58I need them.

01:59A lot of people do feel that need as well.

02:01And cats are great pets.

02:02They're often quite independent.

02:03Well, cats are easier to take care of, especially the first time around.

02:09I think as a first pet, if you want someone who is still huggable and has got a personality,

02:18then you have to be.

02:21With a cat, they are happy at home.

02:23They just become a part of the family.

02:25Binkity Collective hold adoption days once or twice a month across Dubai.

02:30We're either at the British Veterinary Hospital or at the Dubai Garden Centre.

02:34So all of the cats are at the adoption days.

02:36We do ask for a donation that goes directly into the Binkity Collective TNR fund.

02:41And what we do with that is trap neuter a lease of the street cats of Dubai.

02:45Last message is, you don't have to walk by.

02:47There is an animal welfare problem, but there is a community solution to the community problem.

02:52And if you want to get involved, email binkitycollective at gmail.com.

02:56Say that bit louder.

02:57Binkity.

02:58OK.

02:59Do you know what the cat's name is?

03:01It's Mozart.

03:03I know the cat's name, Mozart.

03:06Yes.

03:07Who's going to feed him?

03:08Me.

03:09You?

03:10You can take turns.

03:11Me, me, me.

03:12OK.

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