A Russian farmer was wandering about his property when he believed he saw four little kittens of a kind he had never seen before in a barn.
He was aware that these weren’t our typical domestic cats, and when he was unable to recognise them, he asked the Daursky Nature Reserve for assistance and guidance.
The four kittens were still sleeping with their eyes closed when he discovered them, and he could see they would require a lot of assistance to survive.
The kittens were recognised as Pallas’ cats, also known as Manuls, a rare type of wild cat found in Central Asia by the Daursky Nature Reserve.
The size of manuls is similar to that of domestic cats, but they are considerably stockier, have shorter legs, a wider face, and flattened ears.
They are able to endure the severe temperature in their home areas thanks to their thick coat of fur. The kittens were brought to the reserve and placed with two domestic cats, who adopted them right away and saved their lives.
The reserve’s personnel had grown quite attached to the kittens, who were now thriving, but they were aware that the time was drawing near for their return to the wild, where they belonged.
The radio collars that the reserve had placed on the Manuls to monitor their movement were lost during their first winter spent on their own in the wild.
In addition, they had shed a tonne of weight.
They would not have survived without the assistance of the farmer and the reserve personnel.
They are currently living out their lives as nature intended in their native surroundings.
