Get ready for a heartwarming surprise, folks!
A sand cat named Rotem, who resides at the Ramat Gan Safari Park in Israel, had lost her mate Sela last year and was feeling quite blue.
Sand cats are a rare species, and with only 116 of them left on Earth, losing a mate can be a devastating experience.
The staff at the park brought in a new male sand cat, Kalahari, hoping he would become Rotem’s new partner in crime. But Rotem wasn’t feeling it and avoided him like the plague.
Just when everyone had lost hope for Rotem to find love again, the staff made an incredible discovery – Rotem had given birth to not one, not two, but three adorable kittens!
The staff was stunned and overjoyed by the unexpected surprise.
“We had been extremely worried,” said Sigal Horowitz, spokeswoman of the Safari. “Here we had gone to all this effort to bring her a mate, a full year ago, and nothing was happening. And these are critical years for sand cats – they don’t live forever.”
Rotem, the new mama, is taking excellent care of her precious kittens, and the staff is thrilled to see the new family flourishing. Let’s hope the sand cat population continues to grow, and Rotem finds happiness once again.
