Even animal lovers discriminate among animals. Some prefer dogs over cats because of the former’s compassionate nature but majorly because of the latter’s I-don’t-give-a-damn-about-anything attitude. Cats can really be mean and uncaring at times, that’s a universally acknowledged fact. But there are some cats who do not fit the ‘catty’ description or attitude expected of them. Believe it or not, some cats are known to like snuggling with their owners and even RESPOND to their attention. But this particular act was acting too weird, even for a cat.

Benign Korean Woman

This Korean woman, who is a volunteer help at a local animal shelter made sure to distribute high-quality cat food to any feral cat she found in her neighborhood. She was a familiar face among the cats and they soon lost their timidity or fear of her and waited for the time of the day she would come with their meal. However, there was one tabby cat who stood out for a peculiar reason. 

Cat Friend

This woman was a volunteer with a local shelter, she decided to take custody of all the streets cats, not officially though. She just went out at particular times of the day and offered food to these cats and once these kitties got to know about this woman offering food they all cluttered around her, they even liked to be petted by her which is rare for street cats. They do not trust humans easily. The woman, however, was attached to this one act who started acting strangely.

Thanks, Woman

The neighborhood did not seem to mind this woman feeding cats. They were actually secretly relieved because now there kitchens would not be invaded by these feral uninvited guests who sneaked in to look for food. This was a win-win for everyone. But there was one tabby cat which started acting oddly. It had been coming for meals, like other cats but something changed. 

Dongsook

Dongsook (pronounced Dungsuk), like all other cats, turned up during the fixed meal time. The woman liked her and Dongsook let the woman pet her. She ate the all natural dry cat food from the bowl like other cats, but something changed after some time. The tabby cat started turning away from the bowl of food the woman gave her. It started perplexing the woman and she started getting concerned about Dongsook’s health.

Trying Different Stuff

Concerned now that Dongsook was not getting the required nutrients for her survival, the woman thought of trying something different. She brought different dry high-quality cat food for her and tried offering it but it was to no avail. Every day, Dongsook turned her head away from the cat food bowl, no matter what kind of natural dry cat food was kept for her. The confusion of the Korean woman only intensified.

An Idea

Really worried now about one of her favorite cats, the woman tried doing what she never did before. She thought of getting healthiest wet cat food for Dongsook. She kept Dongsook separate from all other cats and when they were gone she told Dongsook to take a bite from the wet cat food bowl but she just looked at the woman and meowed. Then something weird happened.

Weird

From one hand she was pointing Dongsook to the healthiest wet cat food and in the other hand, the Korean woman held the plastic bag in which was kept the all natural dry cat food for other cats. What Dongsook did surprised and confused the woman even more. Instead of eating the wet food, she knocked the healthy dry cat food bag from the woman’s hand, held it in her mouth and scrambled away.

New Routine

Now that the woman knew how Dongsook wanted her healthy wet food, she made sure to prepare a separate cat food bag for her every day. All cats used to eat from a food bowl but as soon as Dongsook got her bag of food, she scurried away, without having eaten a morsel. The woman had thought that this behavior would stop someday but it didn’t, so she decided to play detective.

Who Is It?

After taking different paths and crossing over houses, the cat finally arrived at the entry of an old building and started pacing there. She did not open the food bag or sit with it. She was clearly waiting for someone anxiously. It was not until she meowed continuously that the volunteers could make sense of her instance of accepting cat food only in the plastic bag.

Aww

Answering her calls, not from too far, a kitten cam excitedly, obviously familiar with the meowing. It was the kitten that Dongsook wished to feed and so that it becomes easier to deliver, she accepted the food only in bags. Why did Dongsook go to all the length to provide for one kitten? There is a heart-breaking reason behind it.

Hidden Away

Dongsook could not protect all her little ones because she had to go out looking for food and could not be with them 24 hours. But she made sure the one that was left alive remained so. So she took the kitten to a small spot in the old building where only she could reach it.

Compassionate Humans

Dongsook’s action and the reason behind her peculiar behavior now became clear to the volunteers and most of them were left in tears. They were determined now to help this distressed cat and kitten in any way they could but it wasn’t as easy as it sounds.

Plastic Bags No More

Now that Dongsook and the kitten were in a shelter, safe, secure and warm and the former no longer had to worry about getting food for the little one, there was no need of plastic bags. They both got food separately in different bowls. They are currently in an animal shelter.