To rescue a stray animal is an act of amazing selflessness. Who could leave a tiny, helpless kitten after stumbling upon them in the forest?

Florencia Lobo, from Argentina, and her brother were walking through the woods and enjoying nature when they heard a cry. Two kittens were all alone, and Florencia couldn’t just leave them there.

Most of us would do the same thing – call someone or take whiskers home. Florencia and her brother decided to befriend two furry cuties, and that’s where their wild tale began.

In 2019, two siblings took a stroll in the Tucuman province in northwestern Argentine, and it was eventful.

It was a beautiful day in the forest. The two were fishing in the town of Santa Rosa de Leales, then went for a walk – and it almost ended as an ordinary day. A cry from the trees alerted them, and they went to investigate the weird noise.

The two kittens were circling around a dead cat. Florencia concluded that the mother died upon giving birth to two kitties, and she took them home. The two kitties were a brother and a sister, and they named them Tito and Dani.

Dani was weak and she died without warning two weeks later

Despite being spoiled and enjoying all the perks of a household including warmth, and comfort, kitty girl Dani died soon after being brought home. “She wasn’t sick,” said Florencia. It seemed like she was simply too weak to survive. Tito, on the other hand, was energetic, active, and all over the place.

Although Lobo thought that Tito was “a lot more active than other kittens”, it didn’t raise any alarms among family members

In an interview with El Tucumano, Lobo commented that “Tito likes to play, bite and run pretty fast.” She also added that he “liked to get on the table and jump from there all the time.”

A little unusual for a house cat, right?! Just wait to hear the rest of the story.

One of his acrobatic attempts left Tito injured, and Florencia had to take him to a vet

Because of being extremely active, Tito injured his front legs. The injury wouldn’t heal on its own, and Lobo took him to a veterinarian clinic, only to find out that the injury was not the only thing they needed to discuss.

As it turned out, Tito wasn’t “a normal cat”

From the moment the vet saw Tito, he knew it right away – that wasn’t a house cat at all. Florencia reported that “the vet didn’t know what it was, but said that it wasn’t a normal cat.”

Imagine their surprise!

After contacting a wildlife expert, they found out that Tito was actually a puma jaguarundi

That’s right – a wild puma was at Florencia’s home all along. Puma jaguarundi is a wild cat native to South America and southern North America.

Lobo knew she’d have to give the “kitten” away because it was the best for Tito. Though Tito would remain small, since puma jaguarundi weigh between 6 – 20 pounds, as he grew older, his predator behavior would remain.

That’s how a three-months-old Tito was handed over to the Argentina Animal Rescue Foundation

Wildlife experts were the only ones capable to take proper care of Tito, and Florencia knew that very well.

They treated his leg injury and prepared him to return to the wild.

“If you raise and spoil him, you feel like he is yours and it causes you pain that they take him away, but deep down I know that it is good that they took him and will return it to nature,” said Florencia. We agree, a wildcat belongs in the wilderness, and not at home. Keep strong, Florencia, there are plenty more cats who wait for your love and care.

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