This African island is full of cats!

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  • @mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat
    @mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat Рік тому +334

    What a lovely heavenly place! Also it’s so great that they have no risk of being struck by a car! I’m so glad you could help the vet with the kittens! 😻❤️

    • @AdamFaruqi
      @AdamFaruqi Рік тому +26

      I wish we had more car-free places like this in my country... :(

  • @roannathephoenix8561
    @roannathephoenix8561 Рік тому +135

    If all humans would treat all creatures and each other so kindly what a beautiful world this could be. ❤️

    • @jocelyneke6445
      @jocelyneke6445 Рік тому +10

      I agree! And a person can do that without any special training!

    • @staceyrene1384
      @staceyrene1384 Рік тому +11

      You are so absolutely correct! It's so easy and feels good to help those in unfortunate situations. I don't understand why more people don't care or try to help. Bless those who do 🥰

  • @respther2003
    @respther2003 Рік тому +222

    I loved this and I love that the people of Lamu are so nurturing of their cats and donkeys. Thank you Hannah and Andrew!❤️😻

    • @wombat.6652
      @wombat.6652 Рік тому +8

      i never cry, except for i cried happy tears watching this.

    • @mysticmeg111
      @mysticmeg111 Рік тому +1

      1:18

    • @Hypnobunny1
      @Hypnobunny1 Рік тому +1

      Would be very happy living there ❤️

  • @tealablu3759
    @tealablu3759 Рік тому +147

    Damn, are you gonna visit all of the cat islands around the world? Cuz I’m here for it

  • @tayloralexa6237
    @tayloralexa6237 Рік тому +56

    6:27 when everyone celebrates the moment the baby latches with “nice!”
    my heart ❤❤❤❤

  • @bitterbeauty6144
    @bitterbeauty6144 Рік тому +78

    Stunning video. I’ve noticed that horses and barn cats have an affinity for each other. I knew one horse who would regularly cross his paddock to say 'hi' when his favorite cat jumped up on the fence

    • @juliac3933
      @juliac3933 Рік тому +7

      They are both sensitive, curious creatures

  • @staceyrene1384
    @staceyrene1384 Рік тому +168

    This is wonderful!! I'm curious how Lamu Animal Welfare Clinic is funded outside of public donations. Being an isolated island, I imagine donations are limited (until now with your video bringing awareness ❤). And thank goodness for Veternarian Peterson for helping the island's overpopulation problem. 👏👏

  • @nicolalang5603
    @nicolalang5603 Рік тому +20

    If I ever got to bottle feed a tiny kitten my heart would explode with joy! ❤❤❤

    • @mdfarm8979
      @mdfarm8979 Рік тому +11

      Volunteer with your local shelter/rescue.

    • @StarHorder
      @StarHorder Рік тому

      Volunteer with your local shelter/rescue.

  • @carolineindacityphx
    @carolineindacityphx Рік тому +34

    A little slice of heaven, on earth. I love how they trap and neuter the cats and that you have to walk everywhere. No cars! Thanks for taking us along on your trip, Hannah and Andrew. ❤

  • @SEJ3333
    @SEJ3333 Рік тому +7

    My husband and I visited Lamu 15 years ago and it was not as well known to tourists at the time! Not only do they care for cats but they had a lovely Donkey Sanctuary! They believed that donkeys worked hard and deserved vacation time. Lovely people...

  • @erin6735
    @erin6735 Рік тому +30

    I just wanted to thank you for showing us other parts of the world with cat populations and how society helps them. Lamu reminds me of some islands in Greece with overpopulation. You are a blessing to everyone you touch.

  • @sunnypop2779
    @sunnypop2779 Рік тому +11

    I am such a huge fan my parents let me get a kitten because I know lots about kittens cause I watch you

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L Рік тому +4

      Aw that’s great! I hope everything is going well with your adopted kitten

  • @catsncounseling
    @catsncounseling Рік тому +4

    that doctor needs to win a nobel peace prize. dr peterson!! as well the kitten lady! ur more an awesome girl!

  • @reenbean1196
    @reenbean1196 Рік тому +19

    Oh my GOODNESS I am here for this! Coffee and kitties 🥰

    • @CrazyFunnyCats
      @CrazyFunnyCats Рік тому +2

      Refill!❤👍✨☕️☕️☕️✨🐯🇨🇦
      Happy Caturday!

  • @rebeccab2446
    @rebeccab2446 Рік тому +10

    that vet + his team are heros

  • @JaneTheSeekerTarot
    @JaneTheSeekerTarot Рік тому +16

    I love how they treat the cats. I'm sure the services the cat provide are equal to or better. This is great synergy.

  • @biancaionno3108
    @biancaionno3108 Рік тому +5

    God bless that vet

  • @sunnypop2779
    @sunnypop2779 Рік тому +15

    We need more people like you in this world

  • @Wonder_mind_
    @Wonder_mind_ Рік тому +7

    Isn't it funny that Lamu itself is in the shape of a kitty's face ! /ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\❤️

  • @rebeccaspratling2865
    @rebeccaspratling2865 Рік тому +14

    😭 Thank you so much Hannah for educating us, educating the veterinarian about kitten care and spreading awareness about this island and cats on general. We are truly blessed as are the cats that cross paths with you. 🙏 I'm so grateful for your existence and passion.

  • @TeNAruTOmi
    @TeNAruTOmi Рік тому +2

    that is such a good idea to travel with anti flea and eye drops! for me its a big struggel to travel to other countries because i can't bear to see sick animals and not being able to help them! but travelling with medicine could actually work!

  • @JennFaeAge
    @JennFaeAge Рік тому +10

    What a wonderful little community on that island

  • @JenPolishAholic
    @JenPolishAholic Рік тому +6

    its so neat how we show that cats have been fixed with the eartip here in the US and all the way in Africa too

  • @Christmas.Paws67
    @Christmas.Paws67 Рік тому +3

    I love how you foster kittens but also take the time to travel

  • @maunarose
    @maunarose Рік тому +10

    When I started volunteering at Alley Cat Allies’ TNR clinic back in 2007 (in Centreville, VA), we were all given the book The Cats of Lamu by Jack Couffer. Such a great gift. I cannot wait to go one day.

  • @amice1200
    @amice1200 Рік тому +9

    What a lovely community of sweet people and beautiful, loved kitties! Dr. Peterson is a delight! Kind, compassionate and doing such wonderful work. A brilliant young man, he is making such a difference in the world. Thank you, Hannah, for getting supplies and training to the doctor and his staff.

  • @diane9247
    @diane9247 Рік тому +2

    I bought that book for my mother in the 90s. We had been to Mombasa, but not Lamu. The Mombasa cats were long, thin and very "ancient Egypt" looking. No one seemed to own them, but that's probably true for most cats around the world. As in Lamu, they were fed fishermen's scraps, thus keeping the place clean.😺

  • @TheScrubExpress
    @TheScrubExpress Рік тому +3

    Seems like such a 'pure' place. I love it.

  • @mysticfox9718
    @mysticfox9718 Рік тому +13

    It’s great to see there are people out there that are doing everything they can to help take care of the animals of our world 💕

  • @youngestkittenlady
    @youngestkittenlady Рік тому +12

    Finally videos from Africa trip ❤️❤️❤️

  • @AlexInVegas-702
    @AlexInVegas-702 Рік тому +8

    Look at Hannah, the angel, spreading love all over the world. Your videos always put a smile in everyone's faces. I wish all your dreams become true!! Thanx for everything you do!!!

  • @paigesteiner6086
    @paigesteiner6086 Рік тому +1

    I’m in cat heaven I’ll would love to see the cats

  • @jocelyneke6445
    @jocelyneke6445 Рік тому +1

    Lamu is like paradise for cats! People love the cats there.

  • @Hypnobunny1
    @Hypnobunny1 Рік тому +1

    Amazing man helping kitties. And the local people are so kind just blown away by these kind people 🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @laowra272
    @laowra272 Рік тому +2

    Dr Peterson, all the staff and the volunteers are heroes! 😍 What an incredible effort! 😸

  • @RayneSaltair
    @RayneSaltair Рік тому +1

    My 3 cubs are rescues and tipped, here in NY.

  • @DeannaJacksonDJsDelectables
    @DeannaJacksonDJsDelectables Рік тому +5

    This place is now on my bucket list!!

  • @SahabatMeongers
    @SahabatMeongers Рік тому +4

    *This is a channel full of inspiration. Hopefully more people will be moved to care about cats, especially street cats ❤❤❤*

  • @starshinewatchdog8058
    @starshinewatchdog8058 Рік тому

    She’s a sweet angel of mercy

  • @jerithomson9552
    @jerithomson9552 Рік тому +5

    All love for Lamu ♥️

  • @SerenityM16
    @SerenityM16 Рік тому +3

    Me, normally fascinated by history and culture: yeah yeah get to the kitties already XD

  • @paolagrando5079
    @paolagrando5079 Рік тому +7

    Thanks Hannah for highlighting all those places where people are trying to help cats. Love from Italy 💜

  • @AleinWonderland
    @AleinWonderland Рік тому +1

    My husband took me to his home in Istanbul and the thing that shocked me most was there were cats on the loose everywhere. It was so precious though, because it was the winter all businesses and restaurants let them inside. I sat across from a cat in a fine dining restaurant, while my husband was in the bathroom. They also let them hang out in H&M to stay warm

  • @redpanda7914
    @redpanda7914 Рік тому +6

    This is a place I wanna go to asap

  • @andreah6379
    @andreah6379 Рік тому +2

    Hannah & Andrew: You are saints doing your saintly duty. Interesting place. Good ppl doing great work.❣

  • @DO-wl1xz
    @DO-wl1xz Рік тому +8

    This is beautiful! I used to live close to Lamu! Thank you for your care? Please try to pronounce Lamu correctly ! The a is like the au in taught. When you visit foreign countries often it’s not too hard to learn the right pronunciation of their home land. It shows them respect as well!

  • @regnitho5795
    @regnitho5795 Рік тому +1

    ❤❤thanks Kitten lady for visiting my home country. 🎉

  • @sunnypop2779
    @sunnypop2779 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for being a rescuer

  • @pr0v0cative4pple
    @pr0v0cative4pple Рік тому +2

    I love the way the donkeys are used on Lamu, they seem just as happy as the feline citizens

  • @darcydoll437
    @darcydoll437 Рік тому +8

    What a beautiful place. Love to see the harmony between people, cats, and the wonderful surroundings. Thank you for sharing, Hannah.

  • @papaya8634
    @papaya8634 Рік тому +6

    Thank you for showing us and thank you so much to the people on Lamu who care for the cats!!

  • @tessasutherland9233
    @tessasutherland9233 Рік тому +11

    How amazing! I love your travel videos with cats. I ran into a ton of cats years ago in Italy. One cat in particular was super friendly and very pregnant.

  • @francesrivard9045
    @francesrivard9045 Рік тому +2

    OMG. I would love to live there.
    I'm a cat lover.

  • @zuzu861
    @zuzu861 Рік тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @anitaswiatczak-mika
    @anitaswiatczak-mika Рік тому +11

    Amazing island and people work very hard to help cats. Thank you for this beautiful video and for all your work! 😻🤠👿😻

  • @CatalinaFOIA
    @CatalinaFOIA Рік тому

    This would be my heavenly place! ❤🐈

  • @AnanSaeedi
    @AnanSaeedi Рік тому +3

    amazing ... thank you for sharing these amazing places and stories it give us hope .

  • @annesophieg-n
    @annesophieg-n Рік тому +1

    wonderful place, humans and cats! thank you for helping and sharing 🥰 beautiful and amazing video!

  • @mollenahenrietta
    @mollenahenrietta Рік тому +1

    Thank you Kitten Lady!

  • @rebeccaspratling2865
    @rebeccaspratling2865 Рік тому +1

    What a beautiful island with beautiful people. Bless them all. 🙏

  • @lindagerardo2090
    @lindagerardo2090 Рік тому +1

    Thank you!

  • @veganjem
    @veganjem Рік тому

    Thanks for showing about these kitties! I had a sandbox in the backyard for my kids years ago. I didnt cover it and lo and behold it became a litterbox. I was unaware of this and my kids went to play in it, ugh!! They got "empitigo" from it! so be ware! You are AWESOME for doing this to help these kitties!!!

  • @roxannehavens5361
    @roxannehavens5361 Рік тому

    This is so cool to find a place e so dedicated to the welfare of all the animals and people🐱

  • @robertdouglas3174
    @robertdouglas3174 Рік тому +1

    Lamu a heaven for Cats, brilliant!

  • @nerinat8371
    @nerinat8371 Рік тому +7

    Wow what a beautiful community and cats, thank you for sharing 😻

  • @maryhairy1
    @maryhairy1 Місяць тому

    When I visited the Lamu I saw many donkeys, 1 Land Rover but not one cat. Very amazing since this shows many mini lions..

  • @juneszeider5280
    @juneszeider5280 Рік тому

    This is one of my favorite places on earth

  • @LiaLovesCats
    @LiaLovesCats Рік тому

    I'm soo happy no one finds me of bei ng OBBSESSED WITH CATS THEY R SO CUTEEEEE OMGGGGGG😊❤❤❤❤❤

  • @itzvosje8922
    @itzvosje8922 Рік тому +1

    ohmy I love this video. It's so good to see there are places where they care really good for the animals. Never seen so many healthy working donkeys at one place. Amazing. Lots of country (like Egypt) can learn from them

  • @Hypnobunny1
    @Hypnobunny1 Рік тому

    What a kind and lovely man 🥰

  • @hayahangel6055
    @hayahangel6055 Рік тому +2

    WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE!

  • @leannaboyle6836
    @leannaboyle6836 Рік тому +4

    There are lot of big cats in Africa, look at all the little kitties!

    • @feuerling
      @feuerling Рік тому

      Africa also has the wild ancestors of housecats 😺

  • @jessicabailey6792
    @jessicabailey6792 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful cats and island.

  • @svideos5754
    @svideos5754 Рік тому

    How absolutely incredible I need to read that book

  • @flagal519
    @flagal519 Рік тому +1

    God bless this wonderful Dr. Peterson. What a wonderful man and an animal lover. Thank you, Ms. Hannah, for this wonderful video of people on the other side of the world, being kind to cats.

  • @jogordon1530
    @jogordon1530 Рік тому +1

    If it were me, I’d never go home once I got there ! I just took in four strays this year - one semi-feral and three others feral ! I’m hoping I can tame them all but only two right now allow me to pet them! This place would be like heaven to me !

  • @donnarupert4926
    @donnarupert4926 Рік тому +3

    I want to go there!!! 🙋🏽‍♀️💕🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛💕

  • @a.silly_kitty
    @a.silly_kitty Рік тому +6

    never clicked so fast i luv cats sm

  • @i_love_cats890
    @i_love_cats890 Рік тому +3

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @KougaJ7
    @KougaJ7 Рік тому +2

    Lamu must be the island with least rodents anywhere

  • @jenn5628
    @jenn5628 Рік тому +1

    You are doing a great job, Hannah ❤

  • @kimberlygarner2723
    @kimberlygarner2723 Рік тому

    So nice to see that these cats are getting care!
    🐈‍⬛🐈💕🐈💕🐈🐈‍⬛

  • @vickie30
    @vickie30 Рік тому

    A good life for them as long as they are fed

  • @mgm2008
    @mgm2008 Рік тому +3

    Soon good to see you helping to train the vet!!! TFS!!!!

  • @kimkay2196
    @kimkay2196 7 місяців тому

    Like how the donkeys appear well cared for as well

  • @nicolalang5603
    @nicolalang5603 Рік тому +2

    I love this! Lamu is now firmly on my fantasy travel list ❤

  • @vinter642
    @vinter642 Рік тому

    These ppl are so nice.

  • @dorothymalloy1474
    @dorothymalloy1474 Рік тому

    Thank you Hannah & Andrew for this amazing video

  • @carrieleebeads
    @carrieleebeads Рік тому +1

    Love this and your mission so much!

  • @CrazyFunnyCats
    @CrazyFunnyCats Рік тому +4

    Happy Caturday everyone!✨❤️🐱🐯🦁✨🇨🇦
    Meow!

  • @Tyxaar
    @Tyxaar Рік тому +1

    This is what a cat island SHOULD be!

  • @mdfarm8979
    @mdfarm8979 Рік тому +1

    Happy to see a place where stray cats are welcome. Very different here in St. Croix, USVI. We do all we can to TNVR as many as possible because it is not a great place for kittens to be born in the wild. Humans are their biggest predator. 😢

  • @LydiaBreska
    @LydiaBreska Рік тому +2

    Amazing! Thank you for sharing this beautiful experience with us! I'm happy to know about a happy place for cats

  • @aisadal2521
    @aisadal2521 Рік тому +7

    This reminds me of the cat island in Japan 😯

    • @hamilcross
      @hamilcross Рік тому +1

      reminds me of istanbul as well :) the trifecta of cat counties lol

    • @EclecticallyEccentric
      @EclecticallyEccentric Рік тому +1

      Haven't watched the video, but hopefully it's better than Cat Island.

  • @ItsJustLisa
    @ItsJustLisa Рік тому

    What caring people! I love that ginger kitten with his piece of fish. His face totally said, “Get your own, lady! This is *my* lunch!”

  • @sparkpuppets
    @sparkpuppets Рік тому +6

    i love cats

  • @sunnypop2779
    @sunnypop2779 Рік тому +1

    She's so cute

  • @BethanyGraceRudmik
    @BethanyGraceRudmik Рік тому

    Wow people are so amazing.

  • @thelearningstation289
    @thelearningstation289 Рік тому

    You are so kind😊 always educating us in term of cats. Good to know how other cultures take care of animals specially cats . Never heard of Lamu now I was educated.thanks

  • @kitcat2449
    @kitcat2449 Рік тому +1

    It's great that they are trying to spay/neuter them to avoid overpopulation problems