When you become obsessed with a Moroccan cat rescue on social media.... you travel to Morocco to adopt a cat! Kendra told us how her trip to adopt one cat ended up spiraling into something bigger... ❤️
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00:00There you go.
00:01You're a lucky man, huh?
00:06I saw Yacine's Dodo video.
00:09I admired his rescue.
00:12So I started following him on social media.
00:25He had an issue with his eyes.
00:30He's my boy Tom.
00:36Yeah, beautiful cat.
00:38He's asking me who's going to adopt me.
00:40Yeah, right.
00:41I had always wanted to visit Morocco.
00:55We were thinking about getting a second cat.
01:02So I messaged Yacine and said I was interested in coming to help save a cat.
01:07Yacine was very warm and welcoming.
01:11He invited us into his house.
01:14I had seen Tom and he's a very good looking cat.
01:18He wasn't very sociable at first.
01:25Surprisingly, he started to be very warm, affectionate, and really wanted lots of love.
01:38So I said that this cat needs to come back to the U.S.
01:42My body is purring.
01:46I'm going to miss you, buddy.
01:49We're ready to travel.
01:57It took all day to be able to go to the vet and have the vet sign off on a health certificate and fill all that paperwork out.
02:04It was a little nerve wracking.
02:06Wondering what their experience is going to be.
02:09Are they going to be okay?
02:10Are they even going to show up in Miami?
02:13Well, everyone made it to Miami.
02:18Welcome to the United States.
02:21Once we arrived in Miami, they did bring the cat and they seemed fine.
02:26It was all okay.
02:28Stella, welcome.
02:42You want to see his life now?
02:47He hangs out on this gigantic bean bag.
02:50He loves to eat.
02:51He loves to chase lizards, which he gets to do here in Florida.
02:55I adore Tom.
03:08So many people said, well, we have cats here you can rescue.
03:11Why not just rescue a cat here?
03:13But they don't have any rescues in that country.
03:17They don't have government help, non-profits that help support rescuing cats and getting them adopted.
03:26Except, thankfully, good individuals like Yasin.