Cat in the Compound

On the MSF ex-pat compound, we have about four cats.  They are of the domestic kind, but are not very domestic.  We keep them here because they keep the number of snakes down.  Their lives are not always easy, either.  One of the smaller, younger cats was taken by a hawk, but fought bravely and escaped with a fall from the sky and an injured eye.  The hawk lost the cat, and the cat lost an eye.  She is now the one-eyed cat.  But she has compensated well.  She sits next to us sometimes, and will let us scratch her ears.