Bino is a cat we adopted at the LCD.  She came to us as a cute kitten, in January 2009, from a dog shop where her owner who worked there was not allowed to keep her.  Bino first stayed inside the building of the LCD.  Slowly we helped her go outside.  She now appreciates her freedom to go in and out at her free will. 

The children of the Nursery are all delighted by her presence, but poor little ones, they do not realize that their screams of joy make Bino run away.

Stephanie, one of our Nursery children who has communication problems and who took some months to learn to look us in the eyes, is very fond of Bino to the point where it is very hard to bring her in when Bino is outside.  She keeps following her with her big beautiful eyes, and she jumps from joy every time she sees her, but rarely manages to be close from her due to the way she expresses her excitement and runs after her, like a beautiful wild cat herself.  Stephanie is fascinated by animals even the Nursery’s tiny water turtle.  Stephanie brings the cat puzzle piece to the turtle and shows it to her.

In reality, everyone is starting to like Bino, even those who do not really like to have animals around.  In a short period of time Bino was able to sit on the blanket assigned for her on one of the chairs in the sitting room, and quickly learned to sharpen her nails only in the garden and not in the furniture.  She is a special cat indeed.