[YNet] - A mother cat and her two baby kittens who were taken out of an IDF base in northern Israel and dumped in the woods, miraculously made their way back to the base after what was surely a tumultuous weekend for the animals....Fernanda was initially adopted by the soldiers from the Information and Communication Technology, who took care of the cat as if she was their pet.
But, after Fernanda gave birth to two healthy kittens, the division’s deputy commander ordered the feline to be thrown out of the base with her newborns.
You just terminated your military career, general.
The cruel act prompted the soldiers who took in Fernanda to file a complaint with several animal welfare agencies, including with the IDF’s own Animal Administration, which investigated the removal of the cat from the base.
After concluding that removing the feline and her kittens from her home was unlawful and contradictory to the IDF’s values, search teams were sent to the forest where Fernanda and her litter had been taken.
Despite having a large search party, the troops found hide nor hair of Fernanda and her little ones - which the rescuers assumed did not survive amid the cold weather and harsh conditions of the forest.
"We believed that at least the kittens are no longer alive due to their stay in the forest," a source who assisted the search said.
After searching for the cat all throughout the weekend, the ICT division’s soldiers returned disheartened to their barracks, only to find Fernanda cuddling with her kittens on the bed of one of the troops.
I'm guessing somebody taken them home instead of forest, and brought them back at the right time.