It was 2 days ago, mom and I were going to my cousin's store a few blocks from my house, when I heard little meowings. I turned around to see where those little sounds came from and then I found it. In the mud not so far from a little bush was a newborn kitten, abanoned and crying, it was starting to rain. The mother was not around.

We heard from a neighbor, that a little girl grabbed the kitten from its place (far away) to take it home and her granny didn't want it in her house so the girl put it near the street in the mud.

It was very hard to convince my mom to help the little creature. She said yes, so I ran the way back home to grab a little box and paper, the only thing at hand, I got there to grab the newborn kitten and set it into the box, so we went to my cousin's store hoping the veterinary near the park to be open, I wasn't that lucky, and the kitten's lucky seemed to be over too when my mom told me to get rid of the kitten. I just couldn't. I felt like shit and useless and pissed because there wasn't anyone to help me or a place I could turn to.

Our lucky changed when my cousin offered to help, my little niece was so happy about it, she showed me a little basket and put the kitten there with the box open to keep it warm, we saw the kitten closer to find that it was a 'she', a light honey color, and her little meowings were increasing, sign that she was hungry.

Things turned funny 'cuz my cousin named me "Animal Protector and Greenpeace", I didn't mind and laughed a bit. We went for kitten's formula to feed her and she took her home. I was very happy and a bit worried. I wanted the little kitten to survive. Two days passed and she's going well. The image when I found her is still in my mind. My hope for her is to be better to grow up healthy.

In Merida Yucatan there's no place to help animals or a shelter for them, they are alone and defenseless. Over 500 street dogs per month are sacrificed. Not many people care for them enough to adopt them. They are just coldhearted. And I still feel like shit and useless.