India, Oct. 12 -- Incredible, Inspirational India!

A quartet of Small Indian civet kittens were delivered in a gunny bag to 'Van Mata' Parvati Devi (51). Her heart was torn asunder and her maternal instincts fiercely roused. The orphans had never seen their mother. They were so newborn that their eyes were yet to open. The mother civet was missing, presumed dead.

"I thought to myself, O Almighty, these children will never know their mother's love. Maine in bachhon ko god le liya. After 62 days of my care, they grew from under a 100g to 3.5-4kg each. We handed them to the Machia Biological Park Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, Jodhpur, as we could not feed them meat due to our beliefs. I wept and wept as the civets were taken away in a ...