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- 27/08/2025
Campus cat Luna injured, won’t return to campus
Luna, the much-loved campus cat who recently went missing, has been found severely injured and is now staying at an animal shelter in Eindhoven. Due to his condition, it is unlikely that he will ever return to the TU/e campus. The shelter is monitoring his recovery to determine whether he can be adopted. Potential adopters are already lining up.
Anyone who has ever walked through the Luna building has probably seen him. He would spend his days lounging on the couches there, enjoying the company of students, staff, and passersby. That’s why the TU/e community eventually named him after his favorite spot: Luna.
Normally, Luna was a daily presence on campus, but since May he had suddenly disappeared. For weeks, nobody knew where he was or how he was doing.
Severely injured
Luna has now been located. “On June 10, he was found on Hertogstraat in Eindhoven and brought to us,” confirms a staff member of Regionale Opvang Zwerfdieren Eindhoven (ROZE), a regional shelter where he is still being cared for.
According to the shelter, Luna was in critical condition when he arrived. “His entire tail had been stripped of its skin. It couldn’t be saved and had to be amputated,” the staff member explains.
Unlikely to return to campus
In addition to his tail injury, Luna continues to suffer from internal pain. “We hope he will eventually recover fully, but for now he is still in our infirmary,” says the ROZE staff member.
She believes it is unlikely that Luna will ever return to the TU/e campus. “As things stand, he will probably always need medical care. Letting him go back to the streets as an outdoor cat simply isn’t an option,” she explains. “The best outcome would be that he recovers enough to be adopted.”
Adoption
People have already come forward to offer Luna a new home. “Since Luna has been with us, we’ve been getting frequent calls and emails about him. We quickly realized that he is a very popular cat who means a lot to many people,” the staff member says. “Today, someone is even coming by who knows him from campus and has expressed interest in adopting him.”
For now, however, adoption is not possible. “Only when Luna is fully healed and pain-free can he go to a new home,” the staff member stresses. Whether he will ever make a full recovery is still uncertain. “If the pain continues, we may need to consider whether euthanasia would be the kinder option,” she says. Still, like much of the TU/e community, she hopes Luna will recover and find a loving new home.
This article was translated using AI-assisted tools and reviewed by an editor.
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