❤️TNR, feed, vet care & rescue street cats in Bk

Thank you for visiting our ongoing cat rescue fundraiser to help feed, spay, neuter, and provide vet care for street cats of Bk!‼️ Scroll down to see recent additions to the journal of cat stories, rescue efforts and adventures‼️❤️

For over 10 years, we have been actively rescuing and tnr-ing street cats in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn, spending our time and money feeding and getting them needed veterinary attention. Some are indoors with us now, some we are lucky to find foster or adopting homes for, and some are spayed /neutered and returned to the outdoors (TNR) in our backyard and surrounding neighborhood with winter shelters and our continued daily feedings and attention. Any amount donated towards this fundraising effort is greatly appreciated by us and the cats! All donations go towards bills for veterinary appointments and care, the daily purchasing of cat food, treats, litter and catnip, as well as purchasing pre-made winter shelters and materials for maintaining and making winter shelters for the outside colony tnr'd cats.

... Continued below is a journal updated regularly with pics and stories of home/cat sanctuary activity and outside fur friends, tnr projects and street cat rescue ❤️❤️

Thank you,

Preston and Vanessa's Purrfect Vacation Cat Sanctuary and Rescue.

10/25/24

*Our backyard tnr guy, Obie has come down with what looks like a broken front left paw, in addition to being lethargic and not eating or drinking water. He needs vet attn and we've brought him indoors and are navigating the way to getting him back 100% healthy. This is also his segway to indoor kitty life most likely, here he is relaxing inside in his holding crate and keeping the bad paw comfortable....

Update- Obie is doing great other than still walking with a limp and we hope to get him rechecked at the vet asap to see if we can help it recover further. Otherwise he's hobbling around and enjoying indoor life with us and being friends with the other indoor cats!

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This is Mini James, the most recent young lady brought in from a local parking lot colony and just had her spay appointment. She will be ready for adoption soon rather then tnr, as shes not feral even though she was born and raised in the school bus parking lot. She loves getting pet and is playful. She still has many siblings and cousins out there needing spay neuter.

Here is James , a tiny new kitten I call Sir Swirls, and Mini Martini. They all need spay neuter still and either get Tnr'd or find adopting homes... I generally can handle one spay/ neuter/ tnr/ rescue mission per month. Even with appointments at the lowest cost clinics it's still extra funds that are needed for the surgery and car service to bring and pick up the cat(s), in addition to their daily feeding costs and not to mention the new winter shelters...

This shelter was donated to the parking lot colony by another local rescue person. They love having the option to keep cozy in a big Styrofoam cooler stuffed with straw when the temps drop and the wind blows.

Mini James when she was outside still with her other siblings, Mini Grover, Mini Martini, and Mini Boots. They are all about 8 months old and the other minis are up next for spay and neuter ASAP before the next generation of meowing mouths to feed start bouncing around the parking lot‍⬛‍⬛

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Dusty, aka Florentino and the famous Panther chilling early A.M. at the lovely Stockholm Community Garden. Both these boys still need tnr but luckily all the females in sight are already spayed

Meet Miss Munchies, also a community garden member, tnr'd by another helpful and caring neighbor a few years back. Munchies has morning feedings by me and a nice winter shelter to protect her from the elements when necessary

[Charles in his new office] ☕

[Boots - tnr'd, and Grover and James- both still needing tnr, enjoying dinner in the school bus parking lot]

April 2023~ I ventured a few blocks out of my regular cat feeding route and familiar tnr faces, and tnr'd the first of a whole new colony that needs prompt attention before they double and triple in number creating yet more mouths to feed, unneeded starving kittens/animal suffering . I released Boots back to his habitat and discovered a very hungry and friendly young cat I call Charles. In June I was lucky enough to catch Charles and get him vetted and bring him to his new forever home where he is happy with another cat named Georgia. I am continuing to take action on tnr-ing this colony and/or finding homes for the cats that are showing friendliness to humans. Support of donations, cat food, and fostering or adopting homes is needed and appreciated

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This is Mickey. He showed up in front of our building either abandoned or lost in 2017 and we easily picked him up and brought him inside and made him one of the family. He was friendly right away and always eager to cuddle and play. We just lost him yesterday March 29th 2023 after unexpected seizures. We had the vet euthanize as she recommended because it was most likely a brain tumor suddenly revealing itself. RIP Mickey Moo. We❤️you!

Last year we took in a pregnant mama cat and the kittens just celebrated their 1st birthday in March 2023.

It all started with these guys... From left to right, Lola who we rescued from the street back when we lived in Manhattan , lower East side on Norfolk Street, Freeda who we adopted in 1998 from another rescue group- City Critters, Perry who we also rescued from Norfolk Street, Whisper who we rescued from an animal hoarding situation in Brooklyn, and Tigo-Boo who we adopted from another rescue group called the furry love kitten cat farm down on Avenue C back in the early 2000s. We call these guys the old school crew....and there were a couple more, (Daryl and Harry) not pictured here. None of them are with us any longer, but they were the beginning of our involvement with rescuing street cats.... before our involvement with rescuing cats from the street we had adopted a few from other rescuers in the late 9O's. They were the original influence and inspiration to get involved with helping kitties from the street rather than just walking by them and ignore.

This picture is from when I first moved to Brooklyn back in 2010 and I knew eventually I would be confronted with more street cats as I certainly did. I started to get involved with TNR to help address the homeless cat situation in my current neighborhood because I couldn't fit them all inside I knew I'd have to get involved with helping in other ways. TNR helps to decrease the homeless street cat population by spaying and neutering and helps the overpopulated shelter situation by releasing them back outdoors with daily feeding and winter shelters provided (Trap Neuter Return). We encourage pet owners to please spay and neuter their pets and future pet owners to adopt, not shop. ❤️