<div>Sometimes rescue work breaks your heart… and sometimes it reminds you exactly why you keep going.
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<div>Right now, a local solano county rescue is facing something no rescue ever wants to face:
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<div>22 cats. No time. Nowhere to go.
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<div>The caretaker of these cats hit a devastating crisis and must leave the property immediately, leaving all of these innocent lives in danger through no fault of their own.
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<div>And in the middle of this chaos… is Rusty.
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<div>Rusty is the kind of cat who would slip through the cracks if someone didn’t step in. A special-needs boy who has never seen the world blind since birth trying to survive while living in constant pain from eyes that desperately need surgery.
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<div>When we were asked if we could help him, we didn’t hesitate for even a second.
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<div>Special-needs cats are my heart. They always will be.
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<div>Rusty is estimated to be 3–4 years old, and he has endured his entire life unable to see — but worse, hurting. Eyes like his create daily pressure, discomfort, and sensitivity. Imagine navigating a world you can’t see… while everything hurts. Every day.
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<div>He may also need a dental, another layer of care he has waited far too long for.
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<div>We said yes to Rusty because he needed someone. Because no one else could take him on in the middle of this emergency.
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<div>But here’s the truth we rarely say out loud:
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<div>We are completely drained.
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<div>Financially. Emotionally.
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<div>Every last penny has gone into caring for the babies already depending on us.
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<div>And now Rusty needs a surgery that costs hundreds of dollars something we cannot do alone, no matter how much we wish we could.
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<div>But together? Together we can change everything for him.
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<div>Rusty deserves to live without pain.
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<div>He deserves comfort.
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<div>He deserves rescue.
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<div>He deserves a community that won’t turn away just because he’s special-needs.
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<div>If you can donate — even the smallest amount — you will genuinely change Rusty’s life. You will take him from a future of pain to a future of comfort, safety, and love.
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<div>Help us show Rusty that he wasn’t forgotten.
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<div>Help us show him that he matters.
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