<div> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A SMALL RESCUE BECOMES THE LAST PLACE LEFT TO CALL. 
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<div>One by one, they came to us.
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<div>The sick ones.
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<div>The injured ones.
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<div>The terrified ones.
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<div>The medically complicated ones.
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<div>The ones who had already been through more than any animal ever should.
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<div>The cases that were too expensive, too difficult, too time-consuming—or simply had nowhere else left to go.
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<div>We kept saying yes because the alternative was leaving an animal to suffer.
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<div>But this week, all of those yeses came due at once.
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<div>And now, we desperately need our community.
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<div> We said yes to a cat whose entire world was shattered by violence.
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<div>Last week, a horrific double murder in Litchfield Park made local news. In the aftermath of that tragedy was another victim who couldn’t tell anyone what he had endured: a cat who had reportedly suffered abuse and was now left without a home.
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<div>He came to us terrified.
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<div>He is safe now, but safe is only the beginning.
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<div>He needs X-rays and further medical evaluation to determine whether he has internal injuries. And beyond the physical wounds, there is a frightened animal who needs time to learn that hands don’t have to hurt him and that he is finally somewhere he can rest.
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<div> We said yes to a tiny kitten dumped on our doorstep.
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<div>No warning. No plan. Just a sick baby who needed somebody to help.
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<div>His temperature was 104 degrees. He had severe green diarrhea and was incredibly sick.
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<div>Someone left him behind.
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<div>We picked him up.
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<div>Because what else were we supposed to do?
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<div>❤️‍ We said yes to a cat with a massive polyp growing from his ear and extending down into his throat.
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<div>This isn’t something that can simply be treated with a medication and forgotten.
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<div>He needs surgery.
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<div>He needs veterinary care.
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<div>And he needs it urgently.
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<div>️ We said yes to two cats whose eyes are so badly damaged that they need enucleation surgeries.
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<div>They don’t understand what a surgery costs.
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<div>They only understand that they hurt.
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<div>And our job is to make the hurting stop.
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<div> And of course, we said yes to Aslan.
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<div>Aslan came to us after what appears to have been years of neglect—emaciated, severely underweight, his body depleted and almost every tooth in his mouth broken away.
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<div>He has one tooth left.
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<div>And that tooth is severely infected.
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<div>Despite everything his body has endured, Aslan is still here.
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<div>Still eating.
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<div>Still accepting love.
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<div>Still discovering soft beds, full bowls, gentle hands and the strange realization that maybe this world can be kind to him after all.
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<div>He needs additional bloodwork to determine our next steps and, if his body can safely tolerate it, dental care to finally remove that source of infection and pain.
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<div>We don’t know how much time Aslan has.
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<div>But whether it is months, weeks or yearssomething in between, his comfort matters. His life matters. And he deserves for whatever time he has left to be good.
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<div> We said yes to a mother who survived something we can’t possibly explain to her.
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<div>She watched a coyote kill her babies.
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<div>She survived.
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<div>But survival and healing are not the same thing.
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<div>Now she hides.
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<div>There isn’t a surgery that can erase what she experienced. There isn’t a medication that can tell her she doesn’t have to be afraid anymore.
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<div>So we will give her what we can:
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<div>Safety.
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<div>Quiet.
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<div>Patience.
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<div>And as much time as she needs to learn that she can close her eyes without something terrible happening.
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<div> And then there is Ranger.
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<div>A feral cat who was hiding in the bushes when he witnessed something almost unbelievable—a mountain lion killing three coyotes and a ringtail, an encounter that was captured on video.
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<div>Ranger survived.
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<div>But he, too, is deeply traumatized.
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<div>And so once again…
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<div>we said yes.
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<div>These are the animals sitting behind the doors of Kai’s Place right now.
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<div>Not numbers.
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<div>Not “cases.”
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<div>Lives.
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<div>Lives that hurt.
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<div>Lives that are frightened.
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<div>Lives that have been failed by people, circumstance, illness or simply terrible luck.
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<div>And somehow, within an incredibly short period of time, they all landed here.
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<div>With us.
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<div>We wish love alone could fix all of this.
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<div>We wish a warm bed could pay for an X-ray.
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<div>We wish a full belly could pay for surgery.
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<div>We wish patience could pay for bloodwork, anesthesia, diagnostics, medication and hospitalization.
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<div>But it can’t.
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<div>And right now, the financial reality of taking in this many critical cases at once has become more than our small rescue can carry alone.
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<div>So this is us asking for help.
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<div>Not because we regret saying yes.
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<div>We would say yes again.
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<div>We’re asking because we want to KEEP being able to say it.
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<div> If you can donate $5, $10, $20 or anything at all, please know that small donations become lifesaving veterinary care when enough people stand together.
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<div>❤️ If you cannot donate, PLEASE SHARE THIS POST.
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<div>Sharing costs nothing.
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<div>One share can reach hundreds of people.
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<div>And somewhere beyond our little corner of the internet may be the person who sees one of these faces and decides:
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<div>“I’ll help that one.”
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<div>And that’s how rescue works.
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<div>One person can’t save them all.
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<div>But none of us has to.
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<div>We just have to save them together.
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<div> GOFUNDME:
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<div> DONATE DIRECTLY TO KAI’S PLACE:
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<div>Every dollar will help us provide veterinary treatment, diagnostics, surgeries, medication, food, rehabilitation and safe housing for the animals currently depending on us.
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<div>And for the next animal out there right now who doesn’t know it yet…
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<div>…but is waiting for someone to say yes.
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<div>Please donate. Please share. Please help us keep saying yes. ❤️
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Jacqueline Danyluk

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