Help Blind Cats See a Future!

Friends,
 
Since I last wrote to you, the BCR family has experienced some tough losses. Cody, a leukemia-positive kitty who arrived in March, suddenly passed away. Our dear diva, Jackie, developed some significant health problems and passed away in October. We also lost Enzo, a leukemia-positive kitty who arrived in May of last year, Bowser, Billy Bob, and, most suddenly, Ella, who developed a tumor.
 
We do our best for every BCR kitty and, when it’s time, we want them all to leave this world surrounded by love and with dignity. Such losses are always hard on the staff. We feel each loss acutely and miss each kitty who enriched our lives so much every day.
 
Every kitty who lives at BCR and crossed the Rainbow Bridge leaves a legacy behind them. When they leave us, they open the door for another kitty who needs the love and care BCR will give them for their lifetime. Your generosity makes this evolution possible and literally saves lives.
 
Since August, we’ve welcomed seven new kitty residents who all come with sad pasts and tough lives:
     Buddy (FIV+) who was living outside trying to get by on his own when he was rescued.
     Cale (FIV and leukemia+) who was in a community cat colony and rescued twice.
     Critter (leukemia+) who was wandering in a neighborhood struggling on his own
     Flower (blind) a senior kitty who was living in a manhole beside a busy road in Miami, FL
     King (leukemia+) who showed a TNR trapper that he had something special and was rescued.
     Winifred (FIV+) the youngest-ever FIV kitten at BCR who was 5 weeks old when she arrived after being
           found in the middle of a busy road.
     Ziggy (blind/neurological issues) who had had three litters of kittens and who died during spay surgery
           and was revived but with no sight and having to learn all over again how to walk, eat, drink and use
           the litter box.
 
Each of these sweet cats came to BCR because someone - or several someones - cared enough to save them from euthanasia, which would certainly have been their fates. We are so grateful that BCR can be their safe forever home, where they can show the world that they and all cats like them deserve to live and be cherished family pets.
 
You are one of those “several someones” who help give cats who need a home one they’ll have forever. We thank you from the heart for being such an important part of their journey – and ours.
 
With gratitude for your continuing kindness and wishes for a wonderful holiday season,
 
Sam & the Cats

Links:

• Find us here!
• Meet the BCR cats!

Dear friends –

In the warm days of mid-summer, the BCR cats are enjoying their catios while they nap in the sun, listen to birds singing and chase after the bugs that fly in! Seeing them all content, healthy and enjoying their lives is how we live out our mission every day.

The cats themselves carry out a second part of our mission daily just by being themselves. With every live tour or chat session on Facebook, Instagram or Tik Tok, and through all our 24-hour live cameras, each BCR cat shows the world every day that they – and cats like them – are in no way handicapped and that they can and should be loved family pets.

People all around the globe see them living wonderful normal cat lives as they play and are cared for by our staff and our wonderful visitors and volunteers. It’s always our hope that by seeing them in action, others will become advocates for blind, FIV- and leukemia-positive cats and more and more will find loving forever homes.

You have an important role in enabling both parts of our mission every day. Your direct support for the cats and BCR allows us to offer them a lifetime in the safe and loving home that they deserve so much. Your donations go right to their care and for that we are so very grateful.

I hope you’ve tuned into our live 24-hour cameras and have seen your generosity in action. If not, please visit https://blindcatrescue.com/watchus.htm

With deep gratitude for your kindness,

Sam & the Cats

P.S.  Please meet our two newest BCR cats, Chief and Velcro (both FIV and leukemia positive).  Both have had their initial vet visit and we hope to get them into their rooms soon!