30/08/2026
🖤 The last two of our abandoned cats 🤍
Fairy (black) and Mermaid (black/white)
Little Fairy was the very first of the nine we managed to safely rescue. She was hiding behind an old sanctuary sign in our staff car park, just a few metres away from where the cats had been cruelly dumped and tipped out of their carriers 😥💔
She was understandably scared, but also seemed curious about what was going on. Thankfully, we were able to gently coax her out of hiding and into a carrier. We almost felt as though she knew we were there to help her 🥹
Mermaid was sitting on top of the fence in the car park, looking very worried. Thankfully, rather than running away, she stayed quite still as we carefully approached her. We assessed the situation and felt that we could safely contain her without needing to use a trap. We were able to gently pick her up and get her safely into a carrier.
Initially, we actually thought Mermaid was a boy because she smelt so strongly of entire male. We know that several of the nine cats were entire males, so it was clear she had been living alongside them. We could also see immediately that Mermaid was in poorer condition than some of the other cats 💔
Unfortunately, Mermaid wasn’t as healthy as the other cats so she has been receiving veterinary treatment. We now know that Mermaid will be with us for a while longer but not due to illness…
Little Fairy is a happy, healthy young girly and we think she is likely from the same litter as some of the other black babies 🖤 We also suspect that Mermaid could be their mom, but of course we will never know this for sure. Mermaid certainly acts like it with Fairy though, making sure she tells her off if Fairy is getting on her last nerve or in her bubble 😂🙈
We will share more about Mermaid’s story very soon but for now she is loved, safe, cared for and has everything she needs while she grows her last litter of babies in her tummy 😭 Yes, Mermaid is pregnant! (We will explain more about this soon but the vets have advised us that the safest way forward is to allow the pregnancy to continue due to health and medications meaning surgery wouldn’t be safe for her, and the fact that she is much further along than we thought possible as there were absolutely no signs at all of pregnancy until only a couple of weeks ago! Basically babies are due any day now!)
These two girls are in foster with their carer currently but settled in straight away. It is so apparent that they are very used to positive human interaction. They have clearly been loved. We can’t decide whether this makes the situation better or worse 😕
After being chucked out of carriers onto our land and disposed of like rubbish, these girls (much like the rest of the gang) only ask for one thing, and that is love ❤️ They are so affectionate, amazing with children and just so gentle. It is absolutely heartbreaking to think about what must have been going through their little minds when they were all dumped, but none of these babies will ever have to worry about being safe again. We will make sure of that! 💕
