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Honoring & remembering the beautiful life of Leo Nardi 🐈‍⬛🩶🪽
(2012 - 2025)

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Keeping Leo's memory alive through:
• Trapping/Rescuing Strays
• Mentorship & Education
• Medical Fundraising
• Feeding Colonies
• Leo's Pantry

Meet the tree family who stole our hearts ❤️‍🔥On August 1, we saw "free kittens" listed on Facebook marketplace. 👎🏼This ...
08/24/2026

Meet the tree family who stole our hearts ❤️‍🔥

On August 1, we saw "free kittens" listed on Facebook marketplace. 👎🏼

This is NEVER a good thing-- neither for the kittens' welfare nor for overall population control. 🚫

We were told mama was almost 1 year old but neither we nor the doctor who examined her believe she's any older than 6-7 months. That means poor Willow became pregnant at 4-5 months old which is equivalent to an 8-year old human child getting pregnant. It's tragic. Her kittens would've had the same fate. And then their kitten's kittens, and so on... 😵‍💫

Luckily, we were able to intervene thanks to our lovely foster, Kate Piombino, who promptly set up a nursery for them. ✨

Each one of these precious cats is so loving, playful, and friendly. They might just be our most adoptable litter ever! 😻

Mama Willow has already been adopted (FOSTER-FAIL!💕) but we are officially accepting applications for the kittens! 📝

Maple, Acorn, and Oakley will be ready to go home in about 3 weeks after being fully vetted. 🩺

Adoption application (which includes adoption fees) is linked here: https://forms.gle/Ck7jCkGfhDfsN95P8

We need to find these babies a home ASAP because we are MOVING and have other cats who need OUT of their crates that need that space!! 🙏

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🕊️ Can you believe how amazing Dove looks?! 🕊️ What an incredible transformation! 😭 You go, girl 🎀Thank you so much to...
08/16/2026

🕊️ Can you believe how amazing Dove looks?! 🕊️

What an incredible transformation! 😭 You go, girl 🎀

Thank you so much to Old Wethersfield Stray & Kitten Rescue for making room for this precious life. 🤍🕊️

[[[ Before pictures of Dove in comments below ]]]

Today is National Check the Chip Day! 🐈🐶🐾Created by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the American ...
08/16/2026

Today is National Check the Chip Day! 🐈🐶🐾

Created by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), National Check the Chip Day is observed every August 15th to remind pet owners to not only microchip their pets, but to check that their pet's microchips are registered and that the contact information is current. 👩🏾‍💻🧑🏻‍💻👨🏾‍💻

And we have a very real reason to remind you. 🖤🤎🤍🐈

This past winter, when we took in Sara, a 16-year-old roaming stray who was in very rough condition (and looked enormously pregnant), we discovered that she had a microchip. We were hopeful that it would help us find her family. 🤞📍

Unfortunately, the information attached to her chip was outdated. The phone number had long since been disconnected, and her family had a new number.
😿

Sara had a microchip — but the information connected to it couldn’t get her home. It did tell us, however, that she was spayed, which was shocking because...... what was in that huge distended stomach if not babies, then? That's a story for another day but today's message is: 📢 MICROCHIPS MATTER! 📢

That’s why checking your pet’s chip matters just as much as having one. If you’ve moved, changed your phone number, changed your email, or your pet has changed hands, take a few minutes today to make sure their microchip registry reflects the correct information. At your next vet visit, ask your vet to scan your pet to make sure the chip is still in place. 🥼🩺

Kittens Fern, Cosmo, and Bramble (pictured on the flyer who will be up for adoption soon) want to remind you that a microchip can only help bring your babies home if someone can actually reach you. 📞🐱💗

Check the chip.
Update the information.
Give your pet the best chance.

We had such a productive day yesterday at CT State Northwestern! 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛We got:✅ 6 cats examined for free ✅ 4 cats ...
08/12/2026

We had such a productive day yesterday at CT State Northwestern! 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛

We got:
✅ 6 cats examined for free
✅ 4 cats microchipped for free (normally $25 each!)
✅ 2 cats rabies vaccinated for free
✅ 6 cats distemper vaccinated for free
✅ 3 cats ears swabbed & viewed under a microscope for free (normally $50+ each!)
✅ 3 cats SNAP tested (for $25 each instead of our normal cost of $35 each)
✅ AND we sent out Alice's FeLV PCR test to Tuft's lab to confirm her prior positive FeLV SNAP test result. ($125)

💵 Total: $200
We were able to save hundreds of dollars with the help of this non-surgical clinic. What a relief!

Huge shoutout to Dr. Melissa Magnotta of Co-Pilot Veterinary Care for running this pop-up clinic to help local rescues. We love and admire her commitment to fear-free animal handling practices. (Which she's certified in and she also does very peaceful in-home euthanasias, FYI). 🩺

Thank you to Gianna Raimondi & Rebecca Tripp for taking the day off from your jobs to help the clinic run smoothly. And thank you to the amazing vet-tech students, Levi & Keira for volunteering their time. And thank you to their amazing professor & department head Dr. Adriene Cavanna for letting Dr. Magnotta run this clinic in her beautiful facility! 🥼

Thank you Torrington ACO Brooke Gero for donating the microchips & running check-in. It was so nice meeting you; you're even more lovely in-person! 💕

Team work makes the dream work 😻🤝😻

Our 6 star patients are listed & pictured below in order of how well they behaved 😆
1. Jinx
2. Alice
3. Rilo
4. Rusty
5. Spawn
6. Jekkyl

Note: If you click into each picture, you can learn more about each cat & the findings of their exams 🔎🐈

08/09/2026

It's the ULTIMATE brother showdown-- Acorn vs. Maple 🥊🐾

Who do you have your money on? 💵

Acorn (lighter fur) is bigger but Maple (darker fur) is scrappier.

📆At the end of every week, we try to get around to posting this for Feel Good Friday. And every Friday, we find ourselve...
08/08/2026

📆At the end of every week, we try to get around to posting this for Feel Good Friday. And every Friday, we find ourselves inundated with another case, another emergency, another few hours on the road.

So, today is Saturday, but this post has waited long enough!

🐾Many of you many remember Gianna Raimondi's foster litter this past winter and so generously donated to get the Smashing Pumpkins kittens clear of coccidia. Because of you, we were able to get them on their way to healthy and happy lives in their forever homes. 🏡

💘Rescue takes a village, and this is a beautiful story of how community efforts to save animals converge and intersect in spectacular ways. This is the story of Porcelina, Akuma and Katsu with Kiana Saroce. 🐈‍⬛💞

🐈🐈‍⬛Kiana adopted Porcelina from us in April. Her household has two other cats. Katsu (I call him "The Host" because he LOVES having company over), and Akuma (sleek panther who just turned 1). Both fellas are rescue cats.

🐾Akuma (formerly known as Salem) was rescued through Enfield Community Cat Project run by the lovely Dawn Trainor Struck and fostered by Jamie Beebe. We wanted to share some heartwarming photos of the embodiment of best-case-scenario in rescue. Akuma and Porcelina love each other so much. 🥹😻

🩷Every day you see the heartbreak, the desperation, the scrambling for funds... We wish every story had an end like this! Be like Kiana Saroce and fill your home with a handful of rescue cats who will wake up every morning showing unconditional love for you, and for each other.

🐾Thank you Kiana Saroce, Enfield Community Cat Project, Dawn Trainor Struck, Jaime Beebe, and everyone in our rescue community!💞

Sapaii needs our help! 🙏After months of addressing his other issues, Sapaii has a new diagnosis: Eosinophilic Granuloma ...
08/06/2026

Sapaii needs our help! 🙏

After months of addressing his other issues, Sapaii has a new diagnosis: Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex 🩺🥼

We learned about this condition today and when we learn, you learn, too. 🧠

Sapaii has an outstanding balance of $352.96 at Hebron Vet Hospital which we need to resolve soon so they keep helping out our small rescue. If you can't help with that, please consider purchasing some of the exorbitantly expensive food he needs to eat now. 🙃

We have 27 cats & kittens under our care right now (including some tiny, fuzzy newcomers 🤭) and the daily costs are astronomical, especially for our problem child, Sapaii. 💸💰

Sapaii is more like Leo than any other cat we have rescued/fostered. Suchhhh a problem child. We love him so much but we literally don't even know what to do with him. 🤦🏻‍♀️

What we DO know is: Sapaii is the most loving, friendly, and affectionate cat we've ever encountered. EVERYONE who meets him wants to adopt him. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

It breaks our hearts that someone dumped him outside, all alone, in April, to fend for himself. Yes, he's a problem child, but that's no excuse. He was failed and when nobody else stepped up to help him, we did. But with a cat like Sapaii, it takes a village. 🙏

Food can be shipped to
Leo's Love & Legacy
18 Woodruff Ct
New Britain, CT 06053

8/5 Update: Popcorn will be discharged from the vet today and he will go to our friends at Milo's Bravest Friends for wo...
08/05/2026

8/5 Update: Popcorn will be discharged from the vet today and he will go to our friends at Milo's Bravest Friends for wound care & recovery. Then, in 2-3 weeks, he will come back to us for neuter & adoption 🥰 🍿

Thank you SO much to volunteer Gianna Raimondi for arranging this ideal placement! 🩺⚕️🏥🐾
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👀 Seeking placement TOMORROW WED 8/5 EVENING for FRIENDLY orange male named Popcorn 🍿🐈

- SNAP tested (neg / neg) 🩸✅
- Convenia (antibiotic shot) done 💉✅
- Examined by veterinarian 🥼✅
- Rabies shot done 💉✅
- Bloodwork done 🩸✅
- Wound care done 🩹✅

*** NOT NEUTERED YET ***

Popcorn was a stray who went seeking help on a stranger's porch on Saturday. He's been boarded at the vet for 3 days. He's being discharged tomorrow & we are struggling to find any placement for him. 😿

If someone can foster through OUR rescue, please fill out this application: https://forms.gle/YBqNLRPrnvGGSWF86 📝

(**The closer to New Britain/Newington, the better, so I can come check wound daily) 📍

Otherwise, we have NO place for him and NEED another rescue to take him. We could transport. 🚙

The issue is not having anywhere for him to physically go. He needs to be discharged tomorrow. ⏭️

Thank you in advance! 🙏
Please help Popcorn! ❤️‍🩹

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