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The Little Life Sanctuary heals and homes abused, mistreated and special needs cats and kittens.

10/12/2024

Today I wanted to introduce you to two special cats at the sanctuary and tell you a bit about their background as well as showing some recent pictures. I hope you enjoy!

Introducing Issy! Issy is a severely disturbed and traumatised girl. Over the years, she has gained trust, and she loves it when I talk to her and say her name. She then winks at me, and I wink back, and we do that a couple of times.

When I do administration on the computer She then sits near me and is content just being there at her chosen distance. She is at peace, and she found her happiness here.

Sundara has been highly aggressive and in the early stages it was difficult to serve her a treat. But over time she has gained trust and relaxed in her way.

She even enjoyed massages and cuddles. In a funny way, she sometimes still lashes out after pats and purrs, almost as an afterthought like she is saying: 'I like you now but Sorry, but this swipe is in my job description'. But she has found happiness and peace here.

02/12/2024

Loving Treble

Treble was rescued by my wonderful friends from the Canberra Street Cat Alliance.

He came to the sanctuary and was initially a fearful, distant colony cat.

But after a short while, he gained trust. Asked for treats and started to follow me around when I was working in the sanctuary. I talked to him and he liked it.

One beautiful day, he sat next to me, and when I gently patted him, he took my hand and curled around my hand, holding it against his tummy. This became a tradition.

At night, he came to me and cuddled in my arms and curling around my hand.

Then Treble became very sick. The vets and specialists tried hard, but he suffered.

He passed away peacefully and loved in my arms.

Treble was 1 and a half years at the sanctuary. He had an all too short life but was happy and loved in this time. I miss him terribly.

One never knows when you take the last picture of a loved one.

Every nice word, extra treat, and loving cuddle matter. Every happy moment counts.

18/06/2024

To our loyal supporters, I need to update you and turn to you for some urgent help. I’ve been completely run off my feet. I am so so sorry I have been a little quiet on Facebook. It wasn’t my intention.

There is just not enough hours in the day especially when you are dedicating every waking minute to the cats and kittens in care. I mean that, the cats and kittens are my life, they are here forever and I do everything I can to do what I can for them.

I hope you understand. We have no choice but tonight to launch an urgent fundraiser which I’m really hoping you will support.

It would be great if 12 of you could kickstart our efforts to clear our vet and food bills by clicking here: https://little-life-sanctuary.giveeasy.org/urgent-help-for-our-cats-and-kittens

It’s been busy. Really busy. I literally haven’t had a second to stop. I wanted to launch this fundraiser at the beginning of May. You have to believe me, but time has gotten away and we are now in a desperate situation for funds.

It’s been overwhelming. I love what I do and we see such great results like Ester and her litter of kittens. I got a call to help a mum cat and her kittens that she defended after a dog attack. She suffered several bite wounds and a badly broken leg and so needed it amputated.

Imagine caring for 7 kittens that needed syringe feeding every 3 hours around the clock. That was the situation we faced. We just couldn’t say no to Allegra, Diego, Lorenzo, Mario, Nero, Augustus, and Caesar.

Balancing this with our every increasing workload, especially when tiredness well and truly set in after doing this for weeks at a time. They all are now weaned off and have a great time. They are with us for life and we will do all we can for them.

There’s also Muppet, an older, sick street cat whom we rescued. Muppet was not in a good way and needed numerous vet visits and tender loving care. Muppet was rescued in Canberra's north.

He is an older gentleman who was abused and dumped. He is very frightened and would not have survived the winter on the streets. He is FIV positive and needs ongoing care.

Also I need to tell you about Clever. Clever has epilepsy,. Her seizures were life-threatening. She needs daily medication. With the medication, she is now well and comfortable and has gained weight but the road ahead is still long.

It’s important to remember that every cat and kitten that comes to us stays with us for live. We take in those that desperately need help. It’s a life long commitment.

We need to raise $20,000 tonight to pay off our bills and make sure we are back on level footing.

Just $5 from each and every one of you would help us get there. It’s the cost of your next cup of coffee but one that will help us so very much.

If you can please write the word DONE below after you have donated and please please share this far and wide. We need all the help we can get tonight for our cats and kittens that are with us forever.

Please donate now: https://little-life-sanctuary.giveeasy.org/urgent-help-for-our-cats-and-kittens

17/12/2023

Dear Loyal followers, we’ve just had a committee meeting as things are pretty grim. I need to let you know where things are at and ask for your urgent support. It’s at this stage for our rescue, and I need to put it all on the line tonight and ask for donations.

It’s Martin here, the founder of our rescue. We try so hard, but try as we may, we can’t catch a break at the moment.

Tonight, we’re asking at least 13 of you to chip in to our urgent fundraiser to save our rescue and get us back on some sort of financial footing. You can chip in here: https://little-life-sanctuary.giveeasy.org/our-urgent-plea-for-help

I am mentally and physically exhausted. Late nights, early mornings, getting up at 3am. To be honest, this post should have gone up over 12 days ago, but I just don’t have the time. We are stretched and stressed. I am fully committed with my team of volunteers to this rescue and the animals, but at the moment, we are frustrated.

We are frustrated due to how hard we try our financial position is letting us down. Vet bills and food bills, we have bills everywhere, and we just can’t keep up.

I was put on this planet to save animals like Dolly, an older street cat, and Kelly, Dorian, Sylvie and Sundara and so many others in need but at the moment we just can’t keep up.

Let me tell you about Sundara…She is a disturbed cat. For maybe around 2 years, she just lashed out at anyone.

She does now headbutts with me and loves to have her back massaged, and then she purrs away. Sometimes, after the massage, she lashes out again, but it's almost like an afterthought, like: Oh, I forgot, that was in my job description!

Also, I need to let you know about Sylvie…

Sylvie is extremely frightened and shy. Living in a normal home would be a nightmare for her and the family as well. But in the sanctuary and its playground and space, she has relaxed and is happy.

These cats stay here forever. It’s a life long commitment. All I try to do is to make sure that whoever comes through our doors have a safe, comfortable place forever.

The bills however keep coming and so do the phone calls and the SMSes. It is unrelenting. I know we need to keep on going. Our team does, too.

Tonight we need to raise $20,000. It’s urgent and it’s vital as we have so many vet bills to pay off.

Just $5 from each and every one of you would get us there. It’s my Xmas wish that we get to our target. It’s my only wish to be honest. For the animals xx

If you can please write the word DONE below after you have donated and please please share this far and wide. It is so vital that before Xmas hits we raise these funds. I trust you understand.

Please donate now: https://little-life-sanctuary.giveeasy.org/our-urgent-plea-for-help

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