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14/12/2025

✨ Poppy ✨

This gorgeous girl recently joined the rest of the cats in our office after spending over three long months at the vets. When we found her, she was on the brink of death. She was battling a severe respiratory infection, anaemia, jaundice, neurological FIP, bed sores… the list goes on. Truly, it’s a miracle that Poppy is still alive.

But not only is she alive — she’s thriving 🧡
And now, we’re finally going to start preparing her for travel.

Poppy is already microchipped, as we had her spayed at the government clinic last year. The Istanbul municipality shelters microchip all cats they spay and neuter — but the chips aren’t registered to anyone. This makes them incredibly pointless and creates endless difficulties for rescuers like us.

So this week, we have to take her back to the government clinic to register the chip in our name, then go to the Agriculture Office to obtain her pet passport. Unfortunately, vets are not allowed to do this registration.
To make matters worse, as of 31 December, vets in Turkey will no longer be able to register cats over 6 months old on the system at all.

From 1 January 2026, everyone including rescues will be forced to take cats directly to shelters for microchipping first and then local Agriculture Offices for pet passports instead.

As if rescue work wasn’t already hard enough… once again, it’s being made even harder 💔

But for Poppy — and cats like her — we keep going.

13/12/2025

✨Adopt Wednesday✨

This pretty little lady was just 5-months old when she was hit by a car. The locals had sent her to the local municipality shelter for surgery. They amputated her left front leg and spayed her. A few days later, they brought her back to where she was found — but the locals didn’t want her there.

So they kept her locked inside a carrier all day until one of them finished work so they could dump her somewhere else😢 They said they didn’t want the “responsibility” of a 3-legged kitten.

When we heard what they planned to do, we couldn’t turn our backs. We took her in — and thank goodness we did.

Her wound was oozing with pus and she had a respiratory infection💔

After spending a month at the vets, she thankfully made a full recovery! She joined the rest of our cats recently and we couldn’t be happier to have her with us. Wednesday can travel to the UK in 3 months. Please consider opening your home to this sweet tripod🙏🏻

By adopting one of our cats, you will make room for another cat on the streets

Adoption Application link in bio💜

✅ Female
✅ 6 months old
✅ Microchipped
✅ Fully Vaccinated
✅ Spayed
✅ Very affectionate
✅ She loves other cats
✅ Indoor only

11/12/2025

✨ Our 2025 Adoptions✨

This year, we watched street cats who were once suffering on the streets of Istanbul, go to warm homes, soft beds and loving arms in the UK, Germany and even Canada!

Here are the lucky cats who got their second chance in 2025:

🎉 4 Siblings – Jupiter, Journey, Jinx & Jax
Now living their best lives together in Canada 🍁

🎉 Wesley & Robin
Adopted together in London 🐈🐈‍⬛

🎉 Arnold – now Hayko
Found his happy ending in Germany 🇩🇪

🎉 Toby – Brighton boy by the sea 🌊

🎉 Albert – Bristol thanks to 💕

🎉 Ella (Bella), Jade (Bonnie) & Jasper (Barry) - All adopted by Bob’s wonderful mummy in Kent 💜

🎉 Thomas – now O’Malley
Living in Wi******er 😻

🎉 Oscar – Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🎉 Grace – London 🌸

🎉 Morris – London 🐼

Each one of these cats started the year on the streets of Türkiye… and ended it in a warm, loving home — because of you.
Thank you for adopting, supporting, donating, sharing and believing in our mission🙏🏻

Let’s get even more cats rehomed in 2026. They’re waiting. And we’re ready 🐾💫

08/12/2025

✨Adopt Dolly✨

We found this gorgeous little lady wandering inside a cemetery in our neighbourhood — half of her back leg was missing. Despite her disability, she had recently given birth to seven kittens. Only one survived. Can you imagine giving birth and caring for your babies while limping through the streets on three legs?

Well, those days are far behind her now that she’s in our care. We brought her to our office after she was spayed — she will never return to the streets again. She was microchipped and vaccinated against rabies.

Dolly can travel to the UK in 3.5 months. Please consider opening your home to her. She’s an incredibly sweet girl with a very quirky character. We absolutely adore her and cannot wait to see her live the life she deserves!

By adopting one of our cats, you will make room for another cat on the streets🙏🏻

Adoption Application link in bio💜

✅ Female
✅ 1 year old
✅ Microchipped
✅ Fully Vaccinated
✅ Spayed
✅ Very affectionate
✅ She tolerates other cats but would benefit from being an only cat
✅ Indoor only

05/12/2025

Throwback to two years ago, when we found little Milo on the side of the road with a rotting jaw. A very busy road with hundreds of passerby a day. He was just a 5-month-old kitten — fragile and in pain. Nobody stopped…except us. Fast forward to today, and look at him now — a handsome, confident young chap with the sweetest nature💜

He and his brother Otis are ready to find their forever homes. If you’ve been thinking about adopting, this is your sign. These boys have survived so much — now they deserve nothing but love. Give them the life they’ve been waiting for🙏🏻

02/12/2025

We rescued these different kittens over the past three months. We spent so much time and money to keep them all alive. When they were finally ready to leave the vet, we placed them in what we believed was a safe, locked area behind a building — somewhere they could stay until they were old enough to be spayed. They were fed daily, cared for and finally safe.

Then the tuxedo disappeared. At first, we thought maybe a bird had taken him. But the truth was much worse.

A neighbour discovered a 10 year old child from the opposite building had climbed down and taken our kittens “to play with them.” Two were found and returned. Then another was taken.

Finally, his mum admitted he took the tuxedo kitten too — and claimed they “put him outside after he was done”.

We searched everywhere. We will never know what happened to him. The mother argued with us and said: “He’s just a stray kitten. We can do what we want.”

And that’s the heartbreaking truth.
Stray animals have no protection.
No justice. No safety.

We’ve now moved the remaining kittens again. But nowhere is truly safe for them. Nowhere is safe for stray cats💔

26/11/2025

✨ Adopt Crookshanks ✨

Back in September, our neighbour told us about a tiny kitten struggling to survive on the streets. When we found him, his little body was burning with a 41°C fever. His ears were full of infection and mites, his breathing was laboured from a respiratory infection, and he was crawling with fleas. The constant blood loss had left him anemic and weak💔

After two weeks of treatment, we were finally able to discharge him—but just a week later, he fell sick again. His ears were infected once more, and this time, the polyp in his ear was visible to the naked eye.
Crookshanks was readmitted to the vets, where he had surgery to remove the ear polyp and was also neutered. We knew we couldn’t return this fragile boy to the streets, where he’d almost certainly fall ill again.

He’s now microchipped and vaccinated. And he’s going to have his Titer test done in a few days. He’ll be able to travel to the UK 3 months after his test.

Please consider opening your home to this gorgeous boy💜

✅ Male
✅ 8 months old
✅ Microchipped
✅ Fully Vaccinated
✅ Neutered
✅ Extremely affectionate
✅ Very playful
✅ Gets along with other cats

25/11/2025

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