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Yellow Brick Road Rescue NJ, Inc., Nutley, NJ (2025)

07/14/2025

🚨 URGENT TRANSPORT NEEDED – STATEN ISLAND, NY ➡️ NUTLEY, NJ 🚨

We are in urgent need of transport for two cats who were heartbreakingly surrendered to NYC ACC in Staten Island after their owner tragically passed away at just 40 years old.

One of the cats (the white one) is originally from our rescue, and thankfully, because she was microchipped with one of our chips, the shelter was able to contact us. But instead of reaching out to us directly, the family (or whomever was involved) simply surrendered both cats to the shelter 💔

This is yet another heartbreaking reminder that tomorrow is never promised. At just 40 years old, this pet owner likely never imagined needing a plan for her beloved animals. But this is why it’s so incredibly important to have arrangements in place for your pets, no matter your age.

💛 We are grateful that a foster has stepped up to take both cats together so we don’t have to leave the one not from our rescue behind, giving them a safe and loving landing. But we need help to get them there!

📍 We need a transport from Staten Island, NY to Nutley, NJ ASAP.

📸 Pictured are the cats as kittens 4 years ago. They’ve only known love, and they deserve to feel that again.

If you can help drive them or know someone who might, please DM us or email [email protected] right away.

Let’s bring them home. 🖤

07/08/2025

Update: safe with another rescue

🚨 URGENT FOSTER NEEDED 🚨

We’ve been contacted by one of our shelter partners about an extremely sweet 1-2 year old male cat in desperate need of a foster home. 💔 He’s believed to have been hit by a car — his leg is broken in several places and he will likely need an amputation.

Despite everything he’s been through, he remains incredibly friendly and trusting. He’s otherwise healthy and stable — he just needs a safe place to land so we can get him the medical care he deserves.

We cannot bring him into our care unless we secure a foster willing to:

🐾 Take him to our vet in Caldwell, NJ
🐾 Help coordinate and follow through with vet visits and surgery
🐾 Provide a calm space for him to recover post-op

All medical costs and supplies will be completely covered by us. Cats recover remarkably well from amputations and go on to live happy, full lives as tripods!

💌 If you can open your heart and home to this brave boy, please message us or email us immediately. Time is critical and we need your help to get him the care he urgently needs.

Please share to help us find his hero. ❤️

07/07/2025

Update: foster found

🚨 URGENT FOSTER OR ADOPTER NEEDED 🚨

Meet Archer – a stunning 4-year-old medium-haired boy with the floofiest tail and the sweetest personality to match. 🐾

Archer was adopted as a kitten and has known nothing but love, but heartbreakingly, his adopter is now facing severe allergies and can no longer care for him. 💔 We’re urgently looking for a foster, foster-to-adopt, or forever home.

Archer may be a little shy at first, but once he warms up, he’s incredibly playful, affectionate, and full of love. He gets along great with both dogs and cats, making him the perfect addition to a multi-pet home.

✅ Neutered
✅ Up to date on vaccines
✅ Microchipped
✅ FIV/FeLV negative

Please help us keep this sweet boy safe and loved. If you can open your heart and home to Archer, reach out to us ASAP! You can either message us, or send us an email [email protected]. He is currently in Bloomfield,
Nj.

07/03/2025

🚨 **URGENT FOSTER OR FOSTER-TO-ADOPT NEEDED** 🚨
📍 Nutley, NJ | 💔 Senior Cat | 🆘 Immediate Placement Needed

This sweet 12-year-old girl was found **wandering the streets of Nutley**, emaciated, matted, and completely alone. It’s painfully clear she was **abandoned**—an indoor cat who had no idea how to survive outside. Her body tells the story: **severely malnourished** and covered in mats so bad they left open wounds on her back.

Thankfully, a kind soul saw her and reached out for help. She was rushed to the vet, and somehow—**miraculously**—her bloodwork is **completely normal**. She’s healthy despite all she’s been through, and now she just needs **a soft place to land**.

We are **urgently looking for a foster**, or even better, a **foster-to-adopt** home where she can settle in and not be shuffled around again. She deserves to **spend her golden years in peace**, surrounded by love, comfort, and full food bowls.

🩷 Her wounds from the mat removal will heal with time. What she truly needs now is **kindness, consistency, and care**.

📦 Currently at the vet, but has **nowhere to go**. Please, open your heart and home to this beautiful senior. She’s been through enough.

📩 DM us or email [email protected] if you can help or have questions.

**Please share**—her life depends on it.

06/04/2025

In Loving Memory of Gyoza 💔

One year ago, our incredible foster was out for a walk when she spotted a frail, matted cat hidden in the bushes. The moment Gyoza saw her, she came running—desperate, but trusting. Caitlin was already at her foster limit, but there was no way she could leave this sweet senior girl behind. Gyoza was severely underweight, covered in mats, and in visible pain from dental disease. Despite her condition, she purred, allowed herself to be picked up, and was gently carried home to safety.

Since that day, Gyoza has been a fighter. Over the last year, she required frequent vet visits, battled kidney issues, and endured severe stomatitis. She was on medication, received fluids, and lived as a cherished fospice cat. Caitlin gave her everything—comfort, love, and dignity in her final chapter.

Last week, Gyoza was scheduled for another dental procedure. She had successfully undergone anesthesia before and was cleared for this one. Tragically, during the surgery, her heart gave out. Despite the vet team’s best efforts, she could not be revived. Her little body had finally reached its limit.

We are devastated by her passing. But we also know her story could have ended so differently if not for Caitlin’s compassion that day in the bushes. Because of her, Gyoza knew safety, warmth, and unconditional love in her final year.

If you would like to honor Gyoza’s memory by contributing to the cost of her ongoing vet care over the past year, we would be so grateful:

Venmo:
PayPal: [email protected]
Zelle: [email protected]

Rest peacefully, sweet Gyoza. You were deeply loved. Run free, baby girl. 💔🌈

06/03/2025

Juanita is settling in to her foster home but she is still looking for her forever home! At 6 years old she was surrendered to the shelter after being in the only home and with the only owner she knew. Unfortunately his landlord told him he could no longer keep Juanita, so he had no choice but to surrender her to the shelter. She is very sweet. She lived with other cats and also had kittens 6 years ago that she did well with. She is spayed, up to date on vaccines, FIV/FeLV negative, and microchipped. If you can give Juanita her forever home, please email us at [email protected]

05/21/2025

Foster Needed by This Friday!

We’re urgently looking for a foster home for *two adorable 3-month-old kittens*, Sparkly (female) and Snowy (male), currently located in **Little Falls, NJ**.

Their current foster is heading out for the holiday weekend, and we’d love to avoid bouncing them around if possible. One of them (*Sparkly*) already has a forever home lined up, but her family can’t take her until after the weekend. So ideally:

* **Snowy** would stay with you until he’s adopted.
* **Sparkly** would just need a short-term foster through the holiday weekend and be able to coordinate with her new family for them to bring her home.

They are both **super sweet, playful, and fully vetted**—just waiting for someone to love them! If you can open your home to both, please message us ASAP!

Let’s keep these babies safe and stress-free this weekend!

05/15/2025

Gemma is still waiting for her forever home! 💎

This gorgeous grey beauty has been with us far too long, and we know her perfect match is out there. Gemma is about 4 years old and was rescued from the streets of Newark under heartbreaking circumstances—pregnant and alone. Sadly, none of her premature kittens survived, but Gemma has since been spayed, safe, and healing in her foster home.

She’s come a long way emotionally and is so ready for a fresh start. Gemma would thrive as a solo cat (hello, queen of the castle!) but she also gets along well with other cats. While we’re not certain how she’d do with dogs, a calm and mellow pup might be just fine with the right introduction.

Gemma has a gentle soul and just needs a little patience and a lot of love to feel fully at home. She’s being fostered in South Orange, NJ.

Could you be the one to give Gemma the loving home she’s always deserved?

To meet Gemma or learn more, email us at [email protected] or send us a message.

Let’s finally get this sweet girl the happy ending she’s been waiting for!

05/06/2025

🚨 URGENT FOSTER NEEDED BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON! 🚨

About 6 years ago, we helped a kind older man fix and vet a pair of cats and their kittens. The kittens were adopted as well as the male cat, but the momma cat, Juanita, stole his heart—and he gave her a loving home ever since.

Sadly, he recently had to surrender her to a local shelter after falling on hard times. He was devastated to let her go and only brought her in because he couldn’t find our contact information. This is not a case of abandonment—he truly cared and wanted to do what was best for Juanita.

💔 Juanita is now sitting in a shelter cage, confused and scared. She has only ever known the comfort of a home. We need to pull her TOMORROW before 5 PM—but we desperately need a foster home lined up ASAP.

🐾 Juanita is:
✔️ 7 years old
✔️ Super friendly
✔️ Fully vetted
✔️ Quiet and used to indoor living

Fostering is FREE! We cover all supplies and medical. All she needs is a roof over her head and a little love until we find her forever home.

🙏 If you can open your heart and home, even short-term, please message us right away. Time is truly critical.

05/04/2025

Update: foster found!

🚨URGENT FOSTER PLEA – MOM & 4 KITTENS NEED OUT NOW! 🆘

This sweet mama and her 4 babies are living in heartbreaking conditions—and we need a foster **IMMEDIATELY** to give them a chance at life.

A vet tech we work with was contacted by a woman who said she’s about to **release this little family outside** if no one can take them. These kittens have been **locked in a small pink crate in a dark, humid basement since birth.** They’ve never known freedom, sunlight, or love beyond that cramped space.

The woman is begging us to help with the kittens—because they’re crying constantly and she “can’t take it anymore.”

They are desperate for a safe, clean, loving home—even a temporary one.
**We will provide everything you need: food, litter, supplies, vet care—you just provide the space and love.**

Please, if you can open your heart and home for this mama and her babies, reach out RIGHT AWAY.
And if you can’t foster, **SHARE THIS POST**—their lives depend on it.

If you are a rescue and has space to take this little family please message us as well!

04/25/2025

**Rest in Peace, Sweet Cookie**
Our hearts are shattered today.

What started as a plea to help an abandoned stray cat with a swollen face turned into a whirlwind of love, urgency, and heartbreak. Cookie, who was likely abandoned and living outside for some time, had just found safety 2 months ago. Thanks to a kind-hearted person, Ivana, who had been feeding him and alerted us, we were able to bring him in with the help of a rescue community that quickly came together.

Cookie was brought inside with plans to see the vet and then settle into foster care. He spent his first safe night in Ivana’s home before heading to his foster mom Tugba, who instantly loved him.

But this morning, everything changed. Cookie was breathing rapidly, and Tugba rushed him to our vet. X-rays showed a lesion on his lung, and he was referred to AERA for more advanced imaging. It was there that we received the devastating news—Cookie was in heart failure. Even with an aggressive treatment plan, he would have only had about 6 months to live, filled with medications and discomfort. He was already struggling to breathe.

With heavy hearts, we made the decision to let him go peacefully, with his foster mom by his side. Cookie crossed the rainbow bridge knowing love, warmth, and safety—not alone on the streets.

It wasn’t the outcome any of us wanted. He deserved so much more. But in the last two months, thanks to Tugba and this community, he knew what love felt like.

We love you, Cookie. Thank you for trusting us. Thank you to everyone who helped along the way.
Donations to cover Cookie’s emergency vet bills and in his honor are deeply appreciated.

Venmo:
PayPal: [email protected]
Zelle: [email protected]

**This is the hard part of rescue. But it’s also the most sacred.**

04/02/2025

**Meet Tallulah (formerly Tangerine)!** This sweet girl is looking for her forever home. We first rescued Tallulah two years ago when she was found heavily pregnant on the streets. She was adopted into a loving home, but due to no fault of her own, she now needs a new family.

Her current family recently welcomed a newborn who, unfortunately, has developed severe allergies to Tallulah. While they love her dearly, keeping her confined long-term wouldn’t be fair. Now, we’re hoping to find her the perfect home where she can thrive!

Tallulah is extremely affectionate and friendly. She was an amazing mama, so she would likely do well with other cats. She’s also currently living with small children. She is 3-4 years young, spayed, up to date on vaccines, and FIV/FeLV negative.

If you’re interested in adopting Tallulah, please email us at **[email protected]**.

✨ *Positive comments only, please! Kindness helps us find Tallulah the loving home she deserves.* ✨

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