Tenant gets evicted from housing project where a pregnant cat had just had kittens and refuses to let anyone inside, the kittens get rescued, but the momma cat stays locked inside: 'Their poor momma was running out of time'

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Apr 18, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

Our cats are part of our families, and we don't understand how there are some cat owners out there who don't quite seem to get that. The number of times that we have heard about people abandoning their cats when they move is abhorrent. You wouldn't just leave your child like that, or your parent or partner. That is what you are to our cat - family. And if you move, you take your cat with you, even if it means taking your cat on a plane or a long drive. You find a way. 

But if you find yourself in a situation like this - getting evicted, having no one else to give your cats to and not knowing what to do with your cats, you do the right thing - which is rehoming the cats. It's a hard decision, one of the hardest you could make. But what matters at the end of the day is the cats' wellbeing. Unfortunately, it's not what mattered for the evicted person in question in this story, so someone else had to step in. 

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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats well I've had an extremely stressful 24 hrs! I was contacted yesterday about 5 baby kittens who needed help. Mama cat had her babies in someone's apartment at a homeless housing project. The tenant got evicted - 8:20 AM Apr 12, 2025 277.4K Views 115 1K 18K 621
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  • Goodness, so much could have gone wrong in this situation. We're so happy that it turned out the way that it did. We don't know how rescuers do this all the time. The stress alone, the worry about the momma cat and the babies, would have done us in. Thank you. The world needs more people like you. 

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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats and therefore the apartment had to be locked up for 15 days and by law, no one can enter. The tenant, who was not in their right mind, let the property manager take the kittens but refused to let them take the mama cat, claiming she was his property (nope) - • • 8:20 AM Apr 12, 2025 40.7K Views
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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats and he'd rather her di inside the apartment than let anyone take her or even just let her go free so she'd be able to find food for herself. There was another adult cat already de d in the unit. • 8:20 AM Apr 12, 2025 40.2K Views
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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats The property manager took the kittens and the authorities locked mama cat inside the unit, in dirty, horrendous living conditions without food and water, to starve and di while frantically searching for her babies. • 8:20 AM Apr 12, 2025 41.5K Views
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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats Upon hearing this, I of course took the kittens, but got right to figuring out how to save mom. In the past 24 hrs, I've been contacting the property managers, the housing org, the police department, animal control, everyone. All while trying to bottle feed these kittens - 8:20 AM ⚫ Apr 12, 2025 54.3K Views
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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats who were NOT latching no matter what I tried, and were just crying and searching for their mom. I was so worried for them and their poor mama and was running out of time. • 8:20 AM Apr 12, 2025 54.2K Views
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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats I won't go into detail about how I was able to save mama cat tonight, just know it happened and after a very very very long day, all is right in the world for this little family. Kittens and mama have full bellies and everyone can finally relax a little, myself included 8:20 AM ⚫ Apr 12, 2025 139.4K Views
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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats If you'd like to make a donation toward the care of this new cuddle puddle, we would very much appreciate it. We also took in 2 senior cats in the past 24 hrs in the midst of all of this so now would be a great time to toss us a couple bucks for the cats! • 8:20 AM ⚫ Apr 12, 2025 · 60.4K Views
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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats Paypal: paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Donorbox: donorbox.org/friends-of-bea... Venmo: friendsofbear ***MAKE SURE YOU ARE SENDING TO THE CORRECT ACCOUNT, UNDER "CHARITIES"*** Charities friends of bear cor rescue Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @friendsofbear • • 8:20 AM Apr 12, 2025 62.4K Views
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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats mama cat rates her Friends of Bear experience an 11/10 so far, mostly for our special Mama Cat Head Massage: When Your Babies Be Babying All the TimeTM services 7:25 PM Apr 13, 2025 69.8K Views 26 17318 7.4K 143
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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats the babies have me at a solid 7/10 rating right now, they knocked down a few points because of the 24 hours I was trying to convince them a stuffed cat was their mother while I struggled to save the real one • 7:25 PM Apr 13, 2025 64.2K Views
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  • Five stars or ten doesn't matter. They are in good hands now, we know it, and we know that you are going to do everything possible to get them adopted by good people. For now though, enjoy the shenanigans. We're sure that with this many kittens, there are plenty of them. 

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    Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats and yes the calico runt is absolutely ridiculous. like what is that face • 7:28 PM Apr 13, 2025 - 87.3K Views
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