A pair of bonded cats have been given one other likelihood after a difficult journey.
“A bonded pair means a pair of cats who wish to groom one another, eat collectively, sleep collectively,” Hayley from Yorkshire Cat Rescue within the U.Okay. instructed Newsweek. “They get upset if they’re aside and it means they should keep collectively.”
The feline duo discovered themselves on the shelter after being handed over to a vet, and following months in foster care, they had been adopted into what was hoped to be their perpetually home. But issues did not work out as anticipated, and earlier than lengthy Sparkle and Dora, aged 9 and 12, discovered themselves again within the care of Yorkshire Cat Rescue.
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“Sadly, the home wasn’t the correct match for the cats or the proprietor ultimately,” mentioned Hayley. “A call was made to carry them again into our care.”
The pair are literally associated, with Dora being the mom of Sparkle. They have an extremely nervous disposition and might’t stand to be aside.
Despite being nicely cared for, the cats struggled with shelter life, and the crew at Yorkshire Cat Rescue utilized their social media presence to attract consideration to Dora and Sparkle.
Sharing their story on TikTok, they defined that the cats had been “so scared” after returning to the shelter “by means of no fault of their very own.”
The shelter quickly obtained the information it hoped for—somebody wished to assist the bonded cats.
“Someone noticed our TikTok who by no means adopted us earlier than and knew instantly they had been the cats she wished,” mentioned Hayley. “She drove over 3 hours to return and gather them and picked them up on Monday.”
Staff on the shelter had been thrilled because the excited new proprietor got here to gather the cats and take them to their new home, the place they will settle in collectively and rebuild their confidence.
With hundreds of followers on its TikTok web page, @yorkshirecatrescue1992, the crew usually shares the ins and outs of shelter life on social media.
“We use social media to share what we do because it engages our followers and helps massively with donations, meals donations and total assist,” defined Hayley. “We are a charity that receives no authorities funding so rely solely on the generosity of most people to assist us to maintain saving the lives of extra cats and kittens.”
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