UPDATE: The videos of the kitten birth is now available, including the narration voiceover of the knowledgeable rescuer and the moments right after each birth, where they quickly kidnap the kitten and bloodtype them!.
part 1: https://youtu.be/LdDP60K9Qzw

part 2: https://youtu.be/UHlzxrboW38

Spoiler: Thank goodness all six kittens were bloodtype B, as is the mommacat. 😌

Cat Fosters, Rescuers, cat people, if you feel like watching a live birth of kittens, tune in right meow to:
LIVE KittenWatch: Rise of the Catermelons
https://youtu.be/XU7qyLWqXMs

Pregnant feral rescue cat "Smudge" (at Tinykittens HQ in Canada) is in labor at the moment, and giving birth to her final litter of kittens (before they're all spayed/neutered too) -- live on their Youtube stream!

❗ The ongoing voiceover of rescuer Shelly Roche of TK is especially interesting to folks involved in cat rescue and cat fostering, for she talks about bloodtyping the kittens right after birth, to prevent a fatal condition called Neonatal Isoerythrolysis in the newborns.
This is caused by a mismatch of bloodtype of mama and kittens.

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🌟 Rejoicing in the Goodness of Others

There are a lot of kind folks out there, who see the suffering of sentient beings - and step up + just have to help.

Spotlighting today: Thadd Selden and his family-run cat rescue in the Sacramento, CA area,
"Crowded House Kitten Rescue".
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Q: "Why do you do all this? Isn't it a lot of work and money?"

A: "In the summer of 2022, we caught “Cookie” as a 8-week-old kitten. She was starving and had a bad eye infection.
When we took her to the veterinarian the next day she commented that,
“It’s a good thing you caught her yesterday because this kitten wasn’t going to make it to tomorrow”.

Those words kicked this whole thing off. Six months later, we saw what had to be Cookie’s litter mate (...)

These two sassy cats showed us that all of the kittens on campus need to find homes. So, the next time we spotted kittens, we decided to trap them and rehome them, and we never stopped."

(from their About us page)

Thadd and family, I applaud you and would like to thank you for making so many feral kittens lives better! Through your words on the homepage and your kind actions ... I rejoice in your goodness. 💚

May you find good adopters now and in the future.

Friends and cat people, a boost or a like would be nice!

@thadd

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This is why I love the Canadian feral cat rescue group TinyKittens.com so much! 💚​

Since ten years Shelly Roche of B.C., Canada, and her team of dedicated cat ladies and gents have made it their mission to showcase compassion for feral cats.

Not only do they work hands-on to do TNR, to save pregnant momcats (so they can have their last litter in safety) and to treat injured cats (thankfully with donations from their online followers, due to their 24/7 livecams https://tinykittens.com/live).

But a major focus is to educate the world that #feralCatsMatter and are worth the compassion, love and support.

"Our TNR efforts in 2024 will prevent more than 1240 kittens from being conceived in 2025. We've heard from so many of you [YT followers] who have been inspired to start TNR efforts in your own communities, amplifying that number exponentially on a global scale.“

TinyKittens highlights the worth of well-managed cat colonies – at the same time they work hard with every feral cat that spends medical time with them, to show them that life inside with humans is not so bad.
Not all candidates want to give up their ‚feral card’ … these can return to their friends at the colony, for cats form wonderful friendships in their groups.

Now for some laughter (and maybe a tear) - Enjoy their Year-2024 compilation video of great moments and gratitude! https://youtu.be/i3mtU0dwY0A

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