Exciting News! As of 8 PM we have met our match challenge and raised $26,700 (including the match), which is more than half way to our two-day goal of $40,000!

Working together, we can provide soft places to land and second chances for cats like Sniezka.

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Sniezka

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, more than eight million people have become internally displaced, leaving their homes but remaining in their country, and another six million have had to flee to other countries. Countless displaced people were unable to take their pets.

Animal shelters in Ukraine are overflowing and pop-up shelters are doing their best to help. The beautiful city of Kherson, captured by Russia and reclaimed by Ukraine several months later, continues to experience shelling almost daily.

Among the residents being forced to seek safety was the family of a 12-year-old cat named Sniezka, which translates to Snowflake or Snowdrop (the flower). We have no information about her life prior to last summer when she was released into the care of a pop-up shelter in Lviv, but we can imagine the sorrow her people must have felt when saying their goodbyes. Sniezka has clearly been loved.

Although her senior labs were normal, during her exam, a small mammary mass was discovered, containing cancerous cells. She underwent a right-side mammary chain mastectomy surgery and an appointment was made for the same surgery on her left side.

Sniezka has been healing well and continues to tolerate her treatment with a strong and upbeat attitude. We have high hopes that our little Snowdrop will win this battle and go on to live a long and happy life.

We are so grateful to donors who support our Mercy Fund, which enables us to provide extensive and often expensive specialty care to kitties like Sniezka, to help them win their battles, get the second chances they deserve and go on to live the happy lives certainly deserve.

Thank you for joining with us and transforming the compassion we all feel for the animals into lifesaving action!

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