FeLV+ Kitten Gets The Love & Care She Needs – And Your Purchases Support The Charities That Made It Happen

Written by: Adri Sandoval
Adri Sandoval is the Special Projects Manager for iHeartDogs and iHeartCats. Her work has deepened her love for animals, fostering a strong passion for rescue and animal advocacy.Read more
| Published on June 15, 2018

Part of each sale through the iHeartCats store is donated to Greater Good Charities, which helps support various charitable programs. Thanks to customers like you, happy endings, like the one below, are made possible. 

Someone found Beatrix as a kitten in a parking lot at a local McDonald’s. She was severely underweight, filled with parasites, sick with upper respiratory symptoms, and was jumping into people’s cars in search of food.

A kind citizen took her to a local shelter where she sadly tested positive for the feline leukemia virus (FeLV), a fatal and highly contagious disease in cats. She was taken in by a foster home with another FeLV positive kitten in need of a friend, and was nursed back to health over the course of several months.

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Beatrix remains with her forever foster family and is now three years old—amazing for a cat who wasn’t expected to see her first birthday! She is spoiled and loved and receives the best vet care for her FeLV diagnosis. She is the welcome committee for other FeLV positive cats and kittens coming into the rescue, and she is indeed living life to the fullest!

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“Because of Greater Good Charities GOODS program, we have been able to give cats like Beatrix with terminal illnesses a chance at life, despite their shortened life expectancy. Every cat deserves a chance, and having a steady supply of food for our foster homes makes it possible for us to focus on nutrition and getting the best medical treatment for these cases!” – Tigerlily Cat Rescue

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