I have admired your work for a while now, and it has inspired me. I saw at my new job (working at a bank now) there is a colony of 12 cats living across the street from the bank. Only one was fixed, and I knew I had to do something before it got worse. I set up an appointment with the local humane society, and thankfully they have a clinic come out there twice a month that pays in full for spay and neuter services (the only thing I had to pay was the $10 rabies vaccine for each cat). Unfortunately they only had enough appointments for me to bring up to 7 of them, but I went for it anyway. I did a lot of research into TNR, got the equipment I needed, and my coworkers also pitched in and helped with the costs. After a lot of planning, time, and effort, 7 cats (3 boys 4 girls) were caught, fixed, and have returned to their outdoor home in good health. I plan to get the rest of them on the next day the clinic comes to the humane society (they aren't visiting this week due to Christmas). Thank you for your work not just in TNR, rescue, fostering, and kitten socializing; thank you for inspiring others as well.

@lisamiller3161

2 жыл бұрын

That's so awesome that you got inspired to do that!! WTG!!! Keep up the good work. 👍

@annazeman8521

2 жыл бұрын

You live in a better, kinder place than most people.

@janelightning73

2 жыл бұрын

You are awesome.

@barbh1

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You are a hero! I know how much work you put in to get all those cats fixed. I got three done, and was quite proud of myself. A charity called the Paw Fund paid for their spay/neuter. Volunteer vets did the operations through an organization called Fix Our Ferals at one of their monthly cinics.

@lindanorris2455

Жыл бұрын

YOU ARE VERY KIND.

I can't imagine how hard it must be to rescue cats. Knowing that sometimes you can't help certain ones or doing everything right only to have one pass away.

@socalslk

2 жыл бұрын

When you lose one, you go out and rescue another 'in honor of...'

@pawwalker3492

2 жыл бұрын

@@socalslk - exactly!

@KimJung-un4747

2 жыл бұрын

Help them instead of a comment give them what you can spare and make a change not a comment

@lunix3259

Жыл бұрын

This happened to me recently... A street kitty I was trying to save died from the fading kitten syndrome. I cried so much

@-_MR666_-

Жыл бұрын

It's heartbreaking and yes sometimes I still think about the one cat that I couldn't help on vacation in Jakarta but this motivates me to help others 'in honor of...' please do whatever you can! If you can't foster them or have much money donate food to foster charities or at least try to allow them on your property. Spay, neuter and at least be considerate with them. We can't help them all but we can all do something small to help and achieve a better world for us and ferral cats.

It's so sad to see so many cats suffering outside :( I wish I could adopt them all, I have so much love to give them

@LilyTheCat151

2 жыл бұрын

My partner volunteers with The Cat Protection Agency in the UK. They do such great work in really difficult circumstances. I see the videos of their cats and they're all so friendly and gorgeous. she would bring all the cats home if she could too. No doubt about it. I wasn't really a cat person until my dog died a few years ago. I now belong to a 7-month-old tabby called Lily and I love her so much. I think she feels a little sorry for me because she feels I need grooming - a lot of grooming.

@jeannette4879

2 жыл бұрын

When I realized I couldn't adopt them all, that's when I decided to do what I could...Trap Neuter Return, not my favorite choice but I feel that way, at least I'm doing something to ovoid all this cats coming to this world thay it's not nice to them

@ItsJustLisa

2 жыл бұрын

@@LilyTheCat151, Lily grooming you means that you are her very special, chosen person. Cats don’t do that with everyone. To be chosen by a cat is a special honor. I wish you and Lily many, many happy years together.

@LilyTheCat151

2 жыл бұрын

@@ItsJustLisa I hope so. I want her to feel safe, secure and loved. I think she is but sometimes one just never knows with cats. I have to say I'm surprised by how attached I am to her. She's the best cat ever as far as I'm concerned.

@Peep1988

2 жыл бұрын

Adopt a couple at least to share your love with them please.

"I know this is hard to see but thank you for not looking away, because that's how we got here." What a powerful and moving line.

these videos got me through a rough patch, thank you for being such kind people

@HOLYPARISHOFDOOM

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. My family are cat lovers anyway, but to your point, these cat and animal videos on YT provide me a glimpse of a love and decency that's sorely absent in the world these days. God bless, and happy holidays :)

@HunterPeale

2 жыл бұрын

echo that

@tiffanystephens4785

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@KimJung-un4747

2 жыл бұрын

Fuck your rough patch, donate like us and end these beautiful animals rough patch!

@Hewanliar1

2 жыл бұрын

Kind people feed stray kitten because they cute, ignoring the fact that in a year 75% of them will die horribly. Good person do TNR and prevent those tragedy. Dont be kind, be a good person.

I never realised Mani was a rescue with such a difficult past. She's a beautiful angel. Bless you guys, and everybody who volunteers to help you. You're extraordinary people.

@sleazyyyy

2 жыл бұрын

when i heard that it was her, i teared up :') shes a little angel

@KimJung-un4747

2 жыл бұрын

Donate and help them, comments don't

@_Meng_Lan

8 ай бұрын

​@@KimJung-un4747they do actually. It helps the algorithm

The mere fact that she had impaired vision and was only sensing people come and go throughout all the time she was on the streets is heartbreaking. Thank You for Your work!

@KimJung-un4747

2 жыл бұрын

Don't thank them, help them donate as much as you can even a dollar would help more than your thank you

I am not a religious person, but truly bless you and your work! I am electrician at work, watching this at break and tearing up! I donate a lot of money to my local cat rescues and have a great rescue cat that adopted us!

@em945

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt the cat rescues appreciate it a lot...but don't let the tears near the electricity 😊

@elinannestad5320

2 жыл бұрын

@@edbovee2786 I get it.

@elinannestad5320

2 жыл бұрын

It makes me come to tears too.

@GhostofSicklesleg

2 жыл бұрын

@@edbovee2786 I know your pain of losing an pet kid. I held my yellow lab while she passed. I still get sad about that and it took 3 years to open up and get our rescue kitten. But I love that cat as much as I did that lab. They are similar in mannerisms, but different in wonderful ways as well.

@Shayna11NM

Жыл бұрын

My late husband was also an electrician and a cat lover. I'd never had a cat before I met him. Now i don't know how I ever lived without a cat in my life. Thank you for introducing me to the special kind of love only a rescue cat can give, Eli. ❤️

Jacobi, the feral cat I sponsor after TNR here in Houston approves this video. It's never ending caring for a cat colony in Humble,TX- a Houston suburb. The cats are eating more now preparing for colder weather as fall here on the Gulf Coast has just ended. I've found forever homes for the last kittens of the summer that were just spayed. Stay safe, friends!

@tomandme5574

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much dear friend from Germany

@annazeman8521

2 жыл бұрын

Good for you, William!

@malmz1

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.. from Katy tx

@elisehalsey944

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks fellow Houstonian

I foster for my local shelter. It's so hard to not "foster fail", but if I did, I wouldn't be able to help more cats. I just wish more vets would help with discounted spay/neuter surgeries for feral cats. Ty for all you do, saving Mani, and I can't wait to see Garfield's story.

@sabthie5836

2 жыл бұрын

Dr. Jeff - Mountain vet from Colorado for instance does this with his whole vet crew once a year in Mexico, the spay and neuter cats and dogs FOR FREE around the clock for I dont know how long, a week or so. A great doc with a big heart! "Dr. Jeff Young is a big vet with a big heart. His love for animals has made his Denver clinic one of busiest in America. Once a month Jeff takes his team and mobile surgery on the road, through the Cowboy States, to stunning remote locations where people can't access vets".

@RamenNoodle1985

2 жыл бұрын

@@sabthie5836 yeah, but he's in Colorado. Try finding a vet in Brooklyn who'd do that.

The urge to call all one eyed cats "Odin"

@DovahHouse

2 жыл бұрын

Lol good idea. I have a 2 eye cat named Odin because he’s orange. Found him crying outside and sitting in the engine of my car! I’m so happy that I have him and lucky he has no major issues.

@i.147

2 жыл бұрын

horus also works :D

"we promised that one day soon we'd be able to prevent other cats from ever suffering outside at all" 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 if more people committed themselves to some philanthropic activity for both animals and to other people the world would be an anteroom to paradise.

Thank you amazing people. The world is a much better place because of you.

@kayshawnsimmons6822

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@KimJung-un4747

2 жыл бұрын

A comment won't help them, donate anything you can

Thank you, Flatbush Cats 🐈, for showing us the reality of feral and stray cats' and kittens' lives.

I am supporting on monthly basis our local TRN organization, in Czech Republic. They are trying to force towns to do their work in regards of care of freeroaming unspayed animals. But you guys were reason why I started to engage with the topic in the first place. Thank you

Thank you so much for all that you do! More power to you! Best wishes for the New Year!

Idk how ppl can just walk past a sick or injured animal! Thank u for all that u do❣️

@donnavorce8856

2 жыл бұрын

They are as helpless as the poor animals - they simply don't know how to help.

@viviangargano4497

Жыл бұрын

@@donnavorce8856 no i don't agree, you pick it up and give it help....ppl just cannot be bothered

@donnavorce8856

Жыл бұрын

@@viviangargano4497 Well some certainly can't be bothered. But many don't have the knowledge or resources to directly help. This is why it's important to assist Flatbush Cats and similar groups who are equipped to relieve the pain of wounded street animals.

For those who want to skip over the rough start skip to 1:10 if you can stand post surgery looks or 1:42 if you can't

@SoleaGalilei

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I can’t believe how many people just walked past her and did nothing! Shame on them, and bless you!

@plaidpanda

2 жыл бұрын

I would NEVER pass a sick animal without trying to help. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't.

@FlatbushCats

2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe the city has allowed thousands of cats to suffer on the street - and thousands more to be euthanized every year - for more than two decades. This video attempts to help people see the scale of the problem and understand this is a systemic issue. It goes far beyond individual responsibility.

@frauleinmona

2 жыл бұрын

@Sasuntidictous Rhoireiphapos That's not what this video is about.

@plaidpanda

2 жыл бұрын

@Sasuntidictous Rhoireiphapos That's a really, really unfair analogy. Most of the same people who stop to help an animal will do the same for another person... I certainly do.

@alinaCatwatcher

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlatbushCats I couldn't agree more. We don't have the same problem in our neighborhood bc our municipal has bylaws on all stray animals. In fact its hard to adopt from the shelters as there are not many cats or dogs that come in anymore. I would become the real CatLady they all think I am if I lived in Brooklyn, I'm very impressed with the work you do. Happy Christmas to you and your family.

I wish I could donate more. If everyone who watches and comments just donates even $5, it would be a big help 💜

@leedomaszowec131

2 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right! Just imagine if people donated just $1 a day. Or even just $1 each. As I right this, this video has more than 32,000 views. How amazing would it be to have raised $32,000 to help end the cat overpopulation crisis? The crowd has tremendous power! That's why leaning into the power of social media by sharing these videos and asking friends and family to get involved is so important. I hope we can get to the day where you see that $1 per person milestone.

@renatoigmed

2 жыл бұрын

@@leedomaszowec131 I'm Brazilian and it would be interesting if there were subtitles in Portuguese for me to pass the videos on to my list of non-English speaking contacts. most would be moved to make a donation.

@droberts8703

2 жыл бұрын

I adopted at my local shelter 🐱🐈

I used to have stray cats showing up at my door all the time, and I would have to scramble around to find a place to have them fixed that I could afford. The Feral Cat Project was started in Seattle in 1997 and since then they have fixed over 133,000 cats. I haven't had a new one in 10 years, and now am fostering through a shelter instead of street rescues. The shelters around here are able to take in cats and kittens from other counties and even other states because the stray population is so low. My own personal colony only has 1 feral left and he's 15. It's a miracle organization.

my dream is to be able to do something like this when I grow up. you guys are a huge inspiration for me, thank you so much for the care you have for these animals. I know the outcome is not very rewarding professionally but the knowledge that you saved hundreds of innocent, powerless and special lives, and even gave them home, that alone makes it up for me. I wish you guys all the best and hope I can be like you someday.

@barbh1

2 жыл бұрын

To get started, you might want to look into buying a humane animal trap. I got mine for about $50 on the internet. Make sure it's big enough for cats. Look up feral cat rescue organizations in your area to get advice, and possibly help in paying for the surgery. It's a big job to get a feral cat spayed/ neutered, but after you do, you will know you have done a huge kindness to an innocent animal. Good luck!

Mani looks so much like my girl! Even down to the one eye and the bullseye marking on her side. She had to have emergency surgery a few years ago.

"I know this is hard to see but thank you for not looking away, because that's how we got here" i'm fucking tearing up already jesus that wrenched at my heart

Mani, must have been so scary out there. So glad you are okay ❤️

Man, you deserve heaven. A true inspirational life you are living saving these creatures. Thank you

Unbelievable how many people passed by and ignored her.😭😭😭

Wow, when Mani told Charlie she needed space I never ever realised that she'd lost an eye. Hearing her name from the beginning I kept thinking to myself, no, it can't be the same Mani, can it? Such a beautiful girl and an uplifting story. She has the greatest song of her people too!

I put in an application to adopt a 3 month old simese mix who sadly had one of his front legs amputated. Wish me luck on being pick to get him :)

Aw so glad she had a happy ending

Flatbush fr #1 channel worth donating to

Sweet baby… my best friend has a pirate kitty too! Still just as agile as when he had both eyes. She’s gonna have a wonderful life now that she’s been shown so much kindness. You guys really are amazing. It always warms my heart to see a kitty go from weak and sick and scared to happy and healthy and snuggly and playful!

I'm halfway around the world yet feel compelled to support your amazing work ever since I began watching your gorgeous videos. So grateful for your beautiful souls, your endless kindness, and inspiring determination. Please keep up your tremendously important work. We're all rooting for you! ❤❤❤

Thank you 🙏

I watched so many videos of you rescuing street cats and bringing them to their forever homes. Now, watching you actually fall for a kitten yourself is... really satisfying. You deserve her :)

The breeding of animals for sale also needs to end. It's a key element to this equation. I commend you for your work. As a colony caretaker I know what it means to care a lot and never do enough. Beautiful story: thank you so much for saving her!

Honestly, I would never be able to pass an animal in distress. You should be really proud of all that you have accomplished and how many cats you have saved. All your volunteers should be immensely proud.

I can no longer watch these videos without tearing up now that I have my own special boy, he has given me such a deep love of these animals. Thank you much for preventing their suffering.

We need more people like you. When I’m old enough, I’m going to do as much as I can for this cause, whether that’s big donations or actually doing it.

This is the solution!! Looking forward to hearing more about your spay/neuter efforts and will support!

@lynnmartz8739

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's already the best $25 a month I spend. That and what goes towards my own kitties and the homeless kitties I take provide for. What would life be without y]the kitties?

@WiseArts

2 жыл бұрын

@@lynnmartz8739 Agree so much. I can't have cats right now, but I volunteer at a shelter and love seeing other peoples' cats and cat-related work. They are just pure joy 😻

@felixc.3444

Жыл бұрын

It also helps so more cats aren’t made in bad conditions.

@est9949

Жыл бұрын

I wish there were organization like flatbush that focuses on TNR in my country. All shelters are extremely overcrowded and in poor condition, so most people just feed the cats on the streets and leave them there as if that's an ok life for the cats. Systematic TNR, adoption, and public education are so much needed.

I gasped when I heard the name. Mani's origin story!! Love the great work you're doing guys. Thank you for all you do!

The laugh before the "we never got around to putting her up for adoption" made me tear up y'all ❤❤

I’m not crying, you’re crying! Thank you so much for all of the wonderful work that you do to help these babies in our community.

@LoserCatStudios

Жыл бұрын

yes i am very very much crying

One-eyed wonder cats are the best! I loved my one-eyed girl so much. We had 15 lovely years together. Miss that sweet, silly girl.

This has ratcheted my willingness to adopt even more.

who would keep on walking by kittens who are that ill and in need? its very sad.... I am glad you guys rescue them.

I perked up when i heard that name "Mani." I remembered that she was part of the story of Lionel.

People just walking by, at the beginning of the video. I'm livid. Flatbush Cats, you're awesome!!!!!!

All cats are beautiful ❤️

This is the tale of a sick kitten rescued to come a perfect circle to save another who needed it like her.

It leaves me absolutely baffled how people could just walk past her like that in the beginning of the video, like she didn’t exist when obviously she was in tremendous amount of pain

I have one of these cats. I rescued her at 4 months. She was feral and blind, missing one eye completely and the other was so enlarged and scarred that it doesn't have a pupil. The woman I took her from who saved the remainder of her last eye, took her to the vet but was going to let her live outside, blind, thru a Michigan winter. I took her Thanksgiving week and my husband didn't speak to me for 3 days (we already had 4 cats, 2 were her age). I began a placement search but it's hard to find a home for a blind kitten. I ended up keeping her and she is the joy of my life. She fetches and chases toys and she beats the hell out of her ping pong ball in the bath tub. She gets around find and she is less trouble than my full sight cats. I would do it all over again. I hope others will consider adopting a blind or sight challenged cat. Thank you both for all you do

After so long, we might finally see Garfield's story. I can't wait.

If this was a documentary series, this would be an epic series finale message

You guys are hardworking heroes. I adopted my senior cat at a local shelter last year. To form a bond and gain the trust of a cat that has lived most of its life with another guardian is a warm and wonderful feeling. I will always adopt.

@ivan00001983

Жыл бұрын

You are so right, adoption and proper care and love is the most wonderful thing one can do for a cat

You guys are doing such important work and have helped me do this same type of work on a teeny tiny scale in my own back yard. Together we can all help to end the overpopulation problem. Thank you. Love and light to all of you. ❤️❤️❤️

I am feeding a teenage mom with kittens in backyard where I worl. I wish could trap them. They won't come near me. They don't even trust the house I bought for them. Hope they make through the winter.

Beyond heart warming, so glad to see Lionel happy and thriving. I had a 24 year old tabby until a year ago, who was asthmatic, and has loads of arthritis. He couldn't jump on and off the counters like he used too, but I made sure to hoist him to whatever his desired platform would be, as well as off. He would sleep with me because of this, otherwise he would be lonely somewhere else in the house. His name was Lionel too, and my biggest regret was not being there for him when he fell down the stairs, and needed to be put down. Lionel, I love you buddy.

How people can just walk on by a kitten in clear need of veteran assistance I’ll never ever comprehend. This isn’t something we experience here in the UK, so so many cats living on the street, the same goes for dogs, shame on the government for not handling this crisis effectively or rather at all! It’s so very sad, and no doubt disheartening to the Flatbush team.

You have a kind soul. The world is lucky to have you.

8:40 Garfield: *minding his own business* Monnie: "STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM"

😭😭😭😭😭 I wish that I've got money to help you out. May Allah grant you health and wealth for all your good deeds towards these helpless animals

You do amazing work. Mani is adorable I’m so happy you are keeping her. And that you have her a big brother as well!

Heartless people , passing near sick animals without helping …. Thanks for taking care of them ❤️

To a large degree domestic cats are a human creation. We have a responsibility toward them. No cat should be unwanted.

Your videos never fail to make me cry. Happy tears though! It just, I literally can't help it. The kindness and goodness and care, to these sweet innocent animals. If only every single cat could be loved and given pets like Mani. My heart breaks for the ones still on the streets but your organization fills me with such a sweet and tender thankfulness, that even some cats get their second chance. Sweet little babies get to be loved.

Oh man, I never connected the Mani in your newsletter to this video before! So happy you rescued her, and shame on the people who walked by an obviously suffering kitten.

I remember Mani from her voice in a previous video: which is the very one featuring Lionel. I remembered Lionel dearly because he reminded me of my dear kitten Soba, who unfortunately left us too early. It’s so heartwarming to now learn about Mani’s story and how there was once an older cat who looked out for her, in the same way she then did with Lionel.

Thanks!

OMG I could NEVER just walk by an injured animal like that and do nothing. I'm stronger than that and apparently so is Flatbush Cats. Bravo to all of you.

Thank you for all you do

God this channel is just pure serotonin

How can anyone just walk past an animal in a injured and or sick looking state and do absolutely nothing?! Thank God for all of you who don't and for the caring people who go out of their way to save these beautiful animals 🥰😉

This channel inspired me to support my local shelters more and to adopt two street kittens. One, also a tabby, had a bad eye like this baby; she is now treated like a queen.

I haven’t seen many ppl in Brooklyn help cats but thank you for being so great and taking care of these cats

@sharonbenn9512

Жыл бұрын

MAYBE YOU CAN BE THE PERSON TO INSPIRE PEOPLE IN BROOKLYN TO HELP WITH SAVING KITTENS CATS ETC.

lots of sad and happy crying on this vid. loni and lionel trill meows are probably the most perfect and romantic ive ever heard.

You guys were absolutely correct, Mani is a keeper.

Beautiful

THANK *YOU* FOR NOT LOOKING AWAY !

So THIS is Mani's story!! ❤ THANK YOU.

I just want to say thank you. The part of this video where you talk about the weight that every rescuer carries is so real. I worked for Austin Pets Alive and private clinics for years before burning out, I couldn't handle it any more. You deserve happiness, success, and rest. THANK YOU for doing what you do, it truly matters. Snuggle your babies and know you're doing good.

I found and recused a cat on my way to work one day. His right eye was injured and hanging out. He went to the vet for surgery and had that eye removed . When I went in to take him home the staff at the vet's office were in tears because in a few short days he had touched them deeply with his personality. I named him after the road I found him on and that moment forward he became Jack Afton. My sister thought of him as a dashing Captain so he later became Captain Jack Afton. Unfortunately we lost him all too soon do to heart failure. We think he may have had heart worms. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication saving street cats.

The greatest compliment you can get is when a wild kitten trusts you and loves you.

So much suffering and frustration that you experience but your intervention in saving the lives of these street kitties is God's work and you are his angels. God is watching and sending you the strength that you need. Bless you for your dedication.

Wow, how do people just walk past her. This is Brooklyn NY! America? Unbelievable. A sanctuary is needed. This is your callings. Must be rescues in NY to help animals. God bless them all. 😭😭😭

Oh my god. This is the story of Manny... And Lionel 😢 Thank you for your hardwork and determination..

Thank you for your big love ❤!!

God bless you so much for helping the greatest gift to humanity, these precious little helpless babies that deserve a great wonderful life. They are so full of love and deserve to be loved and cherished back. Thank you, thank you.

Thank you for helping these poor cats🙏

The way you approach these issues im your videos is heartfelt, impactful, honest and solemn. Videos like these are opened my eyes to animal suffering & what got me into feeding and building shelters for stray animals. Your videos must've encouraged many others to take action & help save animal lives. You guys are amazing.

I am in tears. In my country there are no feral cats so it is possible. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the love you give these cats.

Beautiful work done by beautiful people. Glad you exist!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

I remember Mani making a cameo in Lionel's video with her beautiful voice. 😍 She's like a kitty Little Mermaid. 🧜‍♀️

Thanks for helping these lovely stray cats!!! And may God bless you and your work"!!!! ❤️ Greetings from Finland Helsinki!!! 🇫🇮🐱(In Finland we don't have any strays!!!!)

@plaidpanda

2 жыл бұрын

How is that? Is it because of responsible people, or is the cold climate too inhospitable?

@alexandrahiltunen2130

2 жыл бұрын

@@plaidpanda we had them i think ages ago (50 years) but then the finnish governement put up cat houses where abondened cats can live and you can adopt from there! And foster ofcourse and so on but yes we dont have any strays no more!!!

@plaidpanda

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrahiltunen2130 Wow. So impressive! Another reason you're one of the greatest countries in the world! 😻 🇫🇮😻

@alexandrahiltunen2130

2 жыл бұрын

@@plaidpanda YES it is!!!!! 😊

@alexandrahiltunen2130

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This is why I give to you. Thank you for your great work. And you're right spay/neuter is incredibly expensive.

Thank you helping those cats.🙏🏼

HOW CAN PEOPLE PASS WITHOUT HELPING. Poor baby xxxx

Amazing good job! And thanks for helping these beautiful animals 😻

I love what you're doing and I don't even live on the same continent as you guys.

Thank you for this video, the harsh reality is so soul crushing. Continue to educate and help as many as you can! I'm hoping more people step up and help with TNR!