Five-Fifths of Laura's Brood Turn 8 Today.

MEMBER NEWS. On this day in 2003, Laura, a pensive-looking black beauty, gave birth to a fine litter of kittens: Claire, Sara, Fifi, Dexter and Sydney. Estimated to be barely over the age of one in cat years at the time of her life-saving rescue, Laura was assumed to be an abandoned teen mom.

Shortly after the kittens were born, ORA’s volunteer team picked up Laura with Fifi and twin cats, Sara and Sydney, after having received a call from a suburban residence in Woodbridge, Ontario. Laura was memorably discovered on a platform high above the garage floor, bravely caring for three-fifths of her near-starving brood. Prior to their rescue, Claire and Dexter, having spent a couple of days away from their mother on the garage floor at no more than just two weeks of age, were arranged for an emergency drop off by ORA at a veterinary clinic close by. Claire and Dexter had to be revived by clinic staff before they could be reunited with the rest of their family at ORA. (Further details about the remarkable rescue of Laura and her kittens will follow in a separate post written by ORA’s founder, Claudia Vecchio.)

Since their rescue, Claire and the twins have gone on to find forever loving homes with carefully screened adoptive couples.

Laura, and her two remaining children, Dexter and Fifi, have been living at ORA for so long that they are now considered to be permanent residents.

With your help, we hope to be able to give Laura, Dexter and Fifi a belated birthday present to share and enjoy with their best friends and fellow residents at ORA: the restoration of the fallen Cat Den.

For more information, please contact ORA Volunteers at 416-726-5762, 416-726-8895 or info@ora-animalsrescue.org.