Dumping a new cat mom with her 9 babies out in freezing weather is simply cruel. 

Being a new cat mom is hard enough. Litters are rarely just one baby. Far more often than not, these new moms have many mouths to feed and wiggling fluffballs to keep in line. We see it in our everyday lives. If you’ve ever adopted or fostered a cat who had just given birth, you know these mommas need breaks. These mommas bring their babies to you to take over babysitting duties. They have to teach their kiddos how to drink water without getting it up their nose. They have to teach them how to eat, and if they puke, then how to puke exactly on the carpet and nowhere else. they have to show them exactly how to treat their humans, how to make sure we’re good servants for them. Motherhood is hard in every species. It’s the greatest challenge there is. Being with a human makes the whole thing so much easier… if that human is a kind one. 

The cat in this story was dumped by a not-so-kind human. This momma cat was sweet, gentle. She didn’t deserve to be taken out of the warm home that she was in with her nine babies in her paws and dumped under a dumpster in freezing weather. No cat would deserve this, of course, but especially not one who had already been taken off the street once, a cat who already knew the care, the life, that humans could provide. It’s easy to get used to a good thing, and she was used to it and then had it taken away from her. She was strong, though. This is one cat who was not going to give up, not on herself and not on a single one of her babies. She kept her babies alive and as healthy as she could until she was found. Nine tiny lives, dependent entirely on someone who was not ready for it, and she did amazing. And when she was finally found for the second time, she was found by actual good people.