Saving lives and giving homeless animals a fresh start is at the heart of everything they do at the Homeless Animal Adoption League in Clifton, New Jersey. Their team has seen all kinds of challenging situations, but one stood out from the rest.
One day, they received a call about a troubling case. A worried caller reported a laundry basket left on the roadside, filled with tiny kittens.
The caller admitted he didn’t have the heart to leave them but wasn’t comfortable picking them up, because the mother cat was right there, huddled protectively around her babies.
Normally, the league focuses on shelter work rather than street rescues, but this felt urgent. Rain had started to fall and temperatures were dropping quickly, so they knew they had to step in…