Martini
Marti passed away on September 25, 2025. For more than a month, we and the doctors fought for his life. He even received a blood transfusion, with our Mars as the donor. But nothing helped: his organs failed one after another. A postmortem examination confirmed the diagnosis of FIP. Martini (white-and-ginger) is a boy, his age is still unclear. Blood tests and an ultrasound were done, but there’s still no clarity about the diagnosis. There are several hypotheses, each worse than the other. Facts: the pancreas, kidneys, and liver are deformed, their structures are impaired. Blood results suggest possible problems with blood formation. The least of his troubles is an old pelvic injury that makes it difficult for him to move. He is likely in pain.
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Speckles died because of the irresponsibility, cruelty, and selfishness of her owners. Her death became a huge and terrible lesson for us. I, Anya, a Kotoprovod volunteer, bear personal responsibility for trusting those people with her. I should not have done it. I thought I was doing what was best for the cat, giving her a home instead of leaving her on the street. That was not true, and later I understood it. But by then it was already too late.
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In the summer of 2024, Pes showed up near our volunteer’s home — the same place where our Hasya and a dog named Ula would later appear. Ula found a home without our help. Our volunteer fed Pes and Ula, and in July 2024 both dogs were neutered/spayed and vaccinated. Then both of them suddenly disappeared. We suspect that neighbors who were afraid of dogs took them and dumped them outside the city. But Ula and Pes found their way back. They had clearly been walking for many days: their paws were torn and infected because dangerous foxtail grass seeds had lodged inside them. They were in a lot of pain. The dogs were urgently taken to the clinic, and a long process of treatment and recovery began.
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The little one lived for only 3 days. We and our doctors fought for him until the very end, but we lost. He was born to a very young cat who came to give birth under our volunteer’s window. In pain and fear, the cat ran away the moment the kitten came out. He was not breathing, and the umbilical cord was still attached. Our volunteer contacted a doctor by video call and, under the doctor’s guidance, performed CPR. The baby began to breathe, cry, and come back to life. Still guided remotely by the doctor, the umbilical cord was removed, and the kitten was taken to the clinic.
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We found this cat in a terrible condition while preparing the venue for the Science and Cats festival. To raise funds for Kotoprovod, we organize popular science lectures and festivals. On October 14, 2023, we had been preparing the Science and Cats festival since early morning. At one point, a cat came into the courtyard of our partners, Letters and Numbers, where the festival was taking place. He was acting strangely: he could barely stand, his eyes were unfocused, and he had great difficulty getting up and reacting to anything.
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Sprat’s story began on October 14, 2023, while we were preparing for the Science and Cats festival. To raise funds for Kotoprovod, we organize popular science lectures and festivals, and that morning we were setting up the venue in the courtyard of our partners, Letters and Numbers. First, another cat came into the courtyard in a terrible condition: he could barely stand, his eyes were unfocused, and he had great difficulty getting up and reacting to anything. We rushed him to a clinic.
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