A Middle Village pet rescue group saved more than 30 cats from a Woodhaven building last month after discovering that a cleaning crew allegedly hired by the landlord threw several cats out of a second-floor apartment window.
PuppyKittyNYC, a volunteer-based rescue group that focuses on aiding sick, injured, and abandoned cats, rescued 34 cats from inside and outside of the two-story building, located at 80-44 Jamaica Ave., on Thursday, Jan. 25.
According to PKNYC President Meagan Licari, the rescue started after the group received a message on Instagram of an abandoned cat being kicked and hit with a broom in front of the building.
When rescue group volunteers arrived on the scene, they found the sickly cat, sitting in a flowerpot out front. Furthermore, they discovered about 15 additional cats left abandoned on the avenue and nearby streets.
Video footage captured by volunteers on Instagram shows cats running along awnings, hiding in businesses, and attempting to run away as rescuers try to capture them outside.
Licari says members of the rescue team, with the help of other animal rescue teams like Greenpoint Cats, Intimutt Inc., Sasha’s DreamCommunity Cat Care, safely captured the felines.
However, rescuers discovered about 15 more cats once PKNYC made their way inside the second-floor apartment that was covered in filth and in disarray. Licari said rescuers found the cats hiding in and behind kitchen sink cabinets as well as huddled up behind a refrigerator. She said they were in a frightened state.
One of the cats saved as part of the rescue needed emergency surgery costing roughly $5,000, Licari told QNS. The injured cat, named Legend, was already deformed—with its back legs missing. Since his rescue, he has needed to take four separate medications daily.
“It’s truly amazing. He survived with no back legs and managed to get out of the apartment. So we’re not sure how that happened. It’d be shocking if he jumped, but maybe he did because…
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