Cats of Abruzzo

Happy Tails

  • An open letter to Frida’s biological (cat) mum

    First and foremost, I want you to know that I’ve got her. I’ve got your baby, she’s safe and she’ll never know anything but love and good things. Her future is full of nothing but hope now. I wonder what… Continue reading

  • Bush and Leoncina

    The August bottle babies grew up! After 3 months in foster, where I bottle-fed them from one week of age, Bush and Leoncina were adopted together by a new owner in Milan. It’s always bitter-sweet when the cats get adopted:… Continue reading

  • Happy Tails – Cwtch

    I first saw Cwtch halfway through June, behind a gate in what seemed to be an abandoned work yard, with his mum and three siblings. I immediately contacted my friend, who volunteers for a local animal protection charity, whose main… Continue reading

  • Happy Tails – Wall Kitty

    How cute is this little guy?! One night, about two years ago, I was walking my dog in our local area. I came up to an abandoned house and suddenly heard the smallest cry coming from somewhere nearby. I followed… Continue reading

  • Happy Tails – Big Ginge, Little Ginge and Grey

    These three guys were born in a friend’s cantina to a stray mum in the summer of 2016. The mum was very good but the area isn’t very safe for kittens, as it’s surrounded by main roads and full of… Continue reading

  • Happy Tails – Bud and Rose

    On Italian Mother’s Day 2018, my boyfriend, my sister and I took a trip to see family in a small town here in Abruzzo called Campo di Fano. The town has a number of resident stray cats who are fed… Continue reading

  • Happy Tails – Sole

    A cat does not want all the world to love her. Only those she has chosen to love. — Helen Thomson. I found Sole by some miraculous stroke of luck on 25th May 2019 while I was round at my… Continue reading