Mother Cat & Kittens Trapped in Vacant House to be Demolished!

The post was off-topic—the yahoo message group was devoted to pigeons—but like an emergency fire brigade passing buckets of water from person to person, people around the city started forwarding the email to each other.

The kittens were huddled on the top floor of a condemned house in Woodside; the contractor was willing to allow access, but could do nothing for the cats once the house started to come down. A friend forwarded the email to the Urban Cat League—“can you guys help?”—and we swung into action, making contact with willing rescuers in Queens. They were able to rescue these adorable kittens just in time.