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In July 2011, we received a call about a young, un-neutered brown tabby who had been seen hobbling on a broken leg. Neighbors saw blood on the snow from his open wounds but ignored his dilemma; to them, he appeared merely a bold and aggressive nuisance.

We set humane traps to be monitored by the homeowner, who called the next day to say, “The cat went into the trap ... come and get him, and DON’T bring him back.”

Little did they know how sweet this cat really was! Once we paid for amputation surgery so that he was no longer in terrible pain and showered him with love, he flourished.

We named the big guy Floyd, after the street he came from, and posted the handsome three-legged boy’s story and photo with a local adoption group. Floyd's life was about to change dramatically again.

A professor ducked into a local pet store to get out of the rain and found herself in the midst of Saturday afternoon cat adoptions. When she saw Floyd's picture, she immediately fell in love and was smitten with his story. It didn't take but a few days before the rescue team delivered Floyd to her home, where he has flourished. That is not the end of Floyd's good fortune, though!

A year later, his owner told us that Floyd was restless and needed a friend. She had just learned that we were rescuing a tiny abandoned tuxedo kitten from rural Georgia that coincidentally also had lost her right front leg from a recent injury.

Floyd's “mom” agreed to try to introduce Floyd and tiny Edie to determine if the two would get along. To our delight, it was love at first sight! They now live very happily together: playing, cuddling, chasing.

This stray that ran for years, struggling for survival, and a tiny kitten rescued at a rural Georgia dumpster, found each other through volunteer rescuers who passionately try to help. As we often say, "This is what keeps us going ... this is what we do."