🚨 WE ARE AT BREAKING POINT — OUR RESCUE IS ON THE BRINK OF CLOSURE 🚨

We never imagined we would have to write this.

But right now, English Barn Cats Rescue is going under.

We are drowning in vet debt. If this is not cleared immediately, we may not survive — and that means no more rescues, no more emergencies, no more lives saved.

💔 OUR CURRENT VET DEBT:

• £4,092.60 – Animal Trust (Blackburn/Bolton)

• £2,558.00 – Vets4Pets (Blackburn)

• £721.00 – Manchester Cat Clinic

➡️ TOTAL: £7,321.60

⚠️ By MONDAY, this will rise to OVER £8,000

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We have taken in too many because we couldn’t say no.

How do you turn away an injured stray?

A starving kitten?

A cat in agony?

You don’t.

And now it’s all hit us at once.

On top of routine care, three of our cats are battling FIP — a disease that is deadly without treatment. That means scans, blood tests, specialist diagnostics, and lifesaving medication we simply could not refuse.

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🐱 This is Lilith.

Look at her face. Look at her whiskers.

She’s being so brave while having her blood taken — fighting with everything she has to survive FIP.

Her bloods were sent to Edinburgh — more cost.

But the medication is working.

Her fluid has reduced.

Her neurological symptoms are easing.

She MUST stay on treatment. Stopping means she will die.

And Lilith is not alone.

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📉 WHAT’S COMING NEXT:

• £15,000 needed by next week just to cover overheads and urgent care

• £20,000 the week after

We currently have:

• Multiple cats needing dentals

• 30 cats and kittens needing neutering and vaccines

• Ongoing bloodwork for poorly cats

• Long-term feral fosters needing sedation and further testing

• Fennec — falling when he walks, needing an MRI

• Lana — constantly vomiting and needing scans

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💔 THIS IS THE REALITY NOW:

❌ We cannot take street cats

❌ We cannot help pregnant strays

❌ We cannot rescue kittens born outside

❌ We are struggling to continue essential treatment for the cats we already have

There are cats out there right now that we know about — and we cannot help them.

That reality is breaking us.

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🐾 WE ARE BEGGING — PLEASE HELP US

If even a fraction of our followers donated just £1, we could clear this immediate debt and keep going.

Every single pound matters. Truly.

❤️‍🩹 PLEASE DONATE ❤️‍🩹

You can also call our vets directly and pay towards our accounts.

If you can’t donate — PLEASE SHARE.

That one share could reach the person who saves this rescue.

We take in so many because our hearts are big.

But big hearts come with devastating costs.

This is the hardest thing we’ve ever written —

We cannot carry on without help.

Please… help us stay afloat so we can keep saving them. 🙏💔🐾