Big Floppa bros and sis pray for help! ????

Big Floppa bros and sis pray for help! ???????????? VIPLEO, Ukraine’s top breeders of exotic cats fleeing for life from Kiev are stuck close to combat zone with no money to get into safety or buy food for their felines

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion nearly everyone has seen the images of Ukrainians carrying their pets to safety. But things can be so much worse. My family in Ukraine owns a top-notch cattery. With bombs exploding all around the place and no food, they have no money to escape and dozens of rare and unique exotic cats will die very soon if the world doesn’t come to the rescue. Even a small donation may help! Please read this plea from my mother:

At VIPLEO we have dedicated our life to breeding the most cherished exotic kittens. In the span of 13 years of collecting and selective work our nursery has produced perfect specimen of caracal, serval, ocelot, savanna, chausie and the most astonishing hybrid — caracat. We were the first cattery in the world to breed caracat F1, kittens with 50% caracal blood officially recognized by CITES and registered at TICA. Since 2019, we’ve managed to produce the world’s first exceptionally beautiful F1-75% (caracal dad + caracat F1-50% mom). Today we own the first and only pure white F1 in existence — the rarest cat in the world! Among other achievements, we also pioneered in breeding the first F4 (home cat with one caracal great great grandparent), in 2020 we have established a bloodline of F4s endowed with blue-colored coats, and the first litters of F5 have a potential of a new breed.

We’ve always had a special love for caracals. Domesticated early in human history, this smaller relative of lynx is human-friendly like a cheetah and also makes a fantastic pet for those who can afford it. With imposing exterior of a wild predator, funny black tufts on the tips of the ears and dotted white belly, these noble creatures are astonishingly smart, responsive, calm and affectionate for their humans. Have you seen those cat memes with Big Floppa? The #1 caracal celebrity, gangsta rapper tomcat and amiable media star was born and raised in our nursery. (Here the owners of Big Floppa pray everyone to help us buying food in Kiev before we fled: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cad9y93qUvA/)

Before the Russian assault on Ukraine, our business was prosperous and gained international renown but our world was blown up on February 24 when we and our animals were awaken with the blasts of Russian missiles at 5 o’clock in the morning. We never asked for help before and never failed to help others in need. At the earlier stage of the Russian advance we gave shelter to the owners and cats from another breedery whose location at the opposite side of the city put them to imminent danger. Now our situation is desperate. We felt adamant at first to stay at our place we’ve lovingly built for years, but our firmness was shaken by increasing shelling and food shortages. After a missile exploded in a distance of 370 meters from our doorstep (see the video filmed by our neighbours) it was clear that staying at home becomes more dangerous than a trip to nowhere.

We’ve launched our attempt to relocate the cats and save them from bombs and starvation death before the encirclement of the besieged city is complete. Without adequate means of transportation and under ongoing shellfire we’ve transferred half of them by now and are leathering on to evacuate the rest, but it’s only the first part of the quest. We are stuck in the countryside close to the combat zone without sufficient funds to get into safety and buy food for 60 larger-than-life inhabitants of two elite catteries with uncertain number of cubs: by now two litters have died and one more was stillborn. Our temporary shelter is unequipped, hosts cannot harbor us for much longer. We will run out of money in few days but the area is already ravaged by war and food here is scarce, no matter what the price (say nothing of premium cat food). Even with severely cut rations in poor-quality substitute products our stocks would not run long into the next week. We pray not to see our beloved paws dying of hunger but without a massive help from the outside world the bitter end is inevitable.

Please save us!!! ???????? ???????? ???????? Our money goal is the life-saving minimum that may allow us to move away from danger, get a shelter and feed the cats.

Anna Kuzmina, VIPLEO founder and owner

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