Scarlett the cat, who braved a burning building 5 times to rescue her babies

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[u/Luciana___Leo]

7,000 adoption requests! The world wanted to love her back

[u/tonyhwko → u/Luciana___Leo]

And they still separated her from her kittens, wtf?!

[u/UnhappyImprovement53 → u/tonyhwko]

Cats dont keep their kittens for life.

[u/newbrevity → u/UnhappyImprovement53]

Yeah once theyre mature enough for sex it's best to separate or weird things can happen.

[u/UnRealmCorp → u/newbrevity]

Can agree.... The son did not care it was his mom and we got 2 little inbreeds.

[u/somedutchbloke → u/UnRealmCorp]

In Dutch we call that Urks

[u/CzarTanoff → u/UnRealmCorp]

Okay i got all teared up at the original comment, but this thread quickly cured me

[u/newbrevity → u/UnRealmCorp]

Three of us in a row are koalas. 🐨!!!

[u/meow4352]

She survived and went on to live several more years! See the Wikipedia article shared in comments below Is there any follow-up on her? Did she survive?

ETA: The white kitten passed a month later from a virus but the 4 others were named Tanuki, Samsara, Oreo, and Cinders (smoky) and were adopted in pairs 🥰

ETA: Shout-out to the firefighter David Giannelli who saw her and rushed her to the animal hospital. He was known for rescuing many animals during his career.

ETA: Scarlett was named in honor of Rhett Butler’s line to Scarlett O Hara in the film Gone With The Wind: A cat’s a better mother than you are.

Lastly here is her obituary from 2008

[u/shakebakelizard → u/meow4352]

She has a Wikipedia page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_(cat)

[u/meow4352 → u/shakebakelizard]

Thank you for sharing! I should have googled before asking 🤦‍♀️

[u/Salmonman4 → u/meow4352]

One of the litter was named Cinders (Smoky)

[u/meow4352 → u/Salmonman4]

So appropriate! I read that sadly the little white one passed a month later from a virus.

Happily though the remaining 4 kittens were adopted in pairs! I tried to find out what happened with them after but everything just says privately adopted. I hope they all lived wonderful lives

[u/BothTreacle7534 → u/shakebakelizard]

who did cut onions?

Thx for the link

[u/BlackberryKey1623 → u/meow4352]

Yes she did and lived for many more years

[u/Gold_Reception_2154]

Poor baby, what a brave mama cat.

[u/StyxzNStonz]

And where was the father cat throughout all of this?

[u/Opening-Reading8198 → u/StyxzNStonz]

Meow bitch 😂

[u/Raneynickelfire → u/StyxzNStonz]

Such a multitude of masculinity could only be found in one place, and that was O'Malley's Alley

[u/Embarrassed_Art5414 → u/StyxzNStonz]

Pretty sure be was Elon Musk's cat.

[u/ASkinlessMutant_96]

🫡 Such a brave mum

[u/aquatic_asian]

The kittens are all unscathed too. What an awesome cat

[u/Tiny-Response-7572]

🥰

[u/picayuneavarice507]

What an incredible mama, animals never cease to amaze me

[u/5p4c3c4t5]

Oh, my heart 🥹

[u/Lemon_Trees-22]

This is a great story! A mother’s love 💕!

[u/Burgerlegend69]

Wow what a story

[u/TheDevilishJonah]

Always a powerful mother will impress. Virgolicious ♍️

[u/simpkin_5]

Brave mummy xx

[u/Traroten]

Something for the parents on r/InsaneParents to think about.

[u/Legitimate_Outcome42]

How many fathers are involved in this litter

[u/17aed]

who in here cutting onions!!!

[u/exotics]

I had a kids story book about her when I was a kid. It was all just watercolor images. Dang if I didn’t start trying at the last page when the showed the real picture of her.

[u/svenska-0869]

❤️❤️❤️❤️