This is the most humiliating thing I’ve ever had to write as a founder… but our truth deserves to be told.

Because of Brucey is in a crisis we never saw coming — not because of anything we did wrong, not because our work isn’t needed, but because someone else made a decision that took away the support we were promised and had responsibly built our next steps around.

We were approached- they believed in us with their whole hearts.

They committed to our operations, our expansion, our long-term stability. We scaled carefully and responsibly because of their guidance.

And then, an unexpected leadership change brought in someone who openly said they “don’t like animals,” and everything we had been promised began to collapse beneath us.
I have never felt so embarrassed, blindsided, or heartbroken.

And I want to make one thing very clear:
The original members who approached us — the ones who believed in us from day one — still support us, still believe in what we’re building, and still care deeply about our mission. This hardship did not come from them. We value and trust them with our whole hearts, and we are grateful for everything their early belief allowed us to build.

But while our committed support “was pulled”, the emergencies don’t stop.
The panleuk kittens don’t stop.
The oxygen-dependent babies don’t stop.
The families begging us to save their pets don’t stop.
Life-or-death doesn’t pause because someone in an office changed their mind.

In 14 months, we’ve saved 450+ lives.
We’ve achieved an 85% neonatal panleuk survival rate.
We’ve taken in the babies no one else would take.
We’ve been a lifeline for families who had nowhere else to turn.

And now we’re fighting to keep our doors open.

I never wanted to make a post like this. Ever.
I never wanted to ask for help like this.
But we are drowning… and we cannot lose what we’ve built for these babies.
Not like this. Not because of something entirely out of our control.

This fundraiser will help us:
• Keep our neonatal ICU running
• Cover emergency medical cases
• Pay for the analyzers we responsibly acquired based on committed support
• Buy formula, food, litter, and medication
• Keep staff in place
• Keep the lights on
• Keep saving the lives no one else will take

This moment is not our fault. But we are the ones carrying its consequences — and we’re carrying them with everything we have left.

If you’ve ever believed in us… please, we need you today.
Help us breathe again.
Help us stay open.
Help us keep fighting for the babies who have no one else.

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From the bottom of my heart and all of the Because Of Brucey Family… thank you for hearing our story, for loving these babies, and for standing with us when we truly have nowhere else to turn.

With Purrs,

The Because Of Brucey Family

IF YOU'VE EVER BELIEVED IN US- WE NEED YOU TODAY!

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IF YOU'VE EVER BELIEVED IN US- WE NEED YOU TODAY!

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