Mango’s Legacy – Let’s Make It Matter

A Heartbreaking Rescue: Mango’s Story  (05-05-2025)

Today, we were faced with one of the most harrowing cases of animal cruelty we’ve ever encountered.

Leighanne Parvez was alerted to a young kitten in urgent need of help. Reports suggested that the kitten had been subjected to horrific abuse—allegedly thrown back and forth through a second-storey window by children and then left to suffer alone in a freezing bedroom.

Leighanne acted immediately, collecting the kitten and bringing him to us. We contacted the RSPCA straight away, and they are now involved in the case.

This tiny kitten, only around five weeks old, arrived in critical condition:

• Completely unresponsive

• Ice cold to the touch

• Suffering from severe urine burns on his back legs and bottom, likely from lying in his own waste for an extended period

The level of suffering this kitten endured is beyond comprehension. It is clear he received no care, comfort, or kindness—until now.

A qualified veterinary nurse kindly stepped in to help administer fluids while we awaited the RSPCA. Sadly, despite every effort, Mango’s injuries were too severe. He was in deep shock and barely clinging to life.

We named him Mango, and in just a few short hours, he was finally shown the love and compassion he had been denied his entire life. He mattered. He was seen. He was cherished.

We hoped those responsible—both the children and the adult who allowed this to happen—would be held fully accountable. No one who allows such cruelty should ever be permitted to keep animals again.

Rescue work is never easy, but today has been one of the most emotionally devastating days we’ve experienced. Our hearts are broken.

If Mango’s story doesn’t illustrate the dangers of giving kittens away for free on social media, we don’t know what will. Vulnerable animals deserve protection—not to be handed over to households where cruelty can thrive.

Update:
We have now received a report from the RSPCA. Tragically, Mango was put to sleep due to the extent of his injuries. He had a broken jaw, severe brain damage, and was in a coma—along with other internal trauma. There was simply no chance of recovery.

In our opinion, this kitten was murdered by the very family who were meant to love and protect him.

We will continue to fight for justice—for Mango, and for every innocent animal who suffers at the hands of cruelty and neglect.

Mango’s Legacy

The rescuers involved in this case witnessed the very worst of humanity through the tragic, senseless loss of little Mango — a tiny, innocent life taken too soon and without reason.
Since then, we’ve been thinking deeply about how we stop this from happening again.
While we can’t force people to neuter their cats — and there’s no law that requires it — maybe we can do something that does make a difference.
Our facebook posts about Mango, along with the powerful reel Leighanne Parvez created, have reached over 100,000 people — and that doesn’t even count all the shares or the news coverage that followed.
Imagine if every person who read Mango’s story donated just £1. With that, Stray Safe would have enough funds to help hundreds of cats across Manchester.
That could mean:
Fewer unwanted kittens born just to be handed out to unsuitable homes.
Fewer cats suffering, dumped, or left to fend for themselves.
Fewer heartbreaking stories like Mango’s.

We want Mango’s Legacy to be shared far and wide
We can’t undo what’s happened, but we can stop it happening again. Please don’t let Mango’s death be in vain.
Donate to Mango’s Legacy at Stray Safe:
If you can’t donate, please share this post as far and wide as you can. The more people who see it, the more lives we can save.
Let’s create something good out of this pain.
Let’s make sure Mango is remembered — not just in grief, but in action.
With love,
StraySafe.