A loving, mama cat was trying her best to keep her four kittens safe while living as strays in the Bronx, New York City.

Their living situation was unstable and unsafe, but the stray was determined to keep her babies safe.

Guarding them in a dirty backyard, she was anxious and desperate for help.

Luckily, a rescue organisation came to her aid and changed her and her babies' lives forever.

Little Wanderers NYC is a rescue group in New York City which focuses on rescuing "the neediest cats in the toughest areas of NYC."

When they received news about the mama cat in the Bronx with four young kittens, they knew that they had to save her and her babies.