The plight of Ari the kitten, attacked and left with a broken leg last weekend, sparked a Napier legal firm to take up a collection to help with some of the estimated $1000 surgical and recovery costs.
"We heard about it and we talked about it yesterday morning and decided to have a bit of a whip around," Robin Bell, from Bisson Moss, said.
"It was a terrible thing that happened, so it just seemed the right thing to do."
The staff put together an envelope of $305 and Mr Bell dropped it off at the Napier SPCA centre later in the morning.
"On the way back to town, I dropped in to see the kitten and he's doing well. He's a friendly little thing ... I gave him a pat on the head and he started purring straight away."