These poor animals had been abandoned, neglected, and the moment someone stepped in to give them a second chance -- they absolutely flourished. It's the best kind of glow-up there is.
If you have the chance to give an animal a second chance at life and love -- please take it.
If you want to see more glow-ups, there's a subreddit called r/BeforeNAfterAdoption, and it's jam-packed with marvelous stories and major animal transformations.
Some of these images may be difficult to look upon, but it's beautiful to see just how love was able to bring out their true beauty.
"Lily is my Great Pyrenees rescue. Left side day of adoption and afraid of everything @ 18 months old. Right side 6 years later in-charge of the world."
"Found this beautiful girl tied up on the highway. Vet said if she wasn’t taken in she would’ve probably died that night. Took her months before she would even be in the same room with anybody and now she spends all her time with her favorite people and -
"From this to that. Exactly one year when I rescued him. He had a lot of medical problems and almost didn’t survive when he had FCV. He is now a healthy whiny lil baby with a small head lol."
"April 2018: scared, abused, malnourished, over-bred at 1.5 years. Sept 2019: trusting, healthy, fixed, incredibly loved. she saved me just as much as i saved her."
"Bones had ringworm when we found him (~8 weeks), but he still won our hearts. We brought him home and got to work. Here he is happy and healthy (2 years)."
"My love Lape. Found him when visiting home (Lithuania), and brought him back with me to Denmark. Found it bad condition and with epilepsy. Been with us for 4 years now, overcame many issues including epilepsy and grew a lot of beautiful hair. Best boy --
"When I found Fred on the side of the road he was skittish, neurotic, and sweet as could be. One month later he's still all those things, but now he's fat too. Love him more every day."
"Abandoned outside of a shop in September last year- who’d have known she was such cutie! 11 months later, living in a new country and remarkably well trained"
"It's been 4 months since I caught Marley and her puppies. She was living as part of a feral pack for 13 months after being abandoned, and it took me 3 months to gain her trust. She seems to know everything's going to be alright now."
"On 1st pic is my boyfriends cat when he found her in rain meowing alone, 2nd pic is few days after he cleaned and fed her, and 3rd pic is she today a six months after he found her"
"Finn was rescued from the streets of Cambodia. Front legs broken, mouth bound with chickenwire - looking to be sold on the meat market. He still carries the trauma with him but I'm doing what I can to give him a new perspective on life."