‘He's part of the family now’: Shipyard workers find awwdorable abandoned cat on site, they work together to gain the feisty feline's trust, leading one of them to become his furrever pawrent

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jan 29, 2025 10:00 PM EST

Much like we all love to tell the stories of how we met our lovely significant others, we all also love to tell how we came to adopt our pawdorable best furriends. We like to decorate our stories with dramatic pauses, special effects, and some fairytale magic, all so that people who hear those stories will understand just how special they actually are.

Some wholesome adoption stories don't need any added value, because they are just so special on their own. They tell the tale of two soulmates coming together like it was fate, and they prove that there are still awwesome hoomans out there, and some actual good in the world. People who go above and beyond to help a furry friend in need, and they end up being thankful for that for the rest of their lovely lives.

The hooman in the story down below provides all of that and more, with the tale of how they came to rescue their insanely sweet cat Ghost.

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  • 01
    Another great success for the CDS. Ghost and I found each other at the shipyard where I work. He ran over when I called out to him and when he let me pick him up it was all over.
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    Well not really over at all since I couldn't just up and leave work 15 minutes into my shift that day. However I decided if he came back and I was able to scoop him
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    up again he was coming home with me, unless me and my coworkers were able to find his owners to return him to. Since he
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    wasn't wearing a collar and I work on an island it seemed possible someone had ditched him in the area but we still wanted to reunite him with his owners
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    if he did run away, and while we posted pictures on a few local missing animal forums about him, that turned out to be fruitless. A few days later he did come
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    back and I was able to snag him though.. five different times since he kept escaping as I tried to get him into the carrier. After finally getting him out from
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    his latest hiding spot (under a building) I was able to pick him up one last time. and put him directly into the carrier for the ride to
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    the vet. After confirming he didn't have a microchip or any health issues requiring immediate attention she wished me luck with my new cat and then it finally
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    was all over. It's hard to say which one of us is luckier and happier about the results of the cat distribution system this time.
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    tamerriam I am sorry, but we do not seem to have enough pictures of that handsome tail. More cat tax needed!
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    Actual MickeyDooley OP My sincerest apologies!
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    Dull-Ad-1258 Good looking boy and a great story. Also nice to know that your co-workers were helping you wrangle the kitty. Seems like you have an abundance of kind hearts where you work for them to care enough to help a stray feral (???) kitty. Look at those beautiful blue eyes!
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    ActualMickeyDoo... OP Thank you very much :) I am super grateful I had a bunch of help, I don't know if I would've gotten him again that last time if my boss didn't stay near the building throwing food to him
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    while I went back to work. General consensus is/was he was someone's pet until shortly before showing up at the yard. He wasn't super dirty, he didn't have his ear tip clipped, and
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    unlike the cats on the yard here he seemed to love people. Whatever the situation was, I'm glad he's part of the family now!
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    DonKaeo Love at first sight..! Meant to be...
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    ActualMickeyDoo... OP I wasn't even considering getting a pet at the time but when he ran over to me and let me pick him up everything changed haha. Thank you :)
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    Dull-Ad-1258 I'm picturing your boss in a shipyard tossing food at a kitty and laughing out loud. I used to deliver fuel at NASSCO in San Diego so I know what shipyards are like. Lots of noise and
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    confusion and people are hustling, welding sparks flying, loud noises from grinders and air compressors and big cranes going BEEP-BEEP-BEEP or sounding loud sirens as they move. All this activity and there is your boss tossing food at a
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    cat so one of his workers can swoop on it at the end of the shift. Cool boss to care enough to help wrangle a cat like that. Really was a team effort. And be sure you will be reminded of this when you have your retirement luncheon O_O
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    ActualMickeyDoo... OP You got all of that right. My boss is an absolute giant of a human being which makes it that much better of a scene. No question I'm forever indebted to the people that helped me out. Kinda making me think I need to buy a few lunches tomorrow haha
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  • Hoomans who work together to help a pawsome pet in need are the absolute best and are what makes this story so great. They did not give up for a second, and they made sure Ghost was able to find a furrever home, and we are sure he is more than grateful!

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    ladymorgahnna What a magical story of good fortune for you both. He's the floofiest, isn't he? ❤
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    Imtellin23 Ghost is absolutely adorable! It's amazing how cats always find the right humans at the perfect time. Looks like he chose you, and it's a perfect match!
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