24 Wholesome Animal Memes That Leave Your Heart (and Eyes) Leaking

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Jun 14, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

Sometimes, you just need a good cry to feel better. Isn't that right, animal fam? It's such a nice release of, well, everything, and we always feel better after. But we find it's best not to cry from sad things, unless you have to. We pawsitively prefer to cry from things that are just too cute, like Pixar movies or perfect pictures of teeny tiny puppies. When you get sent into cuteness overload and start to enter the cry-zone, that's the sweet spot for getting that emotional satisfaction without all the sadness of crying.

So we scoured the internet, searching for some of the most wholesome animal memes we could find that are basically the equivalent of chopping onions. These memes won't leave a stinging sensation in your eyes after, but they will leave your heart and eyes leaking in all the best ways. So let's get a good cry out together and then enjoy our weekend to the fullest. What do you say?

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  • 01
    My grandma passed away last week and every day without fail she would feed the foxes that came into her garden. Today when we came round the baby fox was sat outside waiting for her to come out and look at his face my heart can't cope
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
  • 02
    Posted by u/VictoriaLisz 1 year ago TIL a pig named Lulu saved her owner's life while the owner was having a heart attack. The pig heard the cries for help, forced her way out of the yard and ran into the road and 'played de d' to stop the traffic. A driver stopped and the pig led him to the trailer, he heard the woman and called 911. vault50.com/lulu-p... 5
    via u/VictoriaLisz
  • 03
    Left this at our dog park.. So my boy can play with his friends one last time 2005-2018 Hey friends. I crossed the rainbow bridge oday lease take a treat a ball have a play for me. Rocky 4-8-2018
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
  • 04
    Researchers taught African grey parrots to buy food using tokens, then paired them up, giving one parrot ten tokens and the other zero. Without being rewarded, parrots would give some tokens to their broke partners so that everyone could eat.
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
  • 05
    This morning was the perfect combination of sun and wind that I had been waiting for all spring. I said my last goodbye and let the wind scatter Buddy's ashes off the end of the dock just as the same wind took his fur in years past as I would brush him here almost each morning. Our favorite spot. Until we meet again.
    via ObsessedWithAnimals

  • This one…. this one broke us. It hits too close to home. Our pupper is still young, not even two years old, but still, the thought of losing her can bring us to tears if we think about it too hard. We can't imagine a life without her, and yet, that's the circle of life. We'll cross that bridge when we get there, though.

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    Posted by u/Katica123 1 year ago She barks to call him. He comes, they rub and greet each other and they go for a walk. Every day, at the same time, she waits for him... He comes, and they go for a walk.
    via u/Katica123
  • 07
    9yo me being a tree in the school play My grandparents
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
  • 08
    when dad takes you and your friends to the park for ice cream [HL YEAH]
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
  • 09
    r/AskReddit u/OvertOperation • 9h What's the most creepily intelligent thing your pet has ever done? The-Goat-Lord .7h I had a really bad day and was in my room crying, my cockatiel Stormageddon started screaming from his cage so I got him out, he jumped onto my shoulder and put his head on my cheek and started saying "it's ok it's ok it's ok" over and over again. I say that to him when he freaks out in his cage at night time (a car honks a horn outside and he starts screaming and flapping his w
    via u/OvertOperation
  • 10
    Greg Expectations @Kennnaughty husband stayed home from work cuz our dog was coughing. We took him to the vet and paid 85$ for him to tell us OUR DOG WAS FAKE COUGHING
    via @Kennnaughty
  • 11
    Mary Ramsey Verified Purchase Great product I bought this for my 17 yr old cat who is sick and can no longer get up in the window to bird watch, it is perfect for him to sit on the bed. Very lifelike fish. Thanks for making his days a little brighter. 43 people found this helpful
    via Mary Ramsey
  • 12
    so my dad gave the squirrels christmas presents
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
  • 13
    I love my dog. If ever I cry, he collects up dirty socks and brings them to me. They're his favourite thing in the world and they make him happy, so they'll make me happy too. He's a good boy.
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
  • 14
    @nochoir i have NEVER seen a curly-haired mouse sniffing a flower in my life.... obsessively thinking ifunny.co
    via @nochoir
  • 15
    snooch @possumgoo (they are on a date) 800
    via @possumgoo
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    41 Strange @41Strange Lemurs sharing a meal LacaFlex @H_amme1 Thought this was a new spider from Australia
    via @41Strange
  • 17
    When my daughter's rat, "Wasabi Bobby", is nervous or in a new situation, he holds her hand for comfort.
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
  • 18
    NG BELL FOR ERVIC I see this duck couple every day in this dumpster full of bread.
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
  • 19
    LIVE BREAKING NEWS LOCAL STINGRAY IN GREAT MOOD 18:30 THE WATER IS NICE AND WARM AND HIS FLAPPY PARTS FEEL VERY FLAPPY INDEED
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
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    = CAN World Asia A Japanese aquarium bought cheaper fish for its penguins. And they're not happy TV ASAHI
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
  • 21
    did u take care of urself today? eat something? drink water? do something that makes u happy? allowed urself to feel whatever ur feeling?? huh?? do it
    via ObsessedWithAnimals
  • 22
    CAUTION BEAR IN THE AREA
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  • 23
    Ukraine Russia Mothra P.I. @Hardywolf359 When you put out a bowl of ice for the local critters on an unusually hot day and one exhausted little guy falls asleep on it...
    via @Hardywolf359

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