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Friendly feline in need of medical attention knew to ask help from a hearty hooman, who also adopts him
Every once in a while, the Cat Distribution System sends out an urgent, priority delivery - usually disguised as a scruffy little stranger with big eyes, bigger bravery, and absolutely zero respect for personal boundaries. And that's exactly how Bruce arrived: he simply walked into someone's apartment and adopted himself on the spot. No hesitation. No appointment. Just pure feline confidence.
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A hungry stray wandered into a family’s garden and found warmth, love, and a second chance at life
When a small, scruffy cat began wandering into their garden, this family wasn't sure if she belonged to anyone. But after seeing her nibbling on bird food, they couldn't resist offering her a proper meal. One dish later, she made herself right at home, as if she'd always meant to stay.
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Boyfriend tries to bond with his girlfriend's giant orange cat by slow-blinking at him behind her back, gets caught, and instantly becomes a meme in her friend group
Whenever we come across stories online about people in relationships and cats, it somehow always seems to be full of drama. We don't know what it is. We think that our partner having a cat is quite a big green flag, really, but we suppose it's not like that for everyone. And we understand. If our girlfriend was jealous of our cat and the relationship we have with it, or if our boyfriend told us we're unhygienic because of our cat and the way we kiss our cat on its little forehead, or if our girlfriend humiliated us for missing our cat when he ran away… yeah, all of that would be massive red flags that couldn't be ignored.
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Fierce gray kitten who wants to be adopted chooses a human, ambushes them, and screams himself straight into a furever home
The ability that cats have to get adopted by anyone that they want is literally something that will never stop impressing us. Seriously. It's just a matter of making a decision. Cats simply have to decide that they don't feel like being strays anymore, that they don't want to hunt for food or constantly look for shelter, that it's time to get pampered until the end of their days, and boom, just like that, cats get adopted.
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Firefighter finds a fluffy feline outside the firehouse, takes the kitten in for warmth and safety
Firefighters are trained to save lives - big lives, small lives, human lives, fluffy lives. And sometimes, the emergency isn't flames, smoke, or sirens. Sometimes it's the softest cry coming from a bush on a cold day. When a firefighter finds a kitten all alone, there's no world where that little fluff gets left behind. Because a rescue is a rescue, whether it's a neighborhood, a person, or a two-week-old baby cat who hasn't even learned what the world is yet. This tiny one was chilled, exhausted, and missing their littermates - too young to survive even a single cold night outside. But instead of becoming a heartbreaking statistic, they got a warm place to sleep, safe arms to curl into, and a chance. That's kindness in action.
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Man comes to the heartwarming realization that he finds his cat asleep on his pillow is because she feels purrfectly safe smelling his scent before bed
Cats really do love their hoomans, even if it pains them to admit it sometimes. But there are a few instances where cats just can't hide their purrfound love for their pawrents, and the cat below can't bluff their way out of this one. A pawrent posted about often finding his cat asleep on his pillow, and wondered why. So he asked the online cat community, and they helped him come to the most heartwarming realization: she likes to sleep there because it smells like him. It makes her feel secure to smell her hooman's scent so she can safely drift off into dreamland purrfectly content. If that doesn't pull on your heartstrings, we don't know what will.
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