'The best kind of redemption story': Kind human rescues 5-week-old kitten abandoned from a moving vehicle, they adopt him and turn him into their purrfect prince

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Dec 26, 2025 1:00 PM EST

You know what they say: one man's kitten is another man's treasure.

Did you know that around 3 million cats enter shelters in the US every year? Not all of these are strays, of course; some are taken in by their owners, but still. We don't have any accurate figures for how many cats are abandoned each year because it's nearly impawssible to count, but the number is probably greater than you imagine. 

With the number of people who discard kittens like garbage, we're starting to think that most of the world is made up of garbage people. Who could dump something so purrfectly smol, innocent, and adorable? It seems inhumane to us, but luckily, the Cat Distribution System seems to pick up where these awful people left off - for every purrson willing to discard them like trash, there's one purrson who will treat them like treasure.

A family found this cute kitty below when he was only 5-weeks-old. He was tossed from the window of a van into their neighborhood, and they swept in and took him home. Apparently, he was a "spoiled floof from the very beginning", and that's purrfectly fine with us. After such a rough start to his life, he deserves to be treated like the prince he is from that meowment on. Read more about his rags-to-riches story below!

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    My brother's rescued Wegie named Wiz, someone discarded him on my ma's street at only 5 weeks old (the first picture is the day he came home). He's been a spoiled floof from day one and just happy and greedy and speedy as can be.
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    AngelicalBabe3 From discarded to a spoiled king. This is the best kind of redemption story!
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    Morningrise22 No cat (or any animal) deserves that level of cruelty. I'm glad someone spotted him, and is taking care of him. Thank you.
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  • Nothing deserves that kind of cruelty in general. We live in a world where people feel safe to be mean by hiding behind computer and phone screens, and this seeps into everyday life. That kitten they discarded was a living, breathing thing. They could have just as easily taken it to a shelter, or posted on Facebook to find it a foster home, but they chose the worst way out pawssible. People today are too comfortable with hurting others because they feel they can get away with it.

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    Unhappy-Video-1477 Yes. I hate people, except those like you and your family who save the critters.
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    browniebaby73 How could anyone dump something so cute?!?! Glad he has a happy home!
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    Minxy8844 Awww poor baby. But now he found you and you found him and you can spoil each other for years to come!
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    Interrupting-Cow-8 Some people are just utter scum. Thanks for looking after him
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    ringwraith6 I wish I couldn't believe it, but I work at a cat rescue...and I've seen such things entirely too many times (of course, even once is too many times.
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  • This is one of the reasons we chose not to go to vet school - as much as we love animals (and we love animals), we couldn't handle the human side of it. The fact that most of your job is dealing with people mistreating their animals, or doing your best to help animals in need, but only being able to do so much. If you can handle that burden, more power to you; we simply don't have the strength.

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    NoDatabase3364 People can be so evil!! Thank you for saving the furr baby!!
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    Moridaar Yes, because despite the fact he's adorable there are some cruel and evil people in this world. Good on you for giving him a good home, though
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    treasures_3248 Looks like my boi, also a rescue
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    AngelVenom13 That right there is the CDS rectifying mistakes.
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    FuturamaGirl My sister saw something similar years ago when she was waiting at a stop sign. A guy in the car ahead of her got out, walked up to a garbage can, threw an orange kitten in and then drove off. This was during a Wisconsin winter. She jumped out of her car and got that baby out of the trash. He had a long happy life with her. He was the sweetest boy.
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    DecisionRelative5769 Unfortunately, yes. But from the looks of things their loss is your gain.
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    tarantuletta He looks like the best kind of trouble. I love him
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    Effective-Yak3627 Humans don't deserve cats or dogs. Thank you for being a good person and taking that cutie in.
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    AnamCeili There are some evil, heartless people in the world. I'm so glad that he has found a loving home with you.
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