Couple rescues a tiny gray kitten who was crying out for help from the inside of a storm drain, get its fractured paw in an itty bitty splint, and appropriately name him Love Bug

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Jun 4, 2026 2:15 PM EDT

Just when we need a little tiny something to help restore our faith in humanity, we come across something like this. A tiny little kitten who was saved by a tiny little act of kindness.

Kindness feels like something relatively rare in the world today. Everything we see on social media is ragebait, clickbait. Those are things that are purposefully there to emphasize everything that is wrong with the world. And there's enough of it to emphasize. But there are good things too. Sprinkled throughout your feed, hidden within the maddness, are stories of people rescuing itty bitty kitties in need of help. And as long as those wholesome cat stories are there, then we cannot lose hope. It means that good people and good deeds still shine through.

No matter how difficult it might get in the world, there are always people out there who make time to rescue kittens who need them, like this one shared on r/cats. If you just focus hard enough, you will see these stories everywhere. Click on one, and suddenly, your feed will know to show you more of them. And you want to see them all. You want this kindness on your feed, in your life, showing up as much as possible.

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"Rescued a kitten in a storm drain."

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Honestly, it's stories like these that restore our hope in humanity just a little bit. Even with all of the things going on in the world, people still go out of their way to help a kitten in need. There must have been dozens, maybe hundreds, of people who passed that storm drain and heard that kitty, but it took two kind people to actually do something about it. And these kind people were right there, ready to do the right thing. And we're thankful for that.
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"Update: Storm drain rescue kitten"

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$Update: we named him Love Bug. He just got done at the vet's office. He has a small fracture on his paw and got a splint. He's not happy about it but we're overjoyed he's doing better! He's eating well, using the litter box, and loves to play!$

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It looks like no pain in his paw is going to stop him from doing what he wants to do. Oh, this is one spicy kitty, we can just tell. Full of life, full of energy. The crime rate in your house will spike in a way that you will never expect it to. And you will love every single second of it. The same way that the rest of us cat owners do.
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