Caring couple finds a 5-week-old kitten under their car in a gas station, just after talking about getting their 4-year-old feline family member a new friend

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Jun 16, 2026 10:15 AM EDT

When you wish upon a cat, makes no difference where you are, anything your heart desires, CDS will deliver to you.

It seems the CDS is just as alive and kicking as it was in the day it was first discovered. It was always a known fact that the Cat Distribution System are the purrfect match makers of the cat adoption world, but the thing is - they literally never slow down, and always keep on showing us how they do the most purrfect job ever. And when we see adoption stories like this one, of a lonely kitten being adopted, we understand it even more. Because the CDS doesn't just match the cat in need to the people who will give them forever homes - they match the people who wish for a cat to the perfect little feline family extension they've always wanted.

Besides, it's always funny to see these people writing in the r/notmycat community, because it starts as "this is not my cat, but here's what had happened until this point…" and usually it ends in a Not My Cat becoming Yes My Cat, as the post and its updates continue. And the person updating on this kitten in a gas station solidifies the CDS's importance - they wished for a cat, and a kitten in need is going to get to his forever home.

We know kind people who adopt cats are everywhere, but we truly believe they should be celebrated. So here's to this couple with a cat, who adopted another one!

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This is sort of a joke, but not really. Because when you care for a cat, getting them off the streets, nursing them back to health - it's hard to let go. Yes, even if you know they're going to a very lovely forever home. It happened to us with a kitten we saved from a dangerous situation, who couldn't stay with us (and our already nervous resident cat) - and even after we found him the best new cat mom, it was hard to let go. We still keep his name tag as a souvenir. His now cat mom changed his name, but that's okay, we will always remember him as the kitten we almost had.
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