adoption

'She is a proud mama': Family finds litter of motherless kittens but doesn't know what to do with them, until their compassionate canine claims the babies as her own and becomes their meowrvelous step-mom

Blake Seidel

Stray cat decides to adopt a couple of humans, they resist, then they cave, and now, the ginger kitten steals their dog's bed on a regular basis

Mariel Ruvinsky

Foster-mother refuses to share celebratory adoptive party for 5-year-old son with her pregnant niece, who demands co-hosting the event to announce her gender reveal, when the mother declines idea, her niece refuses to attend: 'Said I was ruining her joy'

Emma Saven

Cat purrson adopts shy shelter cat, spends months gaining her trust with no improvement, until the cat opens up one day and decides they're meant to be together furrever: 'Now she's the queen of the house'

Blake Seidel

Neighbor's beloved 24-year-old cat passes over the rainbow bridge, but feline fate brings a tiny ginger kitten to his doorstep the same day: 'I told my niece if I were to have another cat, I'd get an orange cat'

Blake Seidel

Shelter employee lies to family looking to adopt a small puppy, tricking them into adopting a large breed dog; a few months later they have a massive 115 lb. doggo with hip dysplasia

Blake Seidel

'4 cats + 2 Dalmatians = perfect circus': Dog owner who has never had cats finds 4 lonely feral kittens outside, immediately falls in love with them, and now is going to adopt them all

Mariel Ruvinsky

‘This man loved his lawn more than life itself’: Neighbor tries to ban family’s outdoor cats and accuses them of ruining his lawn, so their daughter blocks his view with her car, turning the dispute into a suburban showdown

Etai Eshet

Man finds an abandoned kitten at a surveying jobsite, immediately adopts her, and gains a best friend for life: 'She's my homie, dude, I love this cat'

Mariel Ruvinsky

‘I've grown attached’: Resident feeds outdoor cat for months while suspecting it belongs to a neighbor, decides to take the cat as she moves instead of looking for owner

Bar Mor Hazut

UPDATE: 'A cat teleported in': Honeymooners return from a 2-week vacation to find a strange cat in their home, mysterious stray 'Phantom' proves to be a delayed wedding gift from the Cat Distribution System

Jesse Kessenheimer

'EXTRA TOEBEANS': Sweet 7-toed kitten goes home in a to-go box with some cat lovers after they dine at the local burger joint, becoming the sweetest dessert they never ordered

Jesse Kessenheimer

Couple who only wanted to adopt 1 orange kitten changes their mind and settles on 2, then can't bear leaving the third one behind and ends up adopting all 3 siblings: 'They are a whirlwind of destruction and affection'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Woman befriends a stray cat, a few days later, she breaks into the woman's apartment and has 3 adorable babies in her bedroom: ‘When she suddenly needed a safe place, she thought of me’

Mariel Ruvinsky

Friendly cat shows up at man's sawmill and refuses to leave, bringing the macho man gifts of mice and doing everything she can to get adopted: 'She knows she found a good home'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Man goes on a camping trip with his son when, out of nowhere, a bold kitten shows up, instantly gets adopted by the father and son and doesn't stop purring all the way home: 'We cut our trip early and brought it back home'

Mariel Ruvinsky