adoption

Unknown culprit ding-dong-ditches 5 newborn kittens on a person's doorstep, she takes them in, raises them and finds purrfect forever homes for all of them: 'By the time I made it to the door, this Durango box was sitting outside'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'Our family was given a Christmas miracle': 9-year-old childhood cat is found after 2 years missing, reuniting with the family just in time for the holidays

Mariel Ruvinsky

'On Thursday, Dec 4th, the ceiling at work meowed at us': Group of coworkers rescues 3 tiny kittens who were stuck inside the ceiling in the office, immeidately fall in love and take them home

Mariel Ruvinsky

'We weren't looking for a third but a third found us': A stray orange cat appeared, chose affection over food, and found his furever place as the third kitty with these pawrents

Sarah Brown

Wonderful woman waits patiently until the sweet neighborhood stray is ready to be adopted and become a house cat: '[I] began to walk away, but she followed me.'

Ayala Sorotsky

29-year-old boyfriend tries to prevent 28-year-old girlfriend from adopting a cat, despite them not living together and that he has his own three cats: 'I asked his opinion, not for permission.'

Ayala Sorotsky

'Went for a Christmas tree, ended up with Larry': Friendly stray cat runs right up to the owner of a Christmas tree lot, and she finds him the purrfect forever home right in time for the holidays

Mariel Ruvinsky

Kind person rescues a lost "bobcat kitten" they found on the side of the road, brings her home and finds out she was simply a kitty ready for a furrever home: 'She ran right up to me'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'We weren’t looking for a cat right now but who are we to argue with the system': A holiday surprise turned into adopting a full-time kitten with a big purrsonality

Sarah Brown

Couple finds itty bitty kitty on a busy road on Christmas, rescues her, take her to the vet, where the vet kindly charges them no money, and takes her home: 'We decided on "Evie" as her name after finding her Christmas Eve'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I am absolutely looking forward to keeping her': A once-distant neighborhood cat finally chose trust, followed someone home, and turned a tiring workday into a warm new beginning

Sarah Brown

Day-old kitten and raccoon form a life-saving bond that helps them grow from fragile furballs into spirited survivors

Etai Eshet

'CDS got me good this holiday season': Freezing stray cat yells at a person to take them inside, and to their surprise, 2 weeks later she gives birth to a single precious kitten

Mariel Ruvinsky

Black kitten runs into woman's car, adopts her and her 3 dogs, and has all of them obsessed with her tininess instantly: 'They're basically her dogs, but I don't think they've realized it yet'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Adopted 16-year-old demands dad put a stop to 8-year-old bio daughter calling her stepmom 'our mom': 'His wife will never be my mom'

Ally Perry

'I think every cat should have a home': After saying goodbye to his old void, it feels like another little one was sent to this pawrent when he needed it most

Sarah Brown