adoption

Anxious kitten who was returned to the shelter for being "unsocial" gets adopted by the right human and spends every night sleeping next to them: 'She always has her chin up and loves her belly rubbed!!'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'They love kittens and warm up to them almost instantaneously': Person foster-fails a kitten and his injured brother, and now, the two cats help her foster other kittens, taking them in like family

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Blind cat who was in a shelter for years because people thought he was "weird-looking" finally gets adopted by the kindest human and her kitty: 'It makes me so sad that he spent so long alone'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Family hears kitten meowing from their roof, they wait for cat mom to return, then rescue the kitten after realizing she's all alone up there: ‘She stayed persistent’

Bar Mor Hazut

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A seasoned stray cat decides his days on the street are officially over after discovering the one thing his rescuer's house has that the alley doesn't: ‘He was a BIG fan of the blankets and pillows.’

Ayala Sorotsky

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'Does the CDS control adoptions?': Guy meets with foster mom to adopt a cat, but turns out cat's brother wants to be adopted too, he leaves with a full family

Briana Viser

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Melancholy shelter volunteer decides to make his day brighter and help one precious tiny kitten find a furrever home: '​Sometimes the best way to deal with [it] is to show up for others'

Briana Viser

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16-year-old cat known for being massive, combative, and getting banned from a Canadian municipality for crimes finally decides it's time to retire and chooses a single human, a cat and a puppy as his home

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Couple names their newly adopted cat Karma after a series of coincidences causes her to adopt them on the street: 'This little darling came out and started rubbing up against my legs'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Person rescues a stray polydactyl cat from a Target parking lot, the kitty then becomes the best foster dad to the feral kittens at home, teaching and leading them: 'The kittens really look up to Charlie'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'The little fighter who was almost left behind': Person adopts one kitten but has to leave his sick brother behind, their friend steps in to rescue the remaining kitten, and now that he’s recovering, the two are on track for future kitty playdates

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Person rescues a feral kitten, finds her a home, she escapes, runs right back to the person who saved her, and makes chooses a home for herself: 'She's made a total transformation'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'CDS brought me two cats and a human friend too': Kind couple wants a feline duo, neighbor happens to have sister and brother cats in need of a home

Briana Viser

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Stray Turkish Van kitten unable to meow walks into couple’s home resulting in instant adoption thanks to kitten’s sibling who meowed for attention but then ran away, cat dad says: ‘We would happily trade our human years to live with him for a lifetime.’

Laurent Shinar

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After years of helping shelter animals find homes, a dedicated volunteer explains why the shelter isn't a place of heartbreak, but of hope: 'Sadness is the last thing you feel.'

Ayala Sorotsky

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Pregnant stray cat finds her way into man's house through a fence hole, he brings her in, adopts the proud Mom and her entire litter: ‘I couldn't bring myself to separate them’

Bar Mor Hazut

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