adoption

'I feel like a grandmother': Brand new cat mom repeatedly brings her newborn kittens to her human, rolling over and purring, no matter how comfortable her own bed is, and the internet reassures her that it's a actually compliment

Mariel Ruvinsky

‘Who in their right mind would just let their two cats hang out in a high-traffic apartment hallway?’: New high-rise tenant props her door open to let two orange kittens roam shared space, tapes up note instructing strangers to keep them off the elevator

Etai Eshet

"[They] gave my cat to someone else": Hopeful cat lover wished for a tuxedo kitten, rescued one days later, and took it to the shelter to check for an owner—then the shelter gave it away by mistake

Blake Seidel

Sleepless sister uses her hungry cat’s dawn yowls to pay back nights of nonstop dog barking: ‘‘They bark. At any and all movement, joggers, cars, the garbage truck, rabbits, squirrels, you name it, they bark at it’

Etai Eshet

Sick stray kitten sits alone on a concrete step until someone notices her, until a wholesome couple comes along and gives her a second chance

Blake Seidel

'I got tricked into adopting a sick cat': Person adopts 11-year-old cat which the rescue claimed to be healthy, gets attached to her, only to find out that the cat is sick and is going to be expensive to take care of, and now, they feel helpless

Mariel Ruvinsky

24 hours after giving this cat for adoption, she falls out the window, is returned broken, gets purrsonally cared for by her rescuer, makes an amazing recovery and gets adopted by the only person that she trusts: 'I'm keeping Wonton'

Mariel Ruvinsky

‘We got on the ramp to our exit. The cat decided this was the moment he wanted his revenge’: Preston the petty cat turns the passenger seat into a litter box during a frantic highway ride with family mastiff

Etai Eshet

42-year-old irresponsible dad impulsively gets two puppies for his 15-year-old daughter, but only 22-year-old sister takes care of them: 'I'm the only one who's taken any time to train [the dogs]'

Ayala Sorotsky

'She showed up at my house with the cops': After five years and thousands in vet care, feline foster mom refuses to give cat back to original owner after they abandoned him 'temporarily'

Blake Seidel

Man insists he won't be keeping the stray kitten he found at work, but his 3 cats at home say otherwise: 'My female tortie kicked into mom mode the first night'

Jesse Kessenheimer

'He let me grab him and was just so afraid': Man rescues tiny terrified kitten that was thrown out of a car on the highway, and the drivers around him surprise by being kind and patiently waiting while he was gently approaching the kitten

Mariel Ruvinsky

'He's a little confused but he's got the spirit': Male neutered cat becomes a "mother" to 2 rescued, stray, weaned kittens, adopting them as his own and taking them under his paw

Mariel Ruvinsky

After wanting to get another sibling for her dog and cat, owner takes a chance on an adult stray at the shelter, only to discover it was the best possible fit for the family: ‘She is fitting right in’

Bar Mor Hazut

'It took a village': Guy saves tiny kitten covered in fleas from baking under the sun at local Walmart, now she might join a feline family of 7 who already adores her

Blake Seidel

Woman adopts wholesome 20-year-old senior cat from shelter to make sure he experienced love in his last meowments of life

Blake Seidel