adoption

Sister gifts a feral kitten for a grieving pet owner who didn't want a new cat, but the kitten falls in love with the older housecat and leaves the woman no choice but to adopt: 'I can't wait for the day she looks at me the way she looks at him'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'He walked right up to us and adopted us': Person goes on a walk with their senior dog when, out of nowhere, a gray cat pops out of the nearby sewer and follows them home

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I had already fallen in love with her': A simple chicken check turned into a two-day search, an emotional rescue, and a brand-new beginning for Athena

Sarah Brown

'Neighbors moved out and left their cat': Kind person cares for an abandoned feline neighbor, gaining her trust after it was broken, and plans to adopt her for good

Ayala Sorotsky

'I couldn't ignore him': A snow white kitten desperately calls out for help from person's backyard, demanding attention, immediately wins them over with his cuteness and gets adopted

Mariel Ruvinsky

Freezing Siamese kitten knocks on person's door, begging to be let inside from the cold: 'I thought it was my housemate who locked himself out'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Florist adopts resident senior bodega cat to finally live the comfy, cozy life after 10 years of never having a space to call home: 'She's never been outside of our store'

Blake Seidel

'CDS sent us a broken kitty': Family dog alerts his owners to an injured kitten he found in the backyard, they cancel their Christmas trip to take care of their new itty bitty holiday meowracle

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I don't know how anyone could abandon their pet': Family moves out and leaves their cat behind, their kind ex-neighbor finds the feline terrified under the house and gently coaxes it into giving her a chance

Mariel Ruvinsky

'[He] showed up in front of my house and never left': Person who recently lost his dog befriends a sweet stray cat; both take time to open up, but eventually heal each other's hearts

Ayala Sorotsky

'My daughter for whatever reason, went right to this cage': Sad shelter cat who had her babies taken from her meets her kindred spirit in a little girl who instantly chooses her

Mariel Ruvinsky

Abandoned kitten hangs on to every bottle feeding, until a saved stray cat mama adopts him as her own: 'He crawled to her belly and started nursing'

Ayala Sorotsky

New resident discovers an abandoned cat outside, the skittish kitty refused pets until she surprised the person inside his home; she's become a house princess soon after

Ayala Sorotsky

Animal shelter volunteer surprises long-time black cat resident with signed adoption papers so neither of them will spend Christmas alone

Blake Seidel

Rescuers introduce tiny orphaned kitten to a heartbroken momma cat who had tragically lost her babies, and she hesitates for only a meowment before adopting him: '[She] started grooming him like he'd always been hers'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Gamer selflessly pauses his video game to rescue a purrsistently meowing kitten outside his window, ends up winning the high score with a sweetheart, friendly feline: 'Purrs like a V8 engine'

Jesse Kessenheimer