adoption

Sailor finds a kitten on board after the cargo ship's entire journey from Italy to Canada, and decides to adopt the little stowaway: 'Now we have a great cat in our family'

Ayala Sorotsky

Little girl adopts the cat of her dreams after selling $1 homemade bracelets all summer at the local farmer's market to earn the rescue fee: 'Meet Catlyn'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Normal stray cat decides that she likes humans out of nowhere, less than a week later, she has 6 precious kittens under their couch, and secures them all warm furrever homes: 'I think Mom is very grateful for the help'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Ambulance responder hears a kitten's cry after returning from a call, takes her in and nurses the smol fluffball back to health: 'I help people enough, so why can't I [help her] too?'

Ayala Sorotsky

'She's got a forever home where she can safely raise her babies': Couple rescues a sick pregnant cat whose kittens would have been born outside, giving her a chance at a better life

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I'm not even a cat person': Woman witnesses a road-rager kick a kitten out of the way of a traffic jam, so she leaps out and saves the kitty herself

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Property values just went way up!': Homeowners inherit a cat with their new house, becoming pawperty owners when the resident feline chooses to stick around

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I didn't think we'd get 3 months together, but here we are a year later': Cat lover picks the crustiest, oldest cat in the shelter, giving a 16-year-old rescue a new zest for life

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘How can people be so cruel?’: Wife finds a dog dragged behind a vehicle and saves him; once her husband understands what the dog had gone through, he decides they officially adopt him

Ayala Sorotsky

Woman legally adopts kitten from a shelter, then gets contacted by the previous owners demanding the cat back, she refuses: Who knows if it's even the same kitten?

Bar Mor Hazut

'She took matters into her own paws': Stray cat isn't actually a stray, but a house cat 20 miles from home, she spends 12 months with her new family before getting recognized by her former humans

Jesse Kessenheimer

'That is not acceptable': Cat-obsessed wife convinces husband to foster coworker's cat "temporarily", he demands she give it up for adoption after her lie is exposed

Blake Seidel

17-year-old daughter refuses to let mom's husband adopt her, mom blames her when he files for divorce: ‘You need to make it up to him so he wouldn't go through with the divorce’

Bar Mor Hazut

'[He] showed me a passenger seat full of kittens': Starbucks barista gets handed a kitten through the drive-through window, instantly falls in love with it and takes home the sweetest order of the day

Mariel Ruvinsky

Wholesome young woman falls in love with a friendly stray feline, but her parents refuse to bring her into their cat-filled home: 'She's been trying to get inside all summer'

Ayala Sorotsky

Itty bitty black kitten saved by doggo after losing her siblings, she successfully joins their family in the purrfect Caturday rescue: 'I bet they will be BFFs for life'

Blake Seidel