adoption

'[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

'It's a soul connection that I just can't explain': Shelter cat who is skittish around everyone falls in love with one human and has the most wholesome relationship with him

Mariel Ruvinsky

New parent of abandoned kitten refuses to return her to former owner without proof of previous ownership: 'I am NOT interested in giving her back'

Ely Bulnes

Woman refuses to give back sister's 8-year-old son after adopting him and raising him as her own: 'He is my son in every way that counts'

Ely Bulnes

The Cat Distribution System sends gorgeous ginger kitten to man who recently lost his orange cat; receives help with adoption from a fellow feline fan: '[He] made sure he didn't feel abandoned'

Ayala Sorotsky

‘We got a message that they would like him back “for a few days”, because one of their girls weren’t pregnant like they thought she was.’: A couple’s maine coon adoption turns to conflict after the cattery owner wants the cat to come back and breed

Laurent Shinar

'He's been a stray for 3 years': Kind person becomes a cat pawrent after moving from a non-feline-friendly place to a new home, adopting the feral friend he took care of

Ayala Sorotsky

Loving doggo alerts her owner to something in the backyard, turns out to be a small, sassy kitten stuck inside a pile of wood that immediately adopts herself into their canine-loving family: 'That's Bubba's cat'

Blake Seidel

Aunt adopts nephew at birth because her sister couldn't care for him, sister asks for custody of him 8 years later: 'I can’t imagine giving him up. He is my son in every way that counts.'

Emmy Pratt

'How do I cat?': Four feline babies wander to the doorstep of two kind roommates, who turn into first-time cat pawrents and ask the online feline family for advice

Ayala Sorotsky

Sick cat meows for help outside a vet clinic, gets adopted by the kindest vet, then repays her by helping other anxious cats and kittens during their examinations

Mariel Ruvinsky

'He healed that little girl that felt abandoned': Orphan Leanne rescues abandoned German Shepherd, 'Papa', who kept waiting for his pawrents to come back, they mend each other's souls through love and heartbreak

Blake Seidel

'My [cat] literally just moved himself in': The online feline family share how their former-feral cats domesticated themselves, gaining the home and love they deserve

Ayala Sorotsky

'I guess he’s mine now': Stray cat shows up at woman's door, asking to be adopted, after 2 weeks of no one coming to take him, she finally decides to give him the warm home he deserves

Mariel Ruvinsky