adoption

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

'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