adoption

17-year-old daughter refuses to play the role of big sister to dad's adopted 5-year-old son Mason, mom supports her decision to set boundaries against guilt-trip: "I don't want to fake enthusiasm I don't feel"

Ely Bulnes

‘He gives me a reason to be excited to get home’: Gentle man in a low point finds a random cat in his apartment, he adopts him and it's not clear who needed who the most

Ayala Sorotsky

'[We] have been talking about wanting a kitten': Family dog's curious yelps lead them to find a bobtail kitten in their driveway - now she's named 'Mew' and stealing hearts of hoomans and doggos

Blake Seidel

UPDATE #3: Stray found wandering the rooftop of a high-rise building bonds with a cat-lover's 13-year-old tuxedo cat; the duo become insePURRable: 'The drama queen missed his friend'

Jesse Kessenheimer

'The day I picked them up, I fell in love [with] them': Massive 6-foot-tall dude falls in love with two tiny rescue kittens despite being a dog-lover, now he can't imagine life without them

Blake Seidel

Kitten Siblings Reunited: After rescuing an abandoned female kitten from the street, a hearty hooman finds her brother in the same spot and decides to adopt them both into her cat-filled, loving home

Ayala Sorotsky

'I fear she might try to steal him': 19-year-old son saves stray kitten with no microchip or mother, but a year later a Karen neighbor recognizes the cat and claims it morally belongs to her

Blake Seidel

Dad fosters 5-year-old boy, demands 17-year-old daughter living in another state take on big sister duties: 'I didn’t feel comfortable being a sister to someone I’ve never seen in person'

Ally Perry

“He came right up to us and chose us as his humans”: Cat parents save orange cat hiding from the Texas heat; they take him from missing fur and oil stains to loving member of their feline family

Blake Seidel

Daughter begged for a cat, then she and mom found an abandoned kitten in a ditch, immediately fell in love with the little lady and adopted her: ‘[I guess] we have a cat now’

Ayala Sorotsky

Person finds a dirty cat lying on a pile of compost, takes him for a quick TNR but finds out he's too sick to live outside, falls in love with him and adopts him instead: 'I know when the vet said he was [fading] he must have somehow chosen us.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

20 Wholesome weekly success stories of kitties finding their furrever homes: "Threatened my family that if they adopted a cat - they could only do two. My bluff was called."

Blake Seidel

Entitled couple’s attempt to steal a neighbor’s cat backfires, leaving them with a mountain of vet bills, a court order, and a public meltdown: ‘We were astonished that they had the audacity. THEY CLAIMED IT WAS THEIR CAT THEY LOST’

Etai Eshet

'I highly doubt she'd last another day': Unique tortie kitten rescued from sweltering 100-degree heatwave by meowing her way into the arms of a heroic homeowner

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Guess I have 2 kittens now!': Feline fan rescues newborn kitten while on a walk, then goes back 3 weeks later and saves her brother in the exact same spot

Blake Seidel

‘Your SIL should never have another pet’: Mother gives up their 3-year-old family cat for adoption because it was "too much", then adopts a brand new kitten 2 months later

Blake Seidel