adoption

'I don't want to be the bad guy here': Person tells their sister and mother that they have to return the newly adopted Australian Shepherd puppy because none of them have the time to take care of it properly, the mother gets angry

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I think I got scammed but I’m not even mad': Person buys an expensive black cat from an owner claiming that it is a Maine Coon Norwegian Forest Cat mix, the buyer is convinced they were lied to, but the feline wins over them anyway

Mariel Ruvinsky

'He had just given up': Lucky kitten saved by highway driver who pulls over to make last-minute rescue, now he's the smallest addition to their awwdorable family

Blake Seidel

Man goes on a surveying job when, out of nowhere, a loud kitten runs up to him, meowing and pawing at him until he picked her up and took her home: 'Someone left her, [so] I guess I have 3 cats now'

Mariel Ruvinsky

“Total disbelief”: Sacramento cat that went missing for over half its life heartwarmingly returned to owners thanks to one tiny microchip

Blake Seidel

'He was returned for being "too needy"': Sensitive shelter kitten gets adopted and returned for being too affectionate, he finally finds hoomans who are ready to receive all his love

Blake Seidel

'Lost and found': Foster cat mom saves 10 kittens and sends them to their furever homes, then a year later, one confident kitty finds their way back home to her

Jesse Kessenheimer

'He is our miracle': Husband finds a 5-week-old 1-pound kitten in the hood of his car after driving to work for 45 minutes, brings him home, and the tiny fluffball immediately falls in love with the family's giant Golden Retriever

Mariel Ruvinsky

20 Wholesome Cat Adoption Stories for a Pawsitivity Day: 'Went to adopt a kitten, came home with two kittens'

Blake Seidel

Rotund stray cat surprises her new family by purroving she's not pregnant with kittens, she's just chubby: 'She is super good at begging'

Jesse Kessenheimer

14-year-old beautiful cat is rescued by a hearty human who shares it with the online feline fam, who share their own senior cat adoptions: 'If I ever adopted a cat again I would go for the elderly'

Ayala Sorotsky

'[He] couldn't get down': Person rescues unique cat with Heterochromia that was stuck on his co-worker's roof for 5 whole days, helps him come down and gives him a chance at a normal life with two pawrents and a feline sibling

Mariel Ruvinsky

Struggling hooman adopts 7-year-old dog who was surrendered to a shelter by his owner, then refuses to give the pup up when his original owners try to get him back: ‘I feel like we found each other for a reason’

Lana DeGaetano

Neighbor's grandson finds unique kitten with a strange lump on its head thrown in the trash, fosters her and has "joint custody" of her with the couple down the street, who end up adopting her for good: 'She is super tiny and will probably stay that way'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'Orange cat ain't mine but I think I am his now': Woman feeds a stray ginger cat, he starts bringing his fluffy girlfriend, then she brings her kittens, and suddenly, this woman has a bunch of new feline friends to feed

Mariel Ruvinsky

Girlfriend goes on a walk when suddenly, she hears tiny cries coming from a PVC pipe, inside, she finds 3 freezing kittens and adopts them all: 'She waited 3 days... brought them home and bottle fed them'

Mariel Ruvinsky