adoption

If my daily life had a mascot, it’d be one of these 24 animals that capture the struggle and scream “same” (or all of them–1 per hour of the mayday)

Etai Eshet

‘He’s come so far from the hissy pants that I trapped’: Shelter asks a neighbor to set up a cat trap in their garden to capture a notorious injured stray, Henry the floof ends up ensnaring their heart too

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I don't know what I was thinking': Beautiful stray cat with unique fur pattern steals the heart of unsuspecting purrson, takes over their home in a matter of minutes

Blake Seidel

Woman and her 7 kids in scout uniforms jump the fence of private family’s farm, insisting farm animals make it a petting zoo and public property: ‘We saw the little ducks and chickens, and we want to pet them’

Etai Eshet

Couple saves a hurt cat from the street, discover it belongs to their neighbors, who in turn accuse them of stealing their cat and refuse to pay back the medical bill: ‘We thought it was a good deed'

Bar Mor Hazut

‘He's shivering’: Stray cat gets stuck 4 stories up on a Boston brownstone for 12 hours, helpful hooman climbs the fire escape to guide the frightened feline back to safety (video)

Bar Mor Hazut

Loving feline pawrent gets turned away from private animal shelter for being “unfit to adopt” despite owning 3 healthy cats already

Blake Seidel

'It's like she's been waiting all her life for a friend': Woman adopts a fluffy gray kitten only for said kitten to be instantly claimed by her older cat who absolutely fell in love with her

Mariel Ruvinsky

Family adopts discount "dog" for $10 after their beloved pet passes over the rainbow bridge, they quickly realize that it's 100 pounds of high-hybrid wolf

Blake Seidel

18-year-old girlfriend finds out about her boyfriend's plans to surprise her with a kitten, but adopts a different kitten instead: 'She decided to get the other kitten and [didn’t] even apologize to me.'

Ayala Sorotsky

'Adopted an incredible cat and feeling so guilty': Grieving cat owner rescues friendly feline from animal shelter, then discovers that her previous pawrent was forced to give her away

Blake Seidel

Everyone walked past this sick orange kitten, until a kind woman finally stopped to rescue him, and instantly, he was adopted by the woman's senior cat and two dogs: 'They actually took care of [the kitten]'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Family hears stray cat crying for help in their backyard, follows the noise into a shed, finds a kitten hidden behind old paint cans alone in the dark: 'He persevered against all odds’

Bar Mor Hazut

Couple orders dinner from Wingstop on DoorDash, but to their surprise, the food service delivers them a puppy with their meal: 'Best $30 meal delivery I’ve ever had'

Blake Seidel

'I wasn't a cat person at all': Tiny kitten found in the wild melt's tough-guy husband's heart, and changes his life furrever

Blake Seidel

Dad abandons infant son, flips out when he gets rebuffed trying to adopt him at 17 while having 5 other kids under 10: 'I don't belong in this family'

Ally Perry