adoption

'He pretty much would not let my husband ignore him': After "temporarily" fostering cat that was too stressed to be in the shelter, this dog-person guy begs his wife to adopt the affectionate kitty who won his heart

Mariel Ruvinsky

"[They] gave my cat to someone else": Hopeful cat lover wished for a tuxedo kitten, rescued one days later, and took it to the shelter to check for an owner—then the shelter gave it away by mistake

Blake Seidel

Sick stray kitten sits alone on a concrete step until someone notices her, until a wholesome couple comes along and gives her a second chance

Blake Seidel

'I got tricked into adopting a sick cat': Person adopts 11-year-old cat which the rescue claimed to be healthy, gets attached to her, only to find out that the cat is sick and is going to be expensive to take care of, and now, they feel helpless

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I didn’t want a cat but now I can’t let her go': Man finds a tiny black kitten so heavily covered in mud she couldn't even see, takes her to the vet, and immediately knows that he has to adopt her

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I feel like a grandmother': Brand new cat mom repeatedly brings her newborn kittens to her human, rolling over and purring, no matter how comfortable her own bed is, and the internet reassures her that it's a actually compliment

Mariel Ruvinsky

24 hours after giving this cat for adoption, she falls out the window, is returned broken, gets purrsonally cared for by her rescuer, makes an amazing recovery and gets adopted by the only person that she trusts: 'I'm keeping Wonton'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'She showed up at my house with the cops': After five years and thousands in vet care, feline foster mom refuses to give cat back to original owner after they abandoned him 'temporarily'

Blake Seidel

42-year-old irresponsible dad impulsively gets two puppies for his 15-year-old daughter, but only 22-year-old sister takes care of them: 'I'm the only one who's taken any time to train [the dogs]'

Ayala Sorotsky

Man insists he won't be keeping the stray kitten he found at work, but his 3 cats at home say otherwise: 'My female tortie kicked into mom mode the first night'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Doggo gets invited on the Today Show after his howlarious adoption post goes viral, describing him as 'a sentient middle finger wrapped in a cloud of fur'

Blake Seidel

After wanting to get another sibling for her dog and cat, owner takes a chance on an adult stray at the shelter, only to discover it was the best possible fit for the family: ‘She is fitting right in’

Bar Mor Hazut

‘Who in their right mind would just let their two cats hang out in a high-traffic apartment hallway?’: New high-rise tenant props her door open to let two orange kittens roam shared space, tapes up note instructing strangers to keep them off the elevator

Etai Eshet

Sleepless sister uses her hungry cat’s dawn yowls to pay back nights of nonstop dog barking: ‘‘They bark. At any and all movement, joggers, cars, the garbage truck, rabbits, squirrels, you name it, they bark at it’

Etai Eshet

‘We got on the ramp to our exit. The cat decided this was the moment he wanted his revenge’: Preston the petty cat turns the passenger seat into a litter box during a frantic highway ride with family mastiff

Etai Eshet

'He's a little confused but he's got the spirit': Male neutered cat becomes a "mother" to 2 rescued, stray, weaned kittens, adopting them as his own and taking them under his paw

Mariel Ruvinsky