adoption

Married couple adopts rescue Husky with extreme separation anxiety, husband calls it quits causing the wife to escape to a dog-friendly hotel

Blake Seidel

Rescuer finds abandoned pet carrier in neighborhood park, reveals the tiniest, floofiest kitten in need of their love and a furrever home: 'I couldn't just leave her there'

Blake Seidel

'Alright, I have a cat. He didn't give me any choice in the matter': Person who never wanted a cat gets adopted by the sweetest feline whose favorite napping spot is his human's lap

Mariel Ruvinsky

Loki the Senior Cat Made Young Again When a Friendly Stray Kitten Meows His Way Into the Family, Pawdorable Furriendship Ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I was admittedly a cat hater': "Dog person" rescues sweet kitten despite owning a massive dog, the kitty fearlessly befriends her pupper, now the three are an inseparable fluffy fellowship of friends

Blake Seidel

Pedestrian pets a friendly stray then catches him drinking from a putrid pool of rainwater, decides to turn him into a house cat to save him from the streets: 'He's so happy and safe right now'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Girlfriend takes sick 15-year-old cat away from her neglectful ex who lied about taking the feline to the vet for years, now happily celebrates the kitty's 16th birthday and improved health: 'My goal is to give her a good life until the end.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

‘He is… the reason I wake up every day’: 18-year-old daughter tragically loses her father, the next day she impulsively adopts a puppy from a homeless man after feeling an instant connection with one derpy pup

Blake Seidel

‘You didn’t “steal” the puppy. You rescued them’: Family saves puppy from busy road, they learn that the dog escaped from neglectful owner and decide to keep it despite potential pupper legal challenges

Blake Seidel

23 Wholesome Cat Adoption Stories to Help You Start the Day With a Teaspoon of Pawsitivity

Mariel Ruvinsky

Miracle stray cat joins the family at the purrfect time, rewarming the couch-spot of a recently lost dog: ‘[Franklin] was born the same week our dog passed’

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I would have torn the whole house down to get to him': Cat parents call for emergency backup to rescue their curious feline after he gets himself trapped in a sinkhole under the house

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘No one has ever pet him’: Feral cat refuses to let anyone touch him, until heartwarming hooman discovers he loves music, now he happily begs for pets every day

Bar Mor Hazut

Cat-lover rescues "stray" cat, finds out that friendly feral was missing for 6 years and isn't wanted anymore, so they wholesomely bring him home fur good: 'He’s finally able to feel safe and relax'

Blake Seidel

'She couldn’t get more than 3 hours sleep': Pawrent adopts crying dog and saves him from hoarding owner, the pup only stops crying after the new owner figures out he misses his sister, so they add her to their family as well

Blake Seidel

‘I am not a cat lady, and [he] is not my son': Clingy cat wins over woman who it totally “not in denial” about about being a cat mom and loving it

Mariel Ruvinsky