adoption

'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 had a stalker which led [me to adopt] my German Shepherd’: Women share how dogs help them feel pawsitively protected and loved

Ayala Sorotsky

'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

Young boy falls in love with "stray" cat who visits him daily; vet finds his microchip and reveals he's been abandoned for almost a year, so his new family fights landlord to keep him: 'He is the greatest cat I've ever had'

Blake Seidel

‘[The kitten was] screaming at the street as people passed by’: Hearty hooman shares how she saved an abandoned kitten in a two-day rescue mission

Ayala Sorotsky

Wholesome foster family takes a chance and adopts the "worst" dog in the shelter, 'Moe', only to discover that he's secretly a snuggly mamma's boy: '[He's] the happiest little thing ever'

Blake Seidel

'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

‘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

"[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

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

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

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

‘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

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

'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