adoption

'She is now very much my cat:' After months on the street, an underweight stray named Potato walked through the front door on New Year’s Day and started a new life indoors

Sarah Brown

Mom, who didn't allow her daughter to adopt a cat, hears meows coming from inside the wall, calls the firefighters to rescue a newborn bonded pair of kittens, and ends up fulfilling her daughter's dreams anyway

Mariel Ruvinsky

'All I wanted was to adopt the oldest dog left': Dog lover searches for the loneliest senior dog at Humane Society, she comes home with a 10-year-old puggle named 'Bixby' who is pure pupper perfection

Blake Seidel

Person adopts a teeny weeny kitten that never grows, wonders if there's something wrong with her, but the vet says she's simply going to be tiny furrever: 'There is nothing wrong with her'

Mariel Ruvinsky

2-year-old sick Maine Coon is rescued along with 10 other cats from a breeder who didn't care, finds a home and makes an inspiring recovery: 'We're working hard to get her to her maximum floof potential.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Man updates on his engine CDS delivery of a fluffy feline king, and the incredible way he's made in these past two years: '[The cat] was scared of everyone but me'

Ayala Sorotsky

Man adopts a unique Bengal kitten for his girlfriend, but "she didn't like the cat", so they abandon the cat at a shelter without notice after 2 months with her, but luckily, a kind employee turns their loss into her gain

Mariel Ruvinsky

Person rescues friendly stray cat, the neighbor comes to claim her, but the cat is terrfied and returns to the rescuer 12 hours later, so the rescuer hides her from the owner and secretly adopts her: 'I decided enough was enough.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Entitled mom at the dog shelter refuses to comply with adoption policy, volunteer schools her: '[She] tried to reserve a dog like it was a handbag!'

Ben Weiss

'No one wanted him, so I took him': Man rescues a sick Maine Coon from a breeder who couldn't use him or sell him anymore, takes care of him and gives him the home he's always deserved

Mariel Ruvinsky

Man follows a lost black cat on New Year's Eve, she comes running toward him with a tiny kitten, drops the kitten in front of him, runs off, and leaves him with the best 2026 gift ever: '[He] just walked straight into my boyfriend's hands'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'Super happy to have cats in the house again': A wholesome rescue brings a bonded pair of abandoned brother cats to a home ready to love them

Sarah Brown

'He impresses me everyday with his bravery': A stray outdoor cat slowly becomes more at home with his rescue pawrents, taking small steps everyday to becoming a confident, cuddly, indoor king

Sarah Brown

From rags to riches, a trash-digging kitten is adopted into an animal-loving home, becomes part of the domestic zoo: 'He looks right at home'

Ayala Sorotsky

Unknown culprit ding-dong-ditches 5 newborn kittens on a person's doorstep, she takes them in, raises them and finds purrfect forever homes for all of them: 'By the time I made it to the door, this Durango box was sitting outside'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'Our family was given a Christmas miracle': 9-year-old childhood cat is found after 2 years missing, reuniting with the family just in time for the holidays

Mariel Ruvinsky