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19 text pictures, 4 cat pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat, and ‘I live in the middle of nowhere. I have no idea where this cat came from.’

Abandoned cat wanders into a rural woman's home through the dog door, makes himself comfortable between all the other pets, and leaves her with one question and one answer: 'What's one more friend?'

story about someone finding out that the stray cat they've been feeding has been adopted | thumbnail includes two pictures including a cat behind a curtain looking out the window and a black cat walking on a fense 'it's my Dusti! He found a home!'

After worrying for months, person notices the stray cat they've been feeding who disappeared is watching them from the window of his forever home, and they're overjoyed to see him well-loved and chonkier: 'I'm so happy I could cry'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about someone finally adopting the declawed neighborgood cat who was suffering | thumbnail includes one picture of a black cat wrapped up in a blanket and a black cat walking proudly 'people in the community are mad and saying I'm a cat thief'

After spending 7 years as a declawed and sick "community cat" outside, one human finally takes a risk and brings the feline home, only for the cat to constantly purr and never try to escape, proving that she needed a home all along

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone adopting the scary neighborhood tomcat and finding out he's the sweetest cat | thumbnail includes one picture of a dirty cat walking on a fence and another of a clean cat being petted 'I've had this massive tomcat visiting my yard and fighting my cats for the last 3 years'

"Scary" tomcat who's known for being combative and too smart gets rescued for a quick TNR, spends one night in the comfort of a warm home, and completely changes, wanting nothing but love and cuddles

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a granfather asking his grandaughter to take his cats after he passes and one of the cats opening up to her | thumbnail includes two pictures including a cat peeking behind a wall and a beautiful closeup of a cat 'She watched the person she loved disappear, then strangers came into her home'

'We both lost someone we loved very much': As his final wish, grandpa asks his granddaughter to take his 2 beloved cats, and one heartbroken feline slowly opens up, and the two of them find comfort in each other's love

Mariel Ruvinsky

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38 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of cats and one picture of text including '‘It felt like the biggest sign that it was time’'

After losing their senior cat, a couple planned to adopt one kitten, but they couldn't leave her brother behind

video of a women foster failing a cat with a very rare condition and helping him get better | thumbnail includes two pictures of a unique looking cat

'Even if he has a shorter life, I want to make it as beautiful as possible': Kitten with rare condition is given up on by his first family, but a fosterer falls for him and adopts him, helping him blossom into the happiest little guy who just wants love

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a cat sitting outside a family's window for weeks until they finally adopt him | thumbnail includes two picutres including a cat behind a window and cat being held by someone 'this little guy just wanted INSIDE'

Feral cat guilt-trips his chosen humans into adopting him by sitting outside their door in the pouring rain and refusing to look for shelter, so after weeks, they finally cave and regret every second they didn't take him sooner

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about someone trying to reunite a lost cat with its family being told that they don't want it | thumbnail includes two pictures of cute orange cats 'this guy came straight to me last night and started purring'

When an overjoyed rescuer finally finds the owners of a lost orange cat, they say that they were "just trying to get rid of it"; the baffled rescuer decides the friendly ginger doesn't deserve this treatment and adopts him right then and there

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone rescuing a frozen cat from the highway and saving his life | thumbnail includes two pictures of a fuzzy and scraggly orange cat 'His poor feet were so frozen that he was struggling to move'

Person finds a fuzzy orange cat stranded on the freezing highway and brings him home; his tail, leg and ears are gone from frostbite, but a year later, he's living his best life with his mom and siblings: 'He purred once he was in the warm vehicle'

Mariel Ruvinsky

25 text pictures, 5 cat pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat, and ‘He was so, so skinny. It scared me.’

Worker spots a dangerously skinny cat among the facility's regulars, rushes to buy adoption supplies, and returns two hours later to find Simon right where he was, waiting for him: 'I was afraid if I didn't take him home, he would surely starve.'

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14 text pictures, 6 cat pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of an orange cat on a leash walk, and ‘Getting this cat has changed my life.’

The shelter points woman toward the lively kittens, but she chooses the quiet orange one sitting alone in the back; she chose right, since now he's leash-trained and they adventure outdoors together.

24 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of cats and one picture of text including '‘Was able to catch this little girl yesterday’'

Three hungry stray kittens appeared on a homeowner's security camera, and one brave explorer found exactly who she needed

21 text pictures, 5 kitten pictures, 1 cat picture | thumbnail includes two pictures of a kitten, and ‘[She] purred the whole way home.’

Kitten living in a factory that's about to shut down finds her way into a worker's arms, and purrs the whole way to her forever home.

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18 text pictures, 7 dog pictures, 1 man and puppy picture | thumbnail includes one dog picture, one man and puppy picture, and ‘At 44 I finally got myself [a dog].’

'It always seemed like a faraway dream': Man who spent 40 years wanting a dog finally adopts his first puppy at 44, after a lifetime of raising cats in apartments too small

22 text pictures, 3 cat pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat, and ‘I'm trying to convince hubs that 3 cats is pretty much the same as 2 cats.’

Wife finds a scared kitten under a bush in her yard just as a thunderstorm rolls in, takes him inside, and is already working on convincing her husband that three cats is basically the same as two.