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Baby harbor seal takes refuge on the side of a boat after being chased by orcas, passengers on board encourage the sweet seal to hang on: 'You're doing a good job, buddy!'

Bar Mor Hazut

Pet sitter tries to steal cat Bessie when 12-year-old comes to pick her up after vacation by hiding her in a crate disguised as ottoman furniture: ‘Bessie jumped onto my bed, curled up next to my feet, and stayed with me the whole night’

Etai Eshet

26 Heartwarming Feline Family Photos Fur an Afternoon of Pawdorable Awws

Laurent Shinar

“She started wagging before she could stand”: Cliffside rescue of loyal beagles ends in heartwarming reunion with family who never gave up hope

Laurent Shinar

'And I thought I was going crazy with 7': Heartwarming person rescues two stray cats; then ends up with 12 new cats the next day

Blake Seidel

'I don’t know how to continue supporting him if we can’t offer a separate room anymore': A year after rescuing a fearful feral kitten and working to give him love and safety, this hooman might be running out of space, but not heart

Sarah Brown

Golden Retriever dog adopts 3 rare Bengal tiger cubs that were abandoned by their mother, caring for them as her own and giving them a second chance to grow up with a loving mom

Mariel Ruvinsky

‘She gushed over Sofia and begged me to let her take my cat’: Teenager demands taking rescued Siamese Calico cat Sofia, escalating from begging to trespassing in an attempt to get her

Etai Eshet

'We took in the "worst" dog the shelter had': Foster furmily adopts fearful pittie and helps him thrive with patience, love, and second chances

Sarah Brown

The CDS deploys a kitten delivery to a nerdy family who wants to name the furball after a Star Wars character: ‘My Jar Jar Binks approves of a Star Wars themed name’

Ayala Sorotsky

Newly-adopted cat escapes his owners and adopts a different human, he fairly offers to buy the cat from the original owners, but they abandon him instead, letting the man keep him for free: 'He's such a sweetie'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Street doggo with mysteriously large belly found not to be pregnant, she gets saved by kind woman who takes her for treatment and then adopts her

Blake Seidel

22 Cool Cat Memes for Even Cooler Cat Moms

Lana DeGaetano

‘Welcome to the freeway feline rescue club’: Dear driver stops to save a cat from a raging road side and gives her a furever home

Ayala Sorotsky

Woman spends 3.5 hours every day after work to feed over 80 stray dogs, she gains their trust to help TNR and save their lives: "If I don't do it, who else will"

Blake Seidel

Kitten rescued from a devastated place to a warm home by heroic human who never thought he'd become a cat person: 'He had to walk up to us and collapse at our feet'

Ayala Sorotsky