heartwarming

How a tiny sweet kitten goes from being scared of to loving and cuddling with a super excited, energetic puppy

Mariel Ruvinsky

' I'm helping him go from skittish to loving': A shy rescue kitten named Pumpkin goes from street life to foster care and starts his path toward adoption

Sarah Brown

Rescuer races through a midnight rainstorm to save a box of week-old kittens abandoned by a busy road: 'I ran to bring them into the safe confines of the house.'

Ayala Sorotsky

Person rescues a stray polydactyl cat from a Target parking lot, the kitty then becomes the best foster dad to the feral kittens at home, teaching and leading them: 'The kittens really look up to Charlie'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'The little fighter who was almost left behind': Person adopts one kitten but has to leave his sick brother behind, their friend steps in to rescue the remaining kitten, and now that he’s recovering, the two are on track for future kitty playdates

Mariel Ruvinsky

'We weren’t cat people, but I guess you could say we are now': A last-minute kitten rescue gets packed up for a cross-country move, and months later a second cat in need makes it a two-cat home

Sarah Brown

'Thank you for giving her a safe space to have her kittens': Selfless young niece sees cat in distress without knowing she's pregnant, she takes her in despite having 6 cats already

Briana Viser

Person rescues a feral kitten, finds her a home, she escapes, runs right back to the person who saved her, and makes chooses a home for herself: 'She's made a total transformation'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I never thought it would happen to me': After helping rehome cats for years, a thin stray shows up on a rough day and ends up being the one this rescuer adopts

Sarah Brown

Melancholy shelter volunteer decides to make his day brighter and help one precious tiny kitten find a furrever home: '​Sometimes the best way to deal with [it] is to show up for others'

Briana Viser

Woman realizes she might have signed up for a lifetime cat delivery service after a third kitten shows up on her porch at night: 'I think you accidentally ticked the box for the CDS subscription service.'

Ayala Sorotsky

Person opens their front door for one meowment, and a pregnant cat comes screaming inside, looking for a warm place to hide and a midwife to help her: 'It almost feels like this cat was domesticated and abandoned'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'We moved into a new house and it came with a cat': Outdoor neighborhood cat slowly earns family's trust, moves in for winter, and becomes the one extra cat they swore they wouldn’t get

Sarah Brown

‘My cat literally saved [my husband's] life!’: 20+ owners share the incredible stories of when their feline friend’s sixth sense woke them up just in time

Ayala Sorotsky

Grandmother crosses the rainbow bridge and wished only for her cat Sanji to have a furrever home when she's gone, her grandson adopts him to keep her memory alive: 'Everything happens for a reason'

Briana Viser

'Our family of 2 has turned into 3': Couple looking to adopt finds abandoned clingy cat on the streets and gives Velcro a safe, loving home

Sarah Brown