rescue

'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

'The cat distribution system recently hit me with this gorgeous girl': A freezing night and unanswered doors led to a sweet, cuddly stray cat finding warmth, care, and a safe place to land with these new pawrents

Sarah Brown

Little cat hitches ride under hood of car while man drives to Home Depot, he takes her home and nurses her back to health: 'I wasn't prepared for a third cat'

Briana Viser

Curious tuxedo cat and cute calico found in alley, gentle human takes them home and they're inseparable every since: 'They walked right up to us and in that moment, there was really no choice at all'

Briana Viser

Brewer finds lost kitten wandering through ditches the week of Halloween, takes him home wrapped inside flannel shirt and praises the day they met: 'He is the happiest, friendliest, gentlest kitten'

Briana Viser

‘I have never been a cat person... ‘: Calm stray cat convinces dog lover to rescue him from the street after a cuddly chance encounter, changing the pawrent’s life and growing their fur family by four paws

Laurent Shinar

A pet store’s closure caused 100 puppies to end up at the shelter giving a prospective dog pawrent the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rescue her dream dog instead of funding a puppy mill: ‘Lo and behold, there were two Boston terrier puppies.’

Laurent Shinar

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

Mother elephant faints while trying to save baby from manhole, veterinarians and workers save both of them in sweeping rescue: 'I love that CPR on an elephant is basically just jumping on them'

Briana Viser

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

Skinny 'slo-mo' cat who was struggling with walking makes a complete transformation turns into a chonky happy ginger: 'He was 6 and a half pounds. Skin and bones.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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

'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 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

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