rescue

'My heart dropped': Stunned person saves helpless kitten from a 12-year-old boy who was throwing her into the trash, takes her and brings her home, where her kindness is instantly rewarded

Mariel Ruvinsky

Person snaps photo of cat with unusual and gorgeous coloring at their local shelter, the internet meme-s the feline and makes him go viral, leading to him finding the forever home he's been waiting for

Mariel Ruvinsky

Unneutered cat with collar is rescued by new family, no one comes to claim him, so his new family gives him the love and kindness he's always deserved: 'Cannot believe someone isn't missing him'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I’ve been chosen!' Person hears tiny kitten screaming for help, finds her shivering and alone outside, the kitten sees them and immediately chooses them as her home

Mariel Ruvinsky

Stray cat jumps into woman's car, eats her Dairy Queen, demands to be taken home and gets adopted: 'This is my car. This is not my cat.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'She’s playful, loving, and thriving': This kitten's life was transformed after a roadside rescue took her from the freezing cold to a life of warmth, cuddles, and love

Sarah Brown

Beef jerky responsible for rescuing a highway runaway pupper who’d escaped her home and took her rescuers on a neighborhood chase, dog’s pawrents said: 'Rosie! How did you get out of the yard!??!’

Laurent Shinar

Newly adopted dumpster kitty screams relentlessly by front door, human opens it, feral cat runs inside, dumpster kitty adopts feral cat and the three live in purrfect harmony

Briana Viser

Heartbreaking footage of a guy abandoning a dog on the side of the road gets a happy ending when a woman serendipitously passes by and rescues him: ‘Homeless for 5 seconds.’

Elna McHilderson

'She sensed that I was a safe person': Sweet calico cat ghosted by previous owners, but finds her furrever home through a heartwarming connection to her new hooman’s childhood

Blake Seidel

Sentimental firefighter finds smokey grey kitty at work, she becomes the fire station's shared cat, but coworkers let him take her home: 'There was just something so special about this little kitty'

Briana Viser

'I guess I'm a cat person now': One unexpected workday rescue transformed a lifelong dog person into a devoted cat pawrent

Sarah Brown

'She was about to be thrown away': A tiny kitten’s life changed for the better when this rescuer noticed her, stepped in, and refused to walk away

Sarah Brown

'He didn't trust us at first, but my wife's persistence paid off': After years on his own, a once-abandoned yard cat named Walter slowly learned to trust again and found safety, food, and a place to belong

Sarah Brown

'My life is [messed] up, and I don't want hers to be': Homeless woman hands person a tiny void kitten, trying to give her a better chance at life, and changes the feline's fate forever

Mariel Ruvinsky

Farmer finds 4 orphaned "kittens" in his backyard, only to discover they are actually rare Pallas cats, and after calling a rescue, they are carefully paired with 2 domestic cats who act as their temporary surrogate mothers

Mariel Ruvinsky