rescue

‘I held him like a baby and he fell asleep in my arms, which the rescue said they’d never seen him do before.”: A puppy's surprising calmness comforts a grieving daughter in an ICU waiting room, an experience that left a permanent paw print on her soul

Laurent Shinar

Parents decide to get a kitten for their antisocial cat who hates everyone, and the senior cat makes a complete turnaround: 'Things have... changed.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'We have officially adopted her brother': A couple set out to rescue one kitten but ended up welcoming a bonded pair and filling their home with twice the love and purrs

Sarah Brown

Dog whose best cat friend crossed the rainbow bridge is heartbroken, so his family adopts a kitten for him, and the sweet doggo slowly finds joy again

Mariel Ruvinsky

Family adopts adorable shelter pup with an identity crisis that's melting the internet's heart: 'She's definitely 95% bear cub'

Blake Seidel

'She is a proud mama': Family finds litter of motherless kittens but doesn't know what to do with them, until their compassionate canine claims the babies as her own and becomes their meowrvelous step-mom

Blake Seidel

Stray cat decides to adopt a couple of humans, they resist, then they cave, and now, the ginger kitten steals their dog's bed on a regular basis

Mariel Ruvinsky

Target shopper finds tuxedo cat in the store's parking lot and takes him to the shelter, only to fold a few days later and adopt him furever: ‘I [thought] and [talked] about him all week’

Lana DeGaetano

Cat purrson adopts shy shelter cat, spends months gaining her trust with no improvement, until the cat opens up one day and decides they're meant to be together furrever: 'Now she's the queen of the house'

Blake Seidel

‘He must’ve also been abandoned in the wild for some time for him to have so many ticks and fleas when I found him.’: Neglected puppy is gently and patiently nursed back to health by his rescuer and given a new leash on life, readying him for adoption

Laurent Shinar

Neighbor's beloved 24-year-old cat passes over the rainbow bridge, but feline fate brings a tiny ginger kitten to his doorstep the same day: 'I told my niece if I were to have another cat, I'd get an orange cat'

Blake Seidel

Shelter employee lies to family looking to adopt a small puppy, tricking them into adopting a large breed dog; a few months later they have a massive 115 lb. doggo with hip dysplasia

Blake Seidel

'4 cats + 2 Dalmatians = perfect circus': Dog owner who has never had cats finds 4 lonely feral kittens outside, immediately falls in love with them, and now is going to adopt them all

Mariel Ruvinsky

'My moral compass is all over the place': Cat lover torn between leaving behind a neglected neighborhood kitty or rescuing him for a new life filled with warmth, love, and second chances

Sarah Brown

Man finds an abandoned kitten at a surveying jobsite, immediately adopts her, and gains a best friend for life: 'She's my homie, dude, I love this cat'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Family gains a new feline friend 1 week after losing their beloved Labrador, the lucky owner believes it was fate: ‘Intended to just foster him, but…’

Lana DeGaetano