rescue

Person adopts a blind and paraplegic kitten who was run over and left to fend for himself, nurses him back to health and finds the purrfect home for a special-needs cat like him: 'With a lot of love and care, [his] dignity was restored'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'He thinks he's one of [the cats]': Rescued bobcat kitten who's unable to be released into the wild gets adopted by a veterinarian and his rehabilitator wife, grows up alongside domestic cats, now thinks that he is a cat himself

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I was shocked': Kind person who rescued an unneutered adult tuxedo stray cat refuses to give it back after his previous owner makes a 'lost cat' post on Facebook 9 months later, because the cat has bonded with her and her other cat

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I wish I could tell her that he’s safe, but I know if I did she would want him back': Cat lover rescues hug-giving tuxedo only to discover he had a furmily that let him down, but now he's safed and loved in a new home

Sarah Brown

‘There's a kitten at the door’: Couple finds pregnant cat sitting outside their home, they decide to take her in after she gives birth to three pawdorable babies

Bar Mor Hazut

‘[He] decided they needed an actual shelter’: A dad who “hates cats” falls in love with two voids dumped in the family's property, building them the sturdiest and warmest shelter for winter

Ayala Sorotsky

Cat parent of 4 rescues a soot-covered kitten who was stuck in their chimney: ‘It wasn't until the emergency vet cleaned him up some that we saw he was black and white’

Lana DeGaetano

Sailor finds a kitten on board after the cargo ship's entire journey from Italy to Canada, and decides to adopt the little stowaway: 'Now we have a great cat in our family'

Ayala Sorotsky

Alert neighbor saves a cat from fire while his human mama is at work: 'Nothing else matters more than him. Everything else is replaceable, he is not.'

Ayala Sorotsky

‘He probably has had to sleep with one eye open for the past six years, so maybe he’s just finally able to feel safe and relax.’: An unexpected rescuer nurses a stray cat back to health, after being found in a rough state

Laurent Shinar

‘Something about their friendship just has never needed spoken words’: The powerful tale of a dog’s heroic instinct, which led to the rescue of a young, boy who got lost on a rural property in the middle of the night

Laurent Shinar

Neighborhood fox finds sanctuary in a person's home, shacking up with their dog during extreme weather before becoming a permanent family member: 'Months later, she came back'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Ambulance responder hears a kitten's cry after returning from a call, takes her in and nurses the smol fluffball back to health: 'I help people enough, so why can't I [help her] too?'

Ayala Sorotsky

Neighbor finds missing cat after owners put up posters offering $800 reward, neighbor brings the cat back, only to be guilted for accepting the reward: ‘I have benefited from their misfortune’

Bar Mor Hazut

‘I’ve never owned one and I want to make his life amazing.’: Self-proclaimed cat hater has life and perspective changed forever, after rescuing a freezing kitten, who became the most friendly, chill, and loving cat they've ever met

Laurent Shinar

'She asked me if she can have her kitten back': After 21-year-old adopts a shelter kitten, former owner tracks her on social media and tries to reclaim her, but this new pawrent isn't budging

Sarah Brown