rescue

No one wanted to adopt the surrendered “mean” cat, but after a year of waiting in the shelter, a person who had just lost their cats decided to take a chance, and the feisty feline learned to trust humans again

Mariel Ruvinsky

After losing all 6 of their cats in a terrible house fire, a purrfect lookalike of one of their beloved cats walked straight into their home and refused to leave, 2 more feral cats followed, and the 3 of them reminded their humans what hope and love are

Mariel Ruvinsky

Four weeks after losing their soul cat, a pregnant stray gives birth to an adorable litter of kittens in person’s backyard and abandons the tiny void runt, forcing the human to start healing one tiny paw at a time

Mariel Ruvinsky

After three months of surviving out of a storm drain, this sick cat who was abandoned by his previous family finally had someone notice him, see that he's in need of help, and save him right before a major storm

Mariel Ruvinsky

Disoriented cat whose head is wrapped up in tape appears on neighbor's deck, only for them to repeatedly shoo him away with a broom, the next-door neighbor sees this, takes meowtters into their own hands, and saves the cat

Mariel Ruvinsky

Woman searches for the tiny tortoiseshell kitten that disappeared from her car engine, then gives her the purrfect furever home

Sarah Brown

‘I had this small faith that she’d return. And yes, she came back.’: Woman who rescued tiny injured squirrel from dogs and vultures consoled by daily visits after it escaped while healing

Laurent Shinar

A Baltimore alley cat won't let anyone in the neighborhood get close for days, but becomes the sweetest cat her rescuers have ever met after one wet food-fueled rescue mission

Sarah Brown

After feeling lonely at college, a student finds a three-week-old tuxedo kitten hidden in a coworker's car engine and finally gets the companion she had been wishing for

Sarah Brown

Roommate takes care of Border Collie after his owner temporarily moved overseas, then questions if they should keep the dog after a year together: ‘We formed an attachment’

Bar Mor Hazut

UPDATE: Cat lover saves 2 cats from a 110-degree heatwave, accidentally turning her air-conditioned home into a kitty sanctuary

Jesse Kessenheimer

4 months after their cat ran away, desperate owner finally finds "their cat", only to realize the new feline is not theirs, and although they remain sad but hopeful about their own cat, they gladly give the friendly impawster a forever home too

Mariel Ruvinsky

Woman begs the CDS to send her a cat, little does she know that her husband is working with a shelter "behind the scenes" to rescue and adopt the sweetest pregnant cat from a hoarder's house: '[They] fed her ramen noodles'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Lamb who was abandoned by her momma found freezing by kind farmer, they take her in, hand-feed and give her a warm place to sleep, and she makes an amazing recovery, earning the name Lucky: 'We are shocked we managed to keep her alive'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Mama cat cares for her five kittens on top of hooman's skylight, hooman feels obligated to bring the entire feline family inside: ‘They are living their best lives’

Bar Mor Hazut

Lost pig stops car on the side of the road, leading two people to knock on nearby houses until they find the owner: ‘He was so happy’

Bar Mor Hazut