rescue

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

Normal stray cat decides that she likes humans out of nowhere, less than a week later, she has 6 precious kittens under their couch, and secures them all warm furrever homes: 'I think Mom is very grateful for the help'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'She's got a forever home where she can safely raise her babies': Couple rescues a sick pregnant cat whose kittens would have been born outside, giving her a chance at a better life

Mariel Ruvinsky

‘How can people be so cruel?’: Wife finds a dog dragged behind a vehicle and saves him; once her husband understands what the dog had gone through, he decides they officially adopt him

Ayala Sorotsky

'The rescuers risked it all to save her': Mountain lion hops into man's backyard and gets stuck inside a window well, luckily a group of brave rescuers do not give up on trying to get her back into the wild

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I would wish that she doesn't have to be afraid of us': Pawrents adopt a shy 5-year-old and a year later are still trying to build trust and find what will make her feel at home

Sarah Brown

Rescued street dog goes from bald to beautiful after a year of TLC, all because a couple refuses to leave him behind in Mexico: 'Now he's always smiling'

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I had no intention of adopting': A quick visit to the animal shelter turned into a spontaneous double adoption to keep a mama cat and her kitten safe and together

Sarah Brown