rescue

Couple names their newly adopted cat Karma after a series of coincidences causes her to adopt them on the street: 'This little darling came out and started rubbing up against my legs'

Mariel Ruvinsky

' I'm helping him go from skittish to loving': A shy rescue kitten named Pumpkin goes from street life to foster care and starts his path toward adoption

Sarah Brown

'Does the CDS control adoptions?': Guy meets with foster mom to adopt a cat, but turns out cat's brother wants to be adopted too, he leaves with a full family

Briana Viser

4 week old kitten found on remote road after not eating for days by patrolman and handed to shelter until rescuer could return to adopt the kitty, patrolman says: ‘When I entered the room, she immediately ran up to me and climbed up my leg.’

Laurent Shinar

Rescuer races through a midnight rainstorm to save a box of week-old kittens abandoned by a busy road: 'I ran to bring them into the safe confines of the house.'

Ayala Sorotsky

Person rescues a stray polydactyl cat from a Target parking lot, the kitty then becomes the best foster dad to the feral kittens at home, teaching and leading them: 'The kittens really look up to Charlie'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'The little fighter who was almost left behind': Person adopts one kitten but has to leave his sick brother behind, their friend steps in to rescue the remaining kitten, and now that he’s recovering, the two are on track for future kitty playdates

Mariel Ruvinsky

Carl the lost cat found after 3 years 8km from home by cat loving couple while walking their fur babies, and after social media search tearfully reunited with original family, rescuers say: ‘If you ever lose a cat, never give up hope.’

Laurent Shinar

Person rescues a feral kitten, finds her a home, she escapes, runs right back to the person who saved her, and makes chooses a home for herself: 'She's made a total transformation'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I never thought it would happen to me': After helping rehome cats for years, a thin stray shows up on a rough day and ends up being the one this rescuer adopts

Sarah Brown

Vet exposes a mom as a dog thief, returning a dachshund to her original owner 1 year after she escaped: ‘[You can’t] separate her from my children!'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Compassionate cat lover emboldened to catnap the sweet outdoor kitty near their apartment despite warnings from the neighbor: 'To me, a cat with no collar on the street is a stray'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Person opens their front door for one meowment, and a pregnant cat comes screaming inside, looking for a warm place to hide and a midwife to help her: 'It almost feels like this cat was domesticated and abandoned'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I think I’m on auto-delivery with the CDS': A chatty little gray kitten appears looking for food, wins over resident cats, and turns the home into a three cat household

Sarah Brown

Cat lover finds out bonded pair of cats she was feeding were dumped by neglectful neighbor and are actually pregnant mother and son, rescuer adopts son and fosters mom’s kittens: ‘She just threw them outside in hope they would run away.’

Laurent Shinar

'CDS brought me two cats and a human friend too': Kind couple wants a feline duo, neighbor happens to have sister and brother cats in need of a home

Briana Viser