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Woman saves unique kitten from her roof during heatwave and returns her to her owners, but the kitten keeps escaping and coming back, informing everyone she's already decided which home is really hers

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Vet refuses to euthanize healthy cat who was surrendered by owners and gives him a home at the animal hospital; the abandoned feline grows aggressive, until one new employee earns his trust, and he finally chooses a home

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Cat mom and kittens discovered in laundry room rescued from territorial tom cat by woman who had just lost her soul dog weeks prior, says: ‘We will adopt 2 of the kittens for sure, it feels as though our big dog left us a gift.’

Laurent Shinar

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One couple never expected the Cat Distribution System to reach their rural home until a kitten appeared at their back door

Sarah Brown

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Kitten dumped outside door in box becomes 3rd cat saved by the same rescuer, but with his small rescue already overbooked finding the kitten a home becomes a hard task: ‘If I had a nickel every time someone left a kitten outside my door, I’d have three’

Laurent Shinar

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Distressed dog discovered being yelled at by unhinged hooman saved by dog lover who intervened, but when police turn up to take pup away, our heartbroken rescuer does everything he can to get the dog back: ‘We're first in line for adoption.’

Laurent Shinar

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A family discovers five tiny kittens secretly living under their house and suddenly has six new felines to save

Sarah Brown

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After hearing a kitten cry beneath a stranger’s car, one couple’s late-night rescue ends with an unexpected addition to the family

Sarah Brown

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'He let himself get caught': Wounded battle-worn tomcat outsmarts shelter workers' traps for months, until he decides on his own that it's time to let them help him

Ayala Sorotsky

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After months of grieving their senior cat, one family finds Persephone waiting in their yard when they’re finally ready to love again

Sarah Brown

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A year after finally winning over the massive, combative, yet soft-at-heart senior alley cat and adopting him, that ex-feral brings home a new kitten friend to live the good life together: 'Now have two stray cat friends'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Kitten who's forced to live outdoors decides he doesn't like his owners, goes to the neighbors instead, befriends their house cat, and the family happily takes him home: '[The neighbors] said they couldn't get him to stay at their place anyway'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'[I] felt bad that she was eating nasty trash': After spending 3 months gently coaxing a stray cat from the trash can, the feline suddenly becomes obsessed with her human and finally comes home

Mariel Ruvinsky

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After her brother suddenly passes, the sister is left with his sweet 3-year-old orange cat, and although both her roommates are allergic, they fall in love with the little feline and happily take her home

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Customer walks into a "no pets allowed" shop with a kitten she had just rescued hidden in her shirt, gets caught, admits she can't adopt it, and the "grumpy old man" employee at the shop ends up going home with a new kitten

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Kitten who really wants to be adopted chases after a mother and child in the McDonald's parking lot, but they don't want him and flee; thankfully, his rescuer was watching the whole thing: 'I ran to grab him'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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