stray

'It actually worked??': Cat lover attempts to pspsps a stray cat, then the clever feline follows them home and finds itself a new home

Jesse Kessenheimer

Beautiful black cat walks into a family home and decides he lives here now, promoting himself from a stray to a full feline family meowmber: 'We're keeping him!'

Ayala Sorotsky

Neighborhood grumpy grandpa cat causes a chaotic midnight chase through a house's basement after breaking in and confusing the resident cats: 'As far as I know, he's still in my basement.'

Ayala Sorotsky

Former feral stray slowly adapts to the comfort of being a family cat, one paw at a time; human parents are delighted that: 'He doesn’t hiss or scratch at all anymore.'

Ayala Sorotsky

'We seem to have been adopted': Stray kitten returns to the house after mom cat moves the litter and adopts itself by walking inside, asking for attention, and settling into its forever home

Sarah Brown

'We decided he was ours to keep': Tiny flea-covered kitten follows couple home at 2am and turns a late-night walk into four years together

Sarah Brown

'I've decided to bring him back to the UK with me': A Miami vacation turns into an adoption after a friendly stray follows them home, settles in, and they reschedule their flight around him

Sarah Brown

'We already have four cats': Family thinks they’re at their limit until a blue-eyed stray shows up, charms everyone, and turns herself into cat number five

Sarah Brown

Seasoned street cat spent over 500 days deciding if the persistent people who care for him are really willing to make him their indoor king: ‘We fed [him] outdoors for a year and a half.’

Ayala Sorotsky

Clever couple of stray cats successfully enroll their kittens in a forever home, and are now carefully reviewing the terms of their own indoor retirement

Ayala Sorotsky

Homeowner is questioning the laws of probability after a malnourished stray feline with a familiar face sparks a family DNA mystery: '[He] appears to be a sibling to two of my cats.'

Ayala Sorotsky

An expert in hopeless cat cases takes on a 12-year-old stray with a limp and a loud hiss, proving that no cat is too old for a second chance: ‘Welcome home Rufs.’

Ayala Sorotsky

A seasoned stray cat decides his days on the street are officially over after discovering the one thing his rescuer's house has that the alley doesn't: ‘He was a BIG fan of the blankets and pillows.’

Ayala Sorotsky

A grieving couple is visited by a friendly stray one week after losing their senior cat, but discovered she was a pregnant package deal: 'We decided to keep them all together.'

Ayala Sorotsky

'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

'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