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Little girl adopts the cat of her dreams after selling $1 homemade bracelets all summer at the local farmer's market to earn the rescue fee: 'Meet Catlyn'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I just want to do what's best for him even if it means having to say goodbye': Pawrents struggle over whether to adopt stray balcony cat of 6 years when they move or leave him where he's comfortable

Sarah Brown

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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

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'I feel like he has chosen us, and I hate to shut him out': Couple dreams of adopting a friendly stray, only to discover the cat is the neighbor's outdoor explorer

Sarah Brown

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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

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'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

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'I'm not even a cat person': Woman witnesses a road-rager kick a kitten out of the way of a traffic jam, so she leaps out and saves the kitty herself

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Property values just went way up!': Homeowners inherit a cat with their new house, becoming pawperty owners when the resident feline chooses to stick around

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'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

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'I didn't think we'd get 3 months together, but here we are a year later': Cat lover picks the crustiest, oldest cat in the shelter, giving a 16-year-old rescue a new zest for life

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I keep thinking if I take him back today it won't be so bad because it hasn't even been a full 24 hours so we haven't had time to bond’: Guilt ridden woman struggling to move on from her soul cat, debates keeping her newly adopted cat child

Laurent Shinar

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'She took matters into her own paws': Stray cat isn't actually a stray, but a house cat 20 miles from home, she spends 12 months with her new family before getting recognized by her former humans

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'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

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'[He] showed me a passenger seat full of kittens': Starbucks barista gets handed a kitten through the drive-through window, instantly falls in love with it and takes home the sweetest order of the day

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'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

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Wholesome young woman falls in love with a friendly stray feline, but her parents refuse to bring her into their cat-filled home: 'She's been trying to get inside all summer'

Ayala Sorotsky

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