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story about cat owners demanding to get their cat back after willingly giving it to someone else | thumbnail includes one picture of someone holding a cute kitten 'now feeling extremely pressured either give cat back or pay them'

24 hours after adopting a cat from a coworker, the previous owners demand she be returned to them or that the new owner pay for all previous pet expenses: 'I already sent them money the day of the adoption'

Mariel Ruvinsky

25 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of cats and one picture of text including '‘Both of them feel like my soul cats’'

'There was just no way I was going to be able to let these girlies go': A short foster stint with two rescue sisters slowly became a purrmenant family of three

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story about a homeless woman handing a person a cat and the cat getting adopted | thumbnail includes a picture of a woman holding a black kitten and another picture of a black kitten 'A homeless person gave me a little void'

'My life is [messed] up, and I don't want hers to be': Homeless woman hands person a tiny void kitten, trying to give her a better chance at life, and changes the feline's fate forever

Mariel Ruvinsky

31 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘I’ve always been a dog person all my life’'

'I guess I'm a cat person now': One unexpected workday rescue transformed a lifelong dog person into a devoted cat pawrent

27 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘No matter how hard the fight was yesterday, I’d do it all over again’'

'She was about to be thrown away': A tiny kitten’s life changed for the better when this rescuer noticed her, stepped in, and refused to walk away

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26 text pictures, 2 cat and text pictures, 5 cat pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat, and 'Before we even left the shelter I said to her "Don't worry, you're a princess now. I got you."'

'Her cage had a red "don't touch" sign': Shelter deemed the cat mean and not eligible for adoption, but one sweet person saw through the warnings and into her heart

23 pictures of cats and text | Thumbnail includes one picture of a cat and one picture of text including '‘I would not look at her and assume that she was a stray’'

'Do not steal it': Friendly feline follows human home every day asking to be adopted, but they are met with regret when cat expurrts reveal that it's likely someone else's pet

story about two black cats attempting to break into someone's home and getting adopted | thumbnail includes two pictures of black cats cuddling 'Their love was the only thing that helped them survive until they found my home'

'[They] repeatedly tried to break into my apartment': Bonded black cat duo decides on their human, stages multiple break-in attempts, and eventually wins, getting adopted into their purrfect furrever home

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about a cat adopting a crying person from outside | thumbnail includes one picture of a cute cat 'I sat under a streetlight and cried... and she came running up like she'd been looking for me'

'[This] cat showed up on my worst week': Affectionate cat runs up to person who's crying outside, sits in their lap, chooses them as her human and and makes their sadness a little lighter every day

Mariel Ruvinsky

24 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘We were devastated and furious that someone would abandon him’'

'He didn't trust us at first, but my wife's persistence paid off': After years on his own, a once-abandoned yard cat named Walter slowly learned to trust again and found safety, food, and a place to belong

18 text pictures, 3 kitten pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of a kitten, and ‘There's something really special about growing up with [cats]’

Dad shares the delightful cat-kid connection of his 7-year-old child with her newly adopted kitten: 'According to my sobbing daughter she had "been waiting my whole life".'

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story about a pregnant stray cat running into a man's home and getting adopted | thumbnail includes one picture of a screaming cat behind a glass window and a cute cat 'A year ago, this stray cat ran through my front door and refused to leave'

'The little fluffball followed me home': Pregnant stray cat barges into man's house, climbs into his lap like she owns the place, and makes it clear she’s chosen him

Mariel Ruvinsky

6 cat pictures, 16 text pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of cats, and ‘When we picked her up, she look fairly malnourished’

'Went to the vet to look for a chip, found a different surprise': Kind cat pawrent saves a malnourished meowing cat, discovering she's a mama hiding a pawdorable Trojan load

story about a frozen tuxedo cat being surrendered to a vet and getting adopted | thumbnail includes two pictures including a cute tuxedo kitten and a kitten wrapped up in a blanket 'Poor guy was frozen from the rain and hypothermic'

'Poor guy was surrendered to the emergency vet clinic': Frozen tuxedo kitten desperate for help gets surrendered and falls right into the hands of a loving human who's tuxedo cat crossed the rainbow bridge in 2025

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about a woman leaving a bad review to a shelter who denied her request to adopt a cat and them revealing that they did so because she was planning to declaw | thumbnail includes one picture of a cat scratching a couch 'Starfish Animal Rescue (Owner) Hi Amanda, We declined your application because you said you would declaw the cat that you wanted to adopt'

Cat shelter fires back at bad review, defending their decision to deny adoption to a woman who openly admitted that she was planning to declaw the cat : 'We feel that was an appropriate response to your application'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a mom and daughter finding cats inside their wall and adopting them | thumbnail includes two pictures of a black and a white kitten and a kitten drinking from a bottle 'my mom hears kitten meows in the wall'

Mom, who didn't allow her daughter to adopt a cat, hears meows coming from inside the wall, calls the firefighters to rescue a newborn bonded pair of kittens, and ends up fulfilling her daughter's dreams anyway

Mariel Ruvinsky