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'We have officially adopted her brother': A couple set out to rescue one kitten but ended up welcoming a bonded pair and filling their home with twice the love and purrs

Sarah Brown

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‘Scrunch basically adopted him like a son, he grooms him regularly, teaches him how to play’: A lonely adult cat’s life is enriched by a new kitten, who repays his mentor’s affection by subtly guiding him toward proper litter box etiquette

Laurent Shinar

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Dog whose best cat friend crossed the rainbow bridge is heartbroken, so his family adopts a kitten for him, and the sweet doggo slowly finds joy again

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'She is a proud mama': Family finds litter of motherless kittens but doesn't know what to do with them, until their compassionate canine claims the babies as her own and becomes their meowrvelous step-mom

Blake Seidel

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Stray cat decides to adopt a couple of humans, they resist, then they cave, and now, the ginger kitten steals their dog's bed on a regular basis

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Cat purrson adopts shy shelter cat, spends months gaining her trust with no improvement, until the cat opens up one day and decides they're meant to be together furrever: 'Now she's the queen of the house'

Blake Seidel

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Neighbor's beloved 24-year-old cat passes over the rainbow bridge, but feline fate brings a tiny ginger kitten to his doorstep the same day: 'I told my niece if I were to have another cat, I'd get an orange cat'

Blake Seidel

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'4 cats + 2 Dalmatians = perfect circus': Dog owner who has never had cats finds 4 lonely feral kittens outside, immediately falls in love with them, and now is going to adopt them all

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'My moral compass is all over the place': Cat lover torn between leaving behind a neglected neighborhood kitty or rescuing him for a new life filled with warmth, love, and second chances

Sarah Brown

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Cat found in central air ducts taken to vet, now wholesome hooman who saved her has a furrever friend: 'Won't leave my lap, won't eat unless I eat too'

Briana Viser

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‘This man loved his lawn more than life itself’: Neighbor tries to ban family’s outdoor cats and accuses them of ruining his lawn, so their daughter blocks his view with her car, turning the dispute into a suburban showdown

Etai Eshet

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Man finds an abandoned kitten at a surveying jobsite, immediately adopts her, and gains a best friend for life: 'She's my homie, dude, I love this cat'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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UPDATE: 'A cat teleported in': Honeymooners return from a 2-week vacation to find a strange cat in their home, mysterious stray 'Phantom' proves to be a delayed wedding gift from the Cat Distribution System

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I am the farm upstate where parents send their pets': Man confesses that he has adopted over 200 exotic and unwanted animals that people abandoned on his farm, with or without his permission

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'EXTRA TOEBEANS': Sweet 7-toed kitten goes home in a to-go box with some cat lovers after they dine at the local burger joint, becoming the sweetest dessert they never ordered

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Couple who only wanted to adopt 1 orange kitten changes their mind and settles on 2, then can't bear leaving the third one behind and ends up adopting all 3 siblings: 'They are a whirlwind of destruction and affection'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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