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'[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

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'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

Sarah Brown

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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".'

Ayala Sorotsky

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'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

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'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

Ayala Sorotsky

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'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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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

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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

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'The cat distribution system recently hit me with this gorgeous girl': A freezing night and unanswered doors led to a sweet, cuddly stray cat finding warmth, care, and a safe place to land with these new pawrents

Sarah Brown

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‘Cat distribution system saved my life’: Student hears distressed meows and finds a completely soaked baby kitten in need, she adopts her and learns to love herself through her rescue's eyes

Blake Seidel

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Person adopts a teeny weeny kitten that never grows, wonders if there's something wrong with her, but the vet says she's simply going to be tiny furrever: 'There is nothing wrong with her'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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2-year-old sick Maine Coon is rescued along with 10 other cats from a breeder who didn't care, finds a home and makes an inspiring recovery: 'We're working hard to get her to her maximum floof potential.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'I never thought of myself as a cat person': Rescuing and adopting two tiny alley kittens turned a longtime skeptic into a joyful, fully committed cat parent

Sarah Brown

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Man updates on his engine CDS delivery of a fluffy feline king, and the incredible way he's made in these past two years: '[The cat] was scared of everyone but me'

Ayala Sorotsky

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Man adopts a unique Bengal kitten for his girlfriend, but "she didn't like the cat", so they abandon the cat at a shelter without notice after 2 months with her, but luckily, a kind employee turns their loss into her gain

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Person rescues friendly stray cat, the neighbor comes to claim her, but the cat is terrfied and returns to the rescuer 12 hours later, so the rescuer hides her from the owner and secretly adopts her: 'I decided enough was enough.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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