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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

Construction worker rescues a kitten that was stuck behind drywall, he takes her home to wife, who slowly nurses the sweet baby back to health: ‘Honestly, a miracle’

Construction worker rescues a kitten that was stuck behind drywall, he takes her home to wife, who slowly nurses the sweet baby back to health: ‘Honestly, a miracle’

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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

8 pictures of a calico cat and 18 pictures of text | Thumbnail includes two pictures of a calico cat and one picture of text including '‘Rue has the exact same facial pattern as Patches. I fell in love the instant I saw her.’'

'She sensed that I was a safe person': Sweet calico cat ghosted by previous owners, but finds her furrever home through a heartwarming connection to her new hooman’s childhood

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

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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

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

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

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Lonely Grandpa seeks a companion and asks for the cat that has been in the shelter the longest, then takes home a sweet orange cat 20 minutes later: ‘To many happy years with her’

Lonely Grandpa seeks a companion and asks for the cat that has been in the shelter the longest, then takes home a sweet orange cat 20 minutes later: ‘To many happy years with her’

22 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘Your daughter has her bff forever and ever’'

'She had been waiting [her] whole life': After a missed adoption and weeks of patience, a seven-year-old finally brings home a kitten named Frankie and gains a new best friend

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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27 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘He wandered into that house looking for someone like me to take him home’'

'We had to make him part of our family': An injured orange cat named Nemo found shelter and safety at a construction site and gained a safe, happy home with a new furmily

24 pictures of cats, dogs, and text | Thumbnail includes one picture of a cat, one picture of a dog and cat, and one picture of text including '‘He couldn't be sweeter or more affectionate’'

'Can we keep him?': Friendly feline follows dog lover and pupper home, the caring canine won't take no for an answer when it comes to adopting this stray into their fuzzy family

31 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘She deserves the good life inside’'

'She is now very much my cat:' After months on the street, an underweight stray named Potato walked through the front door on New Year’s Day and started a new life indoors

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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

story about someone adopting a cat that doesn't grow bigger | thumbnail includes one picture of a tiny cat with a banana on top of it 'It is normal for my cat to be so small?'

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