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story about a lost cat caliming a different family and getting adopted by them | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat with a colar behind a glass door 'We figured he was an escaped cat... but no one claimed him'

Unneutered cat with collar is rescued by new family, no one comes to claim him, so his new family gives him the love and kindness he's always deserved: 'Cannot believe someone isn't missing him'

Mariel Ruvinsky

20 text pictures, 12 cat pictures, 2 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat, and 'She looked so miserable as a stray, and now she's my happy little couch potato.'

'[I told] her "You don't live here!"... Well, turns out I was wrong and she was right.': Sweet stray feline forces her way into a family's home and heart

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story about baby squirrels losing their mom in a storm and getting adopted by a cat instead to be raised with her kittens | thumbnail includes one picture of a cat and a baby squirrel cuddling

Orphaned squirrels rescued after a storm get tentatively paired up with a momma cat, who instantly adopts them and raises them alongside her own newborn kittens: '[She] drew them close as if they were her own'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a person hearing a cat screaming for help and rescuing them | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cute calico kitten 'Once she saw me she ran right up to me'

'I’ve been chosen!' Person hears tiny kitten screaming for help, finds her shivering and alone outside, the kitten sees them and immediately chooses them as her home

Mariel Ruvinsky

atory about a cat jumping into a woman's car and eating her food and getting adopted by her | thumbnail includes two pictures including a cat in a car and a cat showing its fluffy belly 'cat claimed my car and my dairy Queen'

Stray cat jumps into woman's car, eats her Dairy Queen, demands to be taken home and gets adopted: 'This is my car. This is not my cat.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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34 text pictures, 2 cat pictures | thumbnail includes two picture of a cat, and 'I don't want to take someone's pet, but…'

Neighbors let their cat roam unsupervised in below freezing temepratures, woman across the street deliberates if she should offer to buy her off: 'I just want what's best for her'

2 pictures of a tuxedo cat and 20 pictures of text | Thumbnail includes two pictures of a tuxedo cat and one picture of text including '‘I thought I was adopting a shy, quiet kitty who just needed to gain some weight’'

Woman adopts shelter cat, discovers she's ill, then pays $15,000 to save her life: 'The shelter not knowing how sick she was probably saved her life'

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

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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’

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

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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

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

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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

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’