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Feral cat guilt-trips his chosen humans into adopting him by sitting outside their door in the pouring rain and refusing to look for shelter, so after weeks, they finally cave and regret every second they didn't take him sooner

Mariel Ruvinsky

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When an overjoyed rescuer finally finds the owners of a lost orange cat, they say that they were "just trying to get rid of it"; the baffled rescuer decides the friendly ginger doesn't deserve this treatment and adopts him right then and there

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'[I] stormed out of that vet': Person who was told to give up on the sick kitten they rescued refuses to do so, takes the kitten back home, nurses him back to health, and proves that every life is worth fighting for

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'Even if he has a shorter life, I want to make it as beautiful as possible': Kitten with rare condition is given up on by his first family, but a fosterer falls for him and adopts him, helping him blossom into the happiest little guy who just wants love

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Leopold the cat gets chased out of his own home by a new dog, finds refuge with the man next door, and slowly makes himself impossible to give back: 'I hate when people allow a new dog to push their cats out.'

Ayala Sorotsky

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After being told by 3 vets to say goodbye forever, person takes their rescued sick kitten home, where she makes an amazing recovery, reassuring her human that miracles sometimes look like refusing to give up

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Cat whose loving owner has passed is left in his daughter's care, but she has no interest in cats; the cat decides he doesn't like her either and chooses to stay with the neighbors instead, who happily open their home to him

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Ex leaves her cat behind during breakup, the boyfriend adopts her cat and loves it, then has his heart broken when the cat goes missing; 2 weeks later, he rescues an abandoned kitten screaming for help and finds comfort through the pain

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'[The kitten] walked right in and rubbed up against my Great Dane': Human tells friendly kitten they don't want a cat, but the kitten has other plans, walking into their home, adopting their dog and staying furrever

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Curl up With 23 Fluffy Felines Finding Their Happily Ever Afters and Making the Timeline a Little Softer

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Couple decide to not adopt a cat because of the girlfriend's allergies unless the CDS "awards" them with one, and just a few days later, a persistent kitten follows them home and refuses to leave until they adopt her

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Couple who've cared for a feral cat for 7 years buy a new home are devastated when she is too scared to move with them, but they know she needs them, so they don't give up and manage to catch her just in time

Mariel Ruvinsky

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After being abandoned outside a restaurant, cat mom and her seven kittens are found by rescuer who cares for the furry family and finds them a furrever home: ‘Now they're safe’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'She's healing our souls': Barely 2 months after their senior cat peacefully crossed the rainbow bridge, couple gets chosen by an older cat from a feral colony after she makes a leap of faith and willingly walks into their carrier

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Stray orange kitten causes chaos in a store for 4 hours before finally getting caught, and he gets punished for his crimes by getting instantly adopted into the purrfect family: 'He loves being carried like a baby'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Divorcing couple decide neither one wants their elderly sick cat, so they abandon her, but a kind volunteer brings her to a shelter, where she spends her days asking for nothing but hugs, and then falls completely in love with her

Mariel Ruvinsky

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