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22 text pictures, 1 cat picture | thumbnail includes one picture of a cat, and ‘My neighbour's cat wants to live with us.’

After an elderly neighbor passes away, his cat walks a street over and adopts a new family entirely on his own; now they're negotiating with the late owner's daughter to keep him for good: 'The kids would love to have him.'

story about someone who lost six cats to a housefire getting adopting by three feral cats from the woods | thumbnail includes one picture of three cats sitting on a windowsill and another of them on a chair 'These 3 guilt-tripped their way into being a part of my family, and I don't know what I would do without them'

After losing all 6 of their cats in a terrible house fire, a purrfect lookalike of one of their beloved cats walked straight into their home and refused to leave, 2 more feral cats followed, and the 3 of them reminded their humans what hope and love are

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about a surrendered cat getting adopted again | thumbnail includes two pictures including a mean looking cat and a calm cat 'They posted that they had a little angry cat, and I said: that's my guy'

No one wanted to adopt the surrendered “mean” cat, but after a year of waiting in the shelter, a person who had just lost their cats decided to take a chance, and the feisty feline learned to trust humans again

Mariel Ruvinsky

cute cat adoption stories for national cat adoption month | thumbnail includes three pictures including a cute ginger kitten and two gray cats cuddling and a man in a cowboy hat holding a black cat in a cowboy hat '#NationalCatAdoptionMonth'

In Honor of National Cat Adoption Month, Curl Up With 23 Fluffy Felines Finding Their Happily Ever Afters

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone who lost their cat finding an abandoned black kitten and adopting it | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cute black kitten 'This is my first time bonding with a new cat after loss...'

Four weeks after losing their soul cat, a pregnant stray gives birth to an adorable litter of kittens in person’s backyard and abandons the tiny void runt, forcing the human to start healing one tiny paw at a time

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about someone going on a walk with their dog and ending up adopting a kitten | thumbnail includes two pictures including a kitten walking outside and a small kitten in a carrier 'Less than 24 hours later and she's laying in my lap.”'

Person goes on a walk to play fetch with their dog when a meowing kitten suddenly comes running at them, making it known that she wants to be adopted: '[She] is the most affectionate cat I've ever seen'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone who lost their cat finding it only to find out that it's not their cat | thumbnail includes three pictures of similar looking cats 'I think my cat isn’t my cat'

4 months after their cat ran away, desperate owner finally finds "their cat", only to realize the new feline is not theirs, and although they remain sad but hopeful about their own cat, they gladly give the friendly impawster a forever home too

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a couple rescuing a pregnant cat from a hoarder's home | thumbnail includes two pictures including a pregnant cat and a bunch of kittens with blue eyes 'She was rescued from a hoarder’s house'

Woman begs the CDS to send her a cat, little does she know that her husband is working with a shelter "behind the scenes" to rescue and adopt the sweetest pregnant cat from a hoarder's house: '[They] fed her ramen noodles'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about a couple adopting a black kitten their friends rescued | thumbnail includes two pictures of a black kitten 'I held her, she meowed at me, I cried, boyfriend asked ‘do you want her?’ and we took her home'

Right after discussing getting a cat, the sweetest big-pawed black kitten finds her way into their lives, instantly making them feel like it was meant to be: 'Just a perpetual shot of serotonin'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone rescuing and adopting the injured neighborhood cat | thumbnail includes two pictures including a cat eating outside and an orange cat wrapped up in a blanket sleeping 'She’s not a neighbourhood cat anymore :)'

Person finds the "neighborhood cat" they've been feeding badly injured, unable to move her hind legs, saves her life and decides she'll never live on the street again: 'I've put up climbing surfaces since she can't jump right now and she's using them!'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone finding a kitten with the umbillical chord still attached and rescuing and adopting her | thumbnail includes two pictures including a tiny kitten on a blanket and someone holding a kitten 'A woman knocked at our door this morning holding this abandoned newborn'

Random woman drops off newborn kitten with a broken tail and an umbilical cord still attached; The couple, lost, take the kitten, but they unexpectedly end up completely falling in love with it and adopting it

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Mama cat cares for her five kittens on top of hooman's skylight, hooman feels obligated to bring the entire feline family inside: ‘They are living their best lives’

Mama cat cares for her five kittens on top of hooman's skylight, hooman feels obligated to bring the entire feline family inside: ‘They are living their best lives’

story about the stray cat that a couple has been feeding bringing them another stray cat to feed | thumbnail includes two pictures of two cats cuddling 'Our NMC brought home his boyfriend'

Couple TNR's adorable stray cat living near them, the cat then brings over his boyfriend, and the two win over the couple's hearts and both get adopted: 'He strolls in with this lil cutie AND shared his breakfast off the bat'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone feeding a stray cat and that stray cat bringing them her kittens a week later | thumbnail includes two pictures including a bunch of kittens nursing on a cat and somenoe holding a kitten in their hand 'A week later, she brought me to her babies!'

Person kindly feeds sweet stray cat, a week later, she brings them her kittens, leaving them with no choice but to take the whole feline family home

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about a couple finding two kittens on their walk and adopting them | thumbnail includes one picture of two kittens cuddling while sleeping 'Went for a walk with my husband, came back with two babies'

'Apparently they have 10 [kittens]': Couple randomly stops to pet 2 kittens on a walk when suddenly, the people living in the house nearby tell them to just take the flea-infested felines home

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a foster taking in an abandoned kitten and adopting her | thumbnail includes two pictures including a tiny white kitten in a carrier and a white kitten climbing on someone and one tweet 'lasted five days at the humane society job before adopting a cat'

Fosterer proudly gives their kitten to a "good family" only for them to nearly immediately return the cat, the fosterer can't bear the thought of leaving her again and adopts her in just 5 days: 'The adoption hold was placed on day 3'

Mariel Ruvinsky