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19 text pictures, 6 cat pictures, 1 dog picture | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat, and ‘Senior cats deserve so much more love than they usually get.’

After losing his owner in a tragedy, a 12-year-old cat faced being put down at the shelter until a vet tech who'd just lost her own senior cat took a chance on him: 'Decided it was fate and took him home.'

14 cat and text pictures, 2 cat and person pictures, 6 text pictures, 1 video | thumbnail incluides two pictures of a person holding a cat, and ‘They warned us he was a mean feral.’

'He just looked in so much pain and so sad': Couple told to avoid a supposedly feral shelter cat watches him transform the moment the worker leaves, and brings him home the same day.

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30 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘I could not stop thinking about this old boy’'

Woman adopts one cat, but an overlooked senior void keeps pulling her back to the shelter

24 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes one picture of a cat and one picture of text including ''My kiddo wanted a kitten and we stepped up and adopted''

When a tornado left more than 100 shelter cats needing homes, one family decided it was time to adopt and rescue two littermates

Story of owner adopting a scraggly black cat that no one wanted | Thumbnail includes two pictures of a black cat, and one picture of text including ''Please meet Dr. Vincent "Fancypants" DeNozo.''

Former feral cat with a face full of scars keeps getting overlooked at the shelter, until one visitor returns for him 3 separate times and adopts him

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Story of kitten rescue and local animal shelter drama | Thumbnail includes one picture of a model representation of a Woman holding her foster cat after rescue, and one picture of text including '‘You do the responsible thing by bringing them in, only to have them act like you're the problem’'

Kitten rescuer agrees to foster abandoned cat for local shelter, only to be denied over a technicality and charged $240 to surrender her, rescuer says: "I feel like they tricked us"

Story of a worker finding a home for the cat of a person that recently passed away | Thumbnail includes two pictures of a tortoiseshell cat and one picture of text including '‘Everyone was kinda overlooking the cat. But I felt so bad for it.’'

'I didn’t want her in a shelter': A work call that meant more than expected led one employee to a tortoiseshell cat left behind, and straight into the arms of a new love

Story of an animal shelter employee helping a family of cats over 2 years | Thumbnail includes one picture of orange kittens in a cage including 'last summers litter', one picture of a black cat in a cage including 'black cat today', and one picture of text including '‘Those cats are lucky you found them’'

After accidentally hitting a stray momma cat, shelter employee spends 2 years helping kittens in the same spot; then realizes they're all related: ‘They have the exact same blue eyes’

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Story of a woman adopting an unwanted cat from a shelter, then moving out of her toxic family's home and watching her cat thrive afterwards | Thumbnail includes two pictures of an orange and white cat, and one picture of text including '‘All of his anxious behaviors have disappeared’'

Pawrent adopts “unwanted” shelter cat who struggles in her toxic family's home, then watches him completely transform after they move out: 'It makes me cry happy tears'

Melancholy shelter volunteer decides to make his day brighter and help one precious tiny kitten find a furrever home: 'Sometimes the best way to deal with [it] is to show up for others'

Melancholy shelter volunteer decides to make his day brighter and help one precious tiny kitten find a furrever home: 'Sometimes the best way to deal with [it] is to show up for others'

19 text pictures, 1 cat picture | thumbnail includes one picture of a cat, and ‘I want to encourage people to volunteer with animals.’

After years of helping shelter animals find homes, a dedicated volunteer explains why the shelter isn't a place of heartbreak, but of hope: 'Sadness is the last thing you feel.'

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Story and video of a content creator rescuing a kitten | Thumbnail includes one picture of a content creator including 'There's a cat!', one picture of a kitten hiding under a car including 'It's a kitten.', and one picture of a kitten in a blanket including 'I said, "Nah, give her to me."'

'There's a cat!': Creator's livestream gets interrupted by a kitten hiding in his car, he takes her home after shelter refuses to take his young feral rescue

Story of adopting a very scared cat who learns to trust again | Thumbnail includes two pictures of a black cat, and one picture of text including '‘Love changed and transformed her’'

'Nobody wanted her': Patient pawrent adopts the scaredy cat the shelter advised against, and after years of building trust, they fall asleep cuddling every night

14 lbs Sphynx cat who couldn’t clean herself was dumped city shelter gets adopted, beginning her weight loss journey lose half her body weight, new pawrent says: ‘can't believe how neglected she was.... very glad brought her home’ | thumbnail includes one image which shows a fat and fluffy sphynx cat lying on a colorful couch ‘“She isn’t waddling around anymore she walks.”’

14 lbs Sphynx cat who couldn’t clean herself and was dumped at city shelter gets adopted, beginning her weight loss journey to lose half her body weight, new pawrent says: ‘I can't believe how neglected she was.... I'm very glad I brought her home’

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7 pictures of cats and transportation, and 17 pictures of text | Thumbnail includes one picture of a car filled with cat carriers, one picture of a man holding a cat, and one picture of text including '‘Some of these babies clearly just want to be loved’'

Two friends make a heartwarming journey out of taking 45 foster cats who were abandoned by the shelter system to another state to find them furrever homes: 'First time it was 26 cats, this time we had 45'

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