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Every little kitten matters - whether it's one you found in a shelter, one that followed you home from the street or one that your neighbors accidentally found in their burn tile. All the little furballs deserve a chance at a good life in an incredible forever home. This little garbage kitten thankfully found a home just like that.

Imgur user MickDuncher shares the story of their adopted kitten - before and after adopting here, and it is so positive and wholesome it makes our hearts soar. The baby is living with another rescued garbage kitty who's her BFF and am unspecified number of dogs, one of whom she hugs falls asleep on every single night. 

Yes, it really is that cute.

Here you have a collection of hippos- baby hippos. Why? Because why not? They're smooshy, sqooshy, funny, too dang adorable, and not nearly appreciated enough. 

You know us, we're the biggest animal lovers in the world, so we give love to every underappreciated animal cutie, and baby hippos are one of our favorite ones. 

You just don't expect them to be as cute as they are. They truly take you by surprise with their adorableness and make you feel like such a hippocrite for not considering how cute they are before now. 

Is there anything cuter than a puppy? Yes, MANY PUPPIES. Many puppies all together, lumped up in one big pawfect puppy pile. Oh, what we wouldn't do to get in there and cuddle with them. We can't imagine a more positive, wholesome way to spend an evening then experiencing the joy of a puppy pile. 

Because we love dogs, and we love puppies, and we're always happy to see tiny, newborn puppies wiggling around and giving each other love and warmth. So, enjoy the pawsitivity, dog lovers, and may you have a puppytastic day!

This one is for the fearless cat lovers in the crowd who want to pet every single cat no matter how dangerous they are. Yes, every single one of them. Of course, we're not tooootally crazy cat ladies and gentlemen, we know that some cats shouldn't be petted unless we want our fingers bitten off, but that's why there are mini versions of big cats, duh. 

Even murdermuffins like bobcats have a mini version that is totally pet-able: baby murdermuffins - bobkittens. You're about to bask in the glory of their fierce cuteness, and your urge to pet one will only grow. 

It's time to welcome two new puppies into the world!!! 

But these two puppies are not regular puppies. The two babies were both born with cleft lips, making them extra special in many different ways. The cuties will have a harder time than most going through their little doggo journeys. Especially now that they are so, so tiny, they will need some extra special love and care. 

Luckily, they found themselves in the hands of an amazing human. Working in a sanctuary and having taken care of at least one dog that we know of with a cleft lip, imgur user thevaiobandit101 knows what to do. The tiny pups will be tube fed for the next few weeks and will be a lot of work, but they are in good hands. 

Good luck to the puppies and to thevaiobandit101, we wish you an easy and amazing life! 

We all know that taking care of baby animals is a lot of work; helping them get used to their environment and the people around them. But taking care of baby wild animals is even more challenging, and imgur user hereyougobacon71, who's helped rehabilitate animals previously, shows us exactly why that is. 

Working to rehabilitate a baby bobcat turned out to be quite a challenge - with the kitty showing off its fierceness with biting and playing and... climbing and claiming the washing machine and... climbing into hereyougobacon71's pants. Yeah, it's not what hereyougobacon71 expected either, which only makes it more entertaining. 

The cub will, of course, be released into the wild after its rehabilitation, but for now, we are really enjoying watching it grow up to be the fiercest of all kittens. 

So much cuteness all in one place -- our hearts are bursting at the sight of it! 

Welcome back, animal lovers! We know you're running low on your cuteness dose so we're here (right on time, might we add), to refill your cuteness prescription! And this week, we have some real mega cuteness that may just may your heart skip a beat! Only because our hearts cannot handle this level of cuteness. So many wholesome and cute moments, it'll warm up your insides and leave you feeling refreshed and happy.

Just a warning, taking in this cuteness may result in a cuteness overdose. 

An off-duty rescue worker in Thailand, a few days ago, was faced with one of his most challenging situations yet. Having been called in while off duty on a road trip late on Sunday evening, Mana Srivate had to perform CPR on a baby elephant that was hit by a motorcycle while crossing the road. The elephant can be seen lain on its side while Mana gives it two-handed compressions as Mana's collogues take care of the dazed and injured motorcycle rider.

As CNN reports, "[b]oth the rider and elephant were recovering and neither had serious injuries". Mana, recalling the incident, told Reuters by phone: "It's my instinct to save lives, but I was worried the whole time because I can hear the mother and other elephants calling for the baby."

"I assumed where an elephant heart would be located based on human theory and a video clip I saw online," he added. "When the baby elephant starting to move, I almost cried."

It took almost 10 minutes for the baby elephant to get back up again, but it did. It was quickly taken to another location to be treated, and as soon as possible, it was returned to the scene of the accident in hopes of reuniting it with its family. And in a true Christmas miracle way, the baby elephant was later spotted with a fully grown elephant that is presumed to indeed be its mother. 

A happy ending to what could have ended as an absolutely heart wrenching story, and we can only thank Mana for his incredible work saving the baby elephant. For more amazing animal stories, check out our recap of the most positive animal stories of 2020!

Be still our beating hearts! If these images aren't the most darling images you'll see all day...

On November 6th, four white lion cubs were born at the Nantong Forest Safari Park in Jiangsu, in east China. The cubs, all males, are expected to make their very first public debut this upcoming Saturday. Images below show the cubs playing with one another and being pampered by the safari park keepers, and quite honestly, it may just be too much cuteness to handle! 

Interesting fact, native to South Africa, there are currently only 13 known white lions in the wild today. Their rare fur color is caused by a genetic mutation, according to the Global White Lion Protection Trust. 

We're wishing these beautiful cubs a long and healthy life! 

Story via DailyMail

Welcome to Monday, friends! A new week is coming, but there's still a whoooole day ahead of you to relax and get energized for the following week. And don't worry, we've got just the thing that'll really get your energy rising and put set your mood right for this week - a tiny collection of one of the most adorable teeny-weeny animals out there - widdle baby meerkats.

We know what you're thinking. "Meerkats are already tiny and adorable, can they really get any cuter?" Yes, yes, they can. Because they're a baby animals, and baby animals are always cuter than regular sized animals, that's just common knowledge. 

It's winter, it's cold, all we wanna do is hide at home under our blankets, but allll the wintery fluffy animals are popping out and living their best lives. And that's totally something to celebrate in our opinion. This time, our winter wonderland animal appreciation is the chonkiest, roundest fully baby harp seals.

Does anyone really need anything beyond that? It's chonk, it's fluff, it's baby, and it's so intensely huggable. Just imagine getting your arms around these fluffballs - not to warm them, mind you, they'll be the ones warming you. So try to enjoy this winter as best as you can and let these wintery beauties help you through it.