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‘His hands look like mittens’: Orange polydactyl stray cat, Cheese, heals a grieving cat owner's heart 2 weeks after her cat passes, filling the cat-sized hole in their family from the hospital parking lot

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Cat-skeptic reluctantly honors a nightly kitten buffet, then the neighborhood stray cats spread rumors of his wholesome open-door policy: ‘Word on the street is that you are warm, welcoming, and generous with the treats'

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‘What a comeback’: Family takes in sick and scraggly Maine Coon cat, then turns him from foster feline to foster fail while restoring his floof, his health, and his faith in humanity

Blake Seidel

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'STOP LETTING HIM OUT': Woman rescues the same cat 3x over the course of 2 years because her neighbors repeatedly let him escape, so she decides to keep him

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'She kept making happy chirps and air biscuits so… I'm keeping her': Gas station employee finds an affectionate tortie kitten near the I-20, and despite recently adopting 2 other cats, takes her home

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'I just couldn't separate them': Cat lover comes home with 3 orange kittens after swearing to get only one, ends up with triple the cuteness, cuddles, and mayhem

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'Ya'll are coming home with me': Road-tripper finds 3 kittens loose on a country road while on vacation, she rescues the whole family, and brings them home as a cuddly souvenir

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'I guess I have a cat now': Cute kitten abandoned at dog rescue center, employee agrees to "only foster" but falls in love and adopts the baby after one night

Blake Seidel

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‘You’ve got to come get this kitten!': Kitten finds a worker on their lunch break, becomes a surprise secret gift to her uncle, who's wanted a cat for months

Jesse Kessenheimer

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UPDATE: 'A cat teleported in': Honeymooners return from a 2-week vacation to find a strange cat in their home, mysterious stray 'Phantom' proves to be a delayed wedding gift from the Cat Distribution System

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'EXTRA TOEBEANS': Sweet 7-toed kitten goes home in a to-go box with some cat lovers after they dine at the local burger joint, becoming the sweetest dessert they never ordered

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'I'm just gonna scooch in': Timid cat sneaks into a camper's tent to warm his whiskers; finds a purrmanent home in a temporary shelter

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Little girl adopts the cat of her dreams after selling $1 homemade bracelets all summer at the local farmer's market to earn the rescue fee: 'Meet Catlyn'

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'I'm not even a cat person': Woman witnesses a road-rager kick a kitten out of the way of a traffic jam, so she leaps out and saves the kitty herself

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'Property values just went way up!': Homeowners inherit a cat with their new house, becoming pawperty owners when the resident feline chooses to stick around

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'I didn't think we'd get 3 months together, but here we are a year later': Cat lover picks the crustiest, oldest cat in the shelter, giving a 16-year-old rescue a new zest for life

Jesse Kessenheimer

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