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story about a kitten who was given a week to live getting adopted and recovering | thumbnail includes two pictures including an injured kitten in a crate and a clean kitten with a cast 'Sick, chewed up by dogs, lungs destroyed and given only a week to live'

Kitten that was only given a week to live finds the purrfect forever home where he makes a stunning transformation: 'Broke my heart to see him like this so I adopted him'

Mariel Ruvinsky

11 cat pictures, 25 text pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat, and ‘She's getting stronger by the day’

'[She was] so weak she couldn't walk': Husband finds a huddled 4-months-old kitten in a gas station, immediately scoops her to his warm home and loving family

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21 pictures of cats | thumbnail includes one picture of a cat and one picture of text including '‘She acts just like him in so many ways, it’s uncanny’'

'I think he came back home': After Gravy passed over the rainbow bridge, the CDS sent Snowflake at just the right time to comfort his pawrent

17 text pictures, 6 cat pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat, and ‘My little dumpster blessing’

Woman finds a kitten crying in the dumpster, takes her in and finds she's the most gentle and pure cat: 'She hasn't even touched the Christmas tree'

story about someone rescuing a crying freezing creamsicle cat from the snow | thumbnail includes two pictures of a light orange cat 'Found him crying on my porch in the snow :('

'He has the saddest little face': Person finds freezing creamsicle cat crying in the snow just days before Christmas, and despite knowing they couldn’t afford him, they carried him home out of the cold

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about someone who never wanted cats getting adopted by a trash kitten | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cute kitten 'I've only had her for 3 weeks, but I'm pretty sure this is what love feels like'

'I’ve spent 30+ years saying "I’m just not a cat person"': Human who didn't want a cat gets adopted by the sweetest trashcan kitten, and she changes their entire purrception of cats

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a tiny black kitten adopting a large Great Dane dog | thumbnail includes two pictures of a Great Dane and black kitten cuddling 'The dog got adopted by a void'

Giant Great Dane gets adopted by an itty bitty black kitten who waited just for him and didn't take 'no' for an answer: '[She was] patiently waiting on a pitch black, cold, drizzly night, ahead of a winter storm...'

Mariel Ruvinsky

22 cat pictures, 12 cat pictures | thumbnail includes three pictures of a cat, and ‘She slowly started to come in and hang out’

Sweet person gains the trust of a stray cat that comes by his property, the friendly feline slowly opens up until she gets inside her warm and loving forever home.

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story about a person finding seven kittens in a building set to be destroyed and saving them | thumbnail includes two pictures including a bunch of kittens in a box and an adorable kitten 'The day the CDS changed my life'

'All seven survived!' Former zookeeper finds a litter of 7 kittens in a building set for demolition, rescues them, nurses them, adopts 3 of them and makes sure the other 4 are in ameowzing homes

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone adopting a 19-year-old cat that was returned to the shelter | thumbnail includes two pictures including a grumpy old cat and a snuggly cat in blankets 'I'm unsure how long I'll have with this little guy, but I'm grateful for every moment'

Person rescues a 19-year-old tuxedo cat with barely any teeth and dementia, who was dumped by his previous owners, and gives him a second chance at life: 'Adopting a senior cat was the best decision I’ve ever made'

Mariel Ruvinsky

20 text pictures, 8 cat pictures | thumbnail includes one picture of a cat, and ‘A friend found him in the woods meowing his little head off’

Friend finds a family-less feline in the woods, gives him to an acquaintance to foster, but the fostering fails adorably and turns into adoption: 'He chose me pretty quick'

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stroy about a neighbor having to rescue the same cat over and over again because its owners are neglectful | thumbnail includes two pictures including a woman hugging a cat and a very fluffy cat 'Rescued the same cat, again. Again'

'Next time I rescue their cat, I have a new cat': Neighbor keeps rescuing the same cat over and over again from her neglectful family, until they finally snap and decide to keep the kitty for themselves

Mariel Ruvinsky

the best cat adoption stories of 2025 | thumbnail includes three pictures including a cat standing on its back legs and a kitten climbing up someone's leg and a child cuddling with a cat

2025’s Most Touching Cat Adoption Stories Celebrating the Fluffy Felines Who Found Forever Homes This Year

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about new cat owners finding out their kitten has a sick sibling and going to adopt him too | thumbnail includes three pictures including a fluffy white cat and a white kitten in a carrier and a white kitten playing 'we found out that donut had a deaf brother' 'this is him now all better'

New cat parents find out their tiny rescued snow kitten has a sick and deaf brother back at the shelter, run back to adopt him and nurse him back to health: 'We couldn't pass him up'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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30 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘Picked up a little baby outside work’'

'I didn't think I'd get this far': Pawrent meets a tiny kitten met outside work, and takes her home ‘only for the night,’ only to end up adopting her furever

23 text pictures, 4 cat pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat, and ‘I wish we could tell [cats] that's what happens when they trust us’

'I find a note on the fence where I feed [the cats]': Wounded colony cat goes missing, TNRing person fears the worst but finds the feline found his forever home

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Couple adopts tiny orange kitten they found dehydrated on a road in the scorching Texas heat, he bonds with them instantly, knowing they saved his life: 'he likely wouldn't have survived much longer on his own'

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