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31 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘I’ve always been a dog person all my life’'

'I guess I'm a cat person now': One unexpected workday rescue transformed a lifelong dog person into a devoted cat pawrent

31 text pictures, 3 kitten pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of a kitten, and ‘I guess I have a third cat.’

Woman with a full feline family saves a missing-tail kitten from under her house: 'Then [my husband] uttered the stupidest phrase "He's cute. Sure you don't want to keep him?"'

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27 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘No matter how hard the fight was yesterday, I’d do it all over again’'

'She was about to be thrown away': A tiny kitten’s life changed for the better when this rescuer noticed her, stepped in, and refused to walk away

story about two black cats attempting to break into someone's home and getting adopted | thumbnail includes two pictures of black cats cuddling 'Their love was the only thing that helped them survive until they found my home'

'[They] repeatedly tried to break into my apartment': Bonded black cat duo decides on their human, stages multiple break-in attempts, and eventually wins, getting adopted into their purrfect furrever home

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a cat adopting a crying person from outside | thumbnail includes one picture of a cute cat 'I sat under a streetlight and cried... and she came running up like she'd been looking for me'

'[This] cat showed up on my worst week': Affectionate cat runs up to person who's crying outside, sits in their lap, chooses them as her human and and makes their sadness a little lighter every day

Mariel Ruvinsky

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24 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘We were devastated and furious that someone would abandon him’'

'He didn't trust us at first, but my wife's persistence paid off': After years on his own, a once-abandoned yard cat named Walter slowly learned to trust again and found safety, food, and a place to belong

18 text pictures, 3 kitten pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of a kitten, and ‘There's something really special about growing up with [cats]’

Dad shares the delightful cat-kid connection of his 7-year-old child with her newly adopted kitten: 'According to my sobbing daughter she had "been waiting my whole life".'

story about a pregnant stray cat running into a man's home and getting adopted | thumbnail includes one picture of a screaming cat behind a glass window and a cute cat 'A year ago, this stray cat ran through my front door and refused to leave'

'The little fluffball followed me home': Pregnant stray cat barges into man's house, climbs into his lap like she owns the place, and makes it clear she’s chosen him

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Lonely Grandpa seeks a companion and asks for the cat that has been in the shelter the longest, then takes home a sweet orange cat 20 minutes later: ‘To many happy years with her’

Lonely Grandpa seeks a companion and asks for the cat that has been in the shelter the longest, then takes home a sweet orange cat 20 minutes later: ‘To many happy years with her’

6 cat pictures, 16 text pictures | thumbnail includes two pictures of cats, and ‘When we picked her up, she look fairly malnourished’

'Went to the vet to look for a chip, found a different surprise': Kind cat pawrent saves a malnourished meowing cat, discovering she's a mama hiding a pawdorable Trojan load

story about a frozen tuxedo cat being surrendered to a vet and getting adopted | thumbnail includes two pictures including a cute tuxedo kitten and a kitten wrapped up in a blanket 'Poor guy was frozen from the rain and hypothermic'

'Poor guy was surrendered to the emergency vet clinic': Frozen tuxedo kitten desperate for help gets surrendered and falls right into the hands of a loving human who's tuxedo cat crossed the rainbow bridge in 2025

Mariel Ruvinsky

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27 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘He wandered into that house looking for someone like me to take him home’'

'We had to make him part of our family': An injured orange cat named Nemo found shelter and safety at a construction site and gained a safe, happy home with a new furmily

15 cat people, 14 text pictures, 4 cat and text pictuers, 1 catio picture | thumbnail includes one cat picture including 'the moment we met', and one cat picture including 'but then it got really cold and he started sleeping in my bathroom', and one cat picture including 'now I'm safe I'm loved and I love my family'

'Last year a stray cat jumped over my fence and into my life': CDS cat pawrent reminisces about a year-long journey with the fluffy feline addition to their family

31 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘She deserves the good life inside’'

'She is now very much my cat:' After months on the street, an underweight stray named Potato walked through the front door on New Year’s Day and started a new life indoors

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story about a mom and daughter finding cats inside their wall and adopting them | thumbnail includes two pictures of a black and a white kitten and a kitten drinking from a bottle 'my mom hears kitten meows in the wall'

Mom, who didn't allow her daughter to adopt a cat, hears meows coming from inside the wall, calls the firefighters to rescue a newborn bonded pair of kittens, and ends up fulfilling her daughter's dreams anyway

Mariel Ruvinsky

21 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes two pictures of a cat and one picture of text including '‘I refuse to leave her outside in freezing temps’'

'The cat distribution system recently hit me with this gorgeous girl': A freezing night and unanswered doors led to a sweet, cuddly stray cat finding warmth, care, and a safe place to land with these new pawrents