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Woman takes a chance on a cat labeled "aggressive" that the shelter wanted to put down, only to find a terrified cat who spent her first days home just hiding, needing nothing but time and love to blossom.

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1-day-old kitten survives against all odds with the help of a kind woman who takes her in, and 14 weeks later she's the purrfect example of the second chances all cats deserve.

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'He let himself get caught': Wounded battle-worn tomcat outsmarts shelter workers' traps for months, until he decides on his own that it's time to let them help him

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Family with three cats already at home finds a defenseless kitten cornered by their neighbor's dogs in a rusty shed; two years later, Baby runs the entire household.

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'She remembered our past kindness and chose us to help her': Rescuers return to their car after a routine stop to find a familiar stray cat has climbed in through the window, and over four trips, brings them every one of her newborn kittens

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After her dog passes away, a first-time cat owner asks the online feline family for cat-child advice, and the comments turn into an impawrtant beginner's guide

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'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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Worker spots a dangerously skinny cat among the facility's regulars, rushes to buy adoption supplies, and returns two hours later to find Simon right where he was, waiting for him: 'I was afraid if I didn't take him home, he would surely starve.'

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Kitten given as a gift to someone who didn't want her is left outside to fend for herself, so she takes matters into her own paws and moves in with the neighbor next door.

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Couple disappointed with their new apartment's view ends up with a much better one: a rotating cast of neighborhood cats who've claimed their windowsill as their own

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Couple adopts Koda, a survivor of one of the worst hoarding and neglect cases authorities had seen, and makes sure his remaining years are nothing but love and comfort

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Smokey the Scottish Fold spent 24 hours lost and alone before a kind stranger took him in and reunited him with the owner who'd been searching everywhere: 'She literally rushed to the clinic crying happy tears!'

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Alabama woman receives surprise visit from the farm mouser tomcat, who led a stray kitten to her doorstep and disappeared: 'He left the same way he came, leaving me with his child. Men.'

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Man rescues a lone roadside kitten, then returns the next day with a search party to find his siblings: 'The whole litter basically got a second chance thanks to one person stopping to help.'

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Self-described dog person shares the accidental adoptions of her four cats she never asked for, but became a purrfect part of her family: 'You ARE a cat person. The cats have decided.'

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Precious pregnant cat paw-picked the best possible human staff for her babies, and finally decides she’s ready to focus on her own retirement: 'After 5 long months, she got the all-clear from the vet.'

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