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A year after finally winning over the massive, combative, yet soft-at-heart senior alley cat and adopting him, that ex-feral brings home a new kitten friend to live the good life together: 'Now have two stray cat friends'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Kitten who's forced to live outdoors decides he doesn't like his owners, goes to the neighbors instead, befriends their house cat, and the family happily takes him home: '[The neighbors] said they couldn't get him to stay at their place anyway'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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After hearing a kitten cry beneath a stranger’s car, one couple’s late-night rescue ends with an unexpected addition to the family

Sarah Brown

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'[I] felt bad that she was eating nasty trash': After spending 3 months gently coaxing a stray cat from the trash can, the feline suddenly becomes obsessed with her human and finally comes home

Mariel Ruvinsky

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After months of grieving their senior cat, one family finds Persephone waiting in their yard when they’re finally ready to love again

Sarah Brown

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After her brother suddenly passes, the sister is left with his sweet 3-year-old orange cat, and although both her roommates are allergic, they fall in love with the little feline and happily take her home

Mariel Ruvinsky

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After her younger brother left for the Naval Academy, one woman's rescue of a chatty kitten helped fill the quiet at home

Sarah Brown

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Customer walks into a "no pets allowed" shop with a kitten she had just rescued hidden in her shirt, gets caught, admits she can't adopt it, and the "grumpy old man" employee at the shop ends up going home with a new kitten

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Kitten who really wants to be adopted chases after a mother and child in the McDonald's parking lot, but they don't want him and flee; thankfully, his rescuer was watching the whole thing: 'I ran to grab him'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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A family planned to adopt after moving, but a frightened feline running through traffic changed everything

Sarah Brown

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8 years after she was forced to give her cat away because of a toxic ex, the cat is found as a sick stray with her microchip still attached; the mom and daughter rush to the vet and bring their cat back home: 'She recognised us both instantly'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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One driver spotted a frightened kitten sitting in the middle of the road, made a U-turn to save him, and gave him the second chance he desperately needed

Sarah Brown

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After 20 years without a cat, one hungry stray gave a woman a reason to become a cat mom again

Sarah Brown

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After losing their loyal dog of 15 years, a cat that looks just like him shows up in this man's backyard, and even though he's "not a cat person", he knows it's fate and takes the kitty home

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Couple happily adopts a kitten only to be called back and told that since the adoption, the kitten's brother is heartbroken, so they go back, adopt the brother too, and the siblings are so thankful: 'They latched onto each other right away'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Person crocheted adorable sweaters for their newly adopted three-legged kitten to keep him warm a day after his operation, and he doesn't let being a tripod stop him from jumping around and living his best life

Mariel Ruvinsky

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