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'A part of me feels selfish for keeping her from having a better cat life:' Torn between love and loyalty, a college students struggles with rehoming rescue cat due to cramped dorm room and boyfriend's allergies

Sarah Brown

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'I fear she might try to steal him': 19-year-old son saves stray kitten with no microchip or mother, but a year later a Karen neighbor recognizes the cat and claims it morally belongs to her

Blake Seidel

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“He came right up to us and chose us as his humans”: Cat parents save orange cat hiding from the Texas heat; they take him from missing fur and oil stains to loving member of their feline family

Blake Seidel

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Daughter begged for a cat, then she and mom found an abandoned kitten in a ditch, immediately fell in love with the little lady and adopted her: ‘[I guess] we have a cat now’

Ayala Sorotsky

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Person finds a dirty cat lying on a pile of compost, takes him for a quick TNR but finds out he's too sick to live outside, falls in love with him and adopts him instead: 'I know when the vet said he was [fading] he must have somehow chosen us.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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20 Wholesome weekly success stories of kitties finding their furrever homes: "Threatened my family that if they adopted a cat - they could only do two. My bluff was called."

Blake Seidel

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'Am I being overly paranoid, or is it reasonable to be worried?': Long-distance pawrent’s worry grows as cat sitter's silence and cattitude push her to plan a fur baby rescue

Sarah Brown

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'Guess I have 2 kittens now!': Feline fan rescues newborn kitten while on a walk, then goes back 3 weeks later and saves her brother in the exact same spot

Blake Seidel

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‘Your SIL should never have another pet’: Mother gives up their 3-year-old family cat for adoption because it was "too much", then adopts a brand new kitten 2 months later

Blake Seidel

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Future feline father gets rejected from cat rescue after they refuse to let him adopt a cat because of his Legos, cat community leaves scathing review of the shelter

Blake Seidel

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'The fury I feel towards whoever did that to her is immeasurable': Person finds a declawed, sick and neglected 10-year-old black cat wandering around a middle school, takes her in and gives her a second chance at the life she deserves

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Person spends exactly 1 dollar and 25 cents to adopt a 14-year-old ginger cat who was abandoned by his previous family, now encourages others to give senior cats a chance too: 'One of the chillest cats we've ever adopted'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'Never give up hope': Parent's black cat meowsteriously reappears after being missing for over 4 years, they suspect someone "rescued" their lost cat, forcing their fluffy feline to escape to get back home

Blake Seidel

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15-year-old elderly cat was abandoned in a basket with a heartbreaking note saying "We can't look after her anymore", but this kind couple decided to take a chance on her, and she flourished with them: 'We can't let her be stressed anymore'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'My male cat accepted the kitten like his own': Person adopts an orange kitten that looks like a purrfect copy of their adult cat, and he instantly connects with it, shows it love, and makes it a part of the family

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Kind couple wants to adopt a stray cat momma who spends hours a day in their home, but their neighbor has "claimed" the cat for herself because she fed her milk, now the couple considers stealing her: '[I found] her kittens… on my neighbors patio'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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