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‘Stop borrowing trouble’: First-time cat owner regrets adopting the "perfect" cat, until heartfelt strangers remind her what it really means to trust happiness

Blake Seidel

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'I can't even think of sending her back to a house that didn't even look for her': A month after a 30-year-old woman adopts a sweet stray, her next-door neighbors claim it's theirs, leaving her in the middle of a catstody conflict

Sarah Brown

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'He was gone for 6 weeks—but he never stopped being mine': A lost cat’s escape through a window sparks a tireless search, dozens of posters, and an unlikely rescue from a stranger’s shed

Laurent Shinar

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'Found him injured on the side of the road while working': Gentle man adopts an abandoned kitten in need, wholesomeness ensues when the online feline family shares their own rescue stories

Ayala Sorotsky

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'Lessons learned: don’t take your fancy indoor cat outdoors no matter how prepared you think you are': The heart-pounding tale of a couple whose cat escaped their tent on their first camping trip, embarked on a desperate search and a miraculous rescue

Laurent Shinar

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Pregnant wife finds fuzzy feral kitten stowed away in car engine; she gives it to her son for the purrfect birthday present: 'This kid managed to contact the CDS directly'

Blake Seidel

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'I just want to help my new baby boy': Pawrent adopts a shy 7-month-old kitten and faces a heartwarming struggle to help him settle into his furever home one paw step at a time

Sarah Brown

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'She said giving us the kittens was a lapse of judgment': Unhinged cat rescuer demands kittens back after couple adopts them and the momma cat, claiming she gave them the kittens by mistake

Blake Seidel

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Feline fanatic wife walks into Petsmart to buy a fish, but instead wholesomely adopts purrfect black cat brothers who needed a pair of parents: 'You've been catfished'

Blake Seidel

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'I’m just worried I’m doing the wrong thing but I’ve truly done everything I can': Tiny rescued kitten wreaks big chaos, leaving pawrent torn on what to do and searching for the best pawsible solution for everyone involved

Sarah Brown

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“All she wanted was a warm cozy place to stay…”: A stray feline’s wish for a loving home is finally granted after a month in the cold, a broken adoption system, and a rescuer’s determination to give her a new life

Laurent Shinar

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Caring couple rescue a malnourished cat, yet neighbors claim she's theirs despite obvious lack of care: 'They'll have to fight their way inside before I let them take our cat'

Ayala Sorotsky

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Aspiring cat mom purrsues an extremely shy black kitty from the shelter and adopts her, proving that the ‘Inverse Cat Distribution System’ is just as purrfect at uniting pawrents and kittens meant for each other

Lana DeGaetano

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Cat mom and her coworkers rescue adorable kitten on their lunch break, then deem the kitten the new office cat: ‘An office kitten will improve morale’

Lana DeGaetano

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'She hates that he has stolen her spot next to me': Rescue cat howls all night after boyfriend moves in, but hopeful pawrent works toward a truce for cuddles all around

Sarah Brown

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'The strangest cinema you've never heard of': When Kinmount shelters were overwhelmed, this vintage movie theater became a sanctuary for 60 rescue cats and secured its place as a local cultural treasure

Blake Seidel

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