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We, animal lovers, enjoy nothing more than hearing wholesome, adorable, and heartwarming animal news stories. Animal stories with a happy endings never fail to make us smile, and we know that you guys are exactly the same. So, when you decide to share some of your pets' stories with us, we decide to say "thank you for making us smile" by sharing them with everyone else and hopefully making them smile too!

All animals have their stories, whether they're cute, heartwarming, or so funny they make your stomach hurt. Come share your pet's story in our new community on Facebook: ICanHas Storytime. Give us as many details about the story as you have, don't forget to attach pictures and videos of your fluffball, and your baby might get its own feature story on Cheezburger, where more people will smile because of it.

Let's be real - we all talk to our pets. And yes, we totally believe that they understand us. We tell them everything from our daily struggles and achievements to how cute they are and how smart they are and how beautiful and gorgeous and chonky and oh my goodness you're such a good puppy- anyway. 

It's totally normal to talk to your pets, don't even worry about it. And twitter is here to prove just that. After a tweet telling the story of someone talking to their pet went viral, other twitter users chimed in and started sharking funny stories of them talking to their pets as well. So, don't worry, you're not alone in talking to your pets. 

There no better way to end this month - and this year - than with some wholesome animal positivity. 

With all the difficult to hear news out there every day, all we wanna do is turn off the news, get off our phones and not look at news ever again. But this news list is one that we promise you won't want to turn away from, because it is all animals and only positivity. It is the celebration of happy-ending stories, new and exciting discoveries, heroes who save animals, and sometimes even hero animals who save humans. 

So, please, enjoy this nothing-but-animal positivity collection of our favorite news stories and start the year off with a true smile on your face and some actually good news to talk to your friends and family about. Have an amazing year, animal lovers, and may next month have as many, if not more, positive animal news stories!

Every cat has a story to tell. Some stories are more adventurous than others. And there's nothing that we would love more than being able to hear these stories. Alas, cats don't speak (unfortunately), so we can only settle on getting glimpses of their adventures. 

This week, a tweet had gone viral, describing a situation in a which a cat owner went to a neighbor's house and accidentally found her cat chilling there. Instantly, twitter users started chirping in, sharing their own stories about finding their cats in random, unexpected places. It's one of the risks of letting your cat hang outside, we suppose. And the stories... are just as unexpectedly hilarious. 

Or tiny little animal friends have a tendency of getting themselves into trouble all the time. Pet owners and pet lovers alike know that. And though normally, it's little things like your cat getting its nail stuck in the curtains or your dogs getting its nose stuck somewhere because puepper just had to try to get that fly, sometimes, things get a lot more dangerous than that, and we have situations where animals truly need us to come to their rescue. 

Every single month, we cover as many stories as we can about these heroes- the people who put everything aside to save the little animals who've gotten themselves a bit too deep into the mud. And every single month, happily, there are too many stories to cover, so we make this little list for everyone, so that we can all give the most deserved appreciation to these heroes. 

Cats are weird. We love them, but we can all admit they're a little weird. Probably nothing is weirder than when they go on a chirping rant to a bird or when they randomly start screaming at you and don't stop. You may never find out what they're yelling about, but when you do... you either roll your eyes because of course they just want food again, or you find out that they're extremely extremely distressed because someone put a hanger on their favorite pillow. 

Well, tumblr users just went on a chirping rant and told stories of their cats screaming at them, and the only conclusion is this: cats either scream at you because they're overreacting and being total drama queens or because they love you and want to make sure that you're functioning properly, you silly ridiculous large weird cat you. 

2020 wasn't ALL bad and we have the animal stories to prove it! Stories and news that brought us so much joy in such uncertain times. We would just like to say that even though 2020 has been so hard on mankind, to see the Earth revive itself has been one of the few benefits of this miss of a year. And then moments within the year in which good things happened to good animals, and the good people who went out of their way to help animals in need. There is still love, kindness, and happiness in this world. 

Be sure to surround yourself with it when times feel rough. It can make all the difference in the world. Wholesome animal stories are here to refresh your soul. If you want more wholesome news, in general, @tanksgoodnews on Instagram provides you nothing but warm feelings. 

So wholesome it hurts

Wholesome stories do the heart good. It's important to see the good in the world since we're constantly surrounded by the opposite. The news these days don't really provide us with any sort of hope and uplifting stories. Luckily, animals will always have wholesome stories and we're here to share these stories with you. 

From wholesome stories to wholesome tweets and memes, we've got the loveliest little gallery to bring you some feels. 

Week by week, we look for the most interesting pictures to present to you. Today, we have found an incredibly popular tumblr blog that reblogs some of the most thought-provoking pictures. The kind of pictures that hold book-length stories within them - ones that cannot simply be captured in anything less than 1000 words. 

From cows in bathtubs to kittens sleeping with turtles, sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's eclectic collection of pictures that deserve nothing less than a whole essay. Maybe they'll even inspire you. Some of them sure are inspiring to us. It's fun to imagine the way this cow got into the bathtub honestly. Maybe its other cow friends are helping bathe it because it strained its ankle playing soccer earlier that day. Can you say for sure that this didn't happen? No, you can't.

A huge shout out to our lovely and caring 'I Can Has Cheezburger' users! All of your hearts are so big, we're incredibly proud to have you as one of our users. 

If you missed it, this week we asked our Facebook users to share a recent photo of their pet and describe how they came to be in their life. The heartwarming stories we received were overwhelming! Everyone's pet is so adorable and everyone's story is heartwarming -- it made it extremely difficult to select only a few. 

We love you all! Thank you for sharing these photos and stories with us! And if you missed out on the fun, follow us on Facebook to be included in the next challenge and have a chance to be featured on our site. 

Pets can be freakishly smart, to the point that makes you stop and think, "were you a human in a past life?" Other pets... maybe not so much. Some cats can even open up closed doors by jumping up and pressing down the door handle! 

Or how about those cats who can actually take care of their business in a toilet and flush afterward? Crazy! We've heard stories of cats and dogs who have saved lives before, and now it's time to hear stories from our lovely users! 

What's the smartest thing you've ever seen YOUR pet do? Share your stories in the comments and don't forget to follow I Can Has Cheezburger on Facebook to join the next challenge! 

Sometimes, it's not you who adopts the cat, it's the cat who adopts you. 

Here are a handful of stories in which cats decided to take matters into their own paws and get that forever home by force. And most of the time, it totally works. I mean, who can resist a cat that has decided you are their human? That's pretty freakin' special if you ask us. 

Cheers to all those who were adopted by stray animals! 

Oops! Turns out, animals are pretty intelligent animals and by reinforcing positive attributes, such as treats, they will likely do it again. For the treat, not for you. 

An AskReddit thread by user shoonpo, asked the community to share what they have accidentally conditioned their pets to do. The results? Gold, as always. 

Now we would like from you, our fellow readers! Is there something you've accidentally conditioned your pet to do? Share it with us in the comments below! 

In the middle of the night, cat owner Scott White was awoken in the early hours of Sunday to his cat purring and pacing about the room. Then the rescue cat, named Joey, even stood on his chest to get his undivided attention. 

Luckily, Mr White was able to recognize something was wrong with the way Joey was acting and went into the kitchen to find the entire room filled with smoke! The smoke coming from a slow cooker he had set hours ago. 

Mr White told CBC, "We went to bed around midnight and it was fine," White said of the Crock-Pot. "And then it wasn't fine when Joey found it."

Story via CBC

Let's bask in the warm sunshine that is wholesome pictures. 

Let it soak into your skin and heart, and just let that warmth spread to every inch of you. 

It's what you need. It's what we all need.