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Emeowtional Support Expurrts: 10+ stories from the online feline family about how cats served as their therapspspsts

Ayala Sorotsky

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'I was shocked': Kind person who rescued an unneutered adult tuxedo stray cat refuses to give it back after his previous owner makes a 'lost cat' post on Facebook 9 months later, because the cat has bonded with her and her other cat

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Person adopts a blind and paraplegic kitten who was run over and left to fend for himself, nurses him back to health and finds the purrfect home for a special-needs cat like him: 'With a lot of love and care, [his] dignity was restored'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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'He thinks he's one of [the cats]': Rescued bobcat kitten who's unable to be released into the wild gets adopted by a veterinarian and his rehabilitator wife, grows up alongside domestic cats, now thinks that he is a cat himself

Mariel Ruvinsky

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‘[He] decided they needed an actual shelter’: A dad who “hates cats” falls in love with two voids dumped in the family's property, building them the sturdiest and warmest shelter for winter

Ayala Sorotsky

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Sailor finds a kitten on board after the cargo ship's entire journey from Italy to Canada, and decides to adopt the little stowaway: 'Now we have a great cat in our family'

Ayala Sorotsky

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Normal stray cat decides that she likes humans out of nowhere, less than a week later, she has 6 precious kittens under their couch, and secures them all warm furrever homes: 'I think Mom is very grateful for the help'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Alert neighbor saves a cat from fire while his human mama is at work: 'Nothing else matters more than him. Everything else is replaceable, he is not.'

Ayala Sorotsky

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Ambulance responder hears a kitten's cry after returning from a call, takes her in and nurses the smol fluffball back to health: 'I help people enough, so why can't I [help her] too?'

Ayala Sorotsky

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'She's got a forever home where she can safely raise her babies': Couple rescues a sick pregnant cat whose kittens would have been born outside, giving her a chance at a better life

Mariel Ruvinsky

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‘He chose me as his momma and I will always be his momma’: The emotional story of a cat momma and her cat distribution system delivered soul kitten who survived against the odds and stayed together through evictions and several rounds of ill health

Laurent Shinar

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'Many people REALLY aren't cat people until a cat chooses them': Five feline stories of cats creating cat people by being their cute, heart-melting selves

Ayala Sorotsky

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'[He] showed me a passenger seat full of kittens': Starbucks barista gets handed a kitten through the drive-through window, instantly falls in love with it and takes home the sweetest order of the day

Mariel Ruvinsky

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Wholesome young woman falls in love with a friendly stray feline, but her parents refuse to bring her into their cat-filled home: 'She's been trying to get inside all summer'

Ayala Sorotsky

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'It's a soul connection that I just can't explain': Shelter cat who is skittish around everyone falls in love with one human and has the most wholesome relationship with him

Mariel Ruvinsky

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New parent of abandoned kitten refuses to return her to former owner without proof of previous ownership: 'I am NOT interested in giving her back'

Ely Bulnes

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