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story about cat owners demanding to get their cat back after willingly giving it to someone else | thumbnail includes one picture of someone holding a cute kitten 'now feeling extremely pressured either give cat back or pay them'

24 hours after adopting a cat from a coworker, the previous owners demand she be returned to them or that the new owner pay for all previous pet expenses: 'I already sent them money the day of the adoption'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a homeless woman handing a person a cat and the cat getting adopted | thumbnail includes a picture of a woman holding a black kitten and another picture of a black kitten 'A homeless person gave me a little void'

'My life is [messed] up, and I don't want hers to be': Homeless woman hands person a tiny void kitten, trying to give her a better chance at life, and changes the feline's fate forever

Mariel Ruvinsky

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22 Cozy Pictures of Cats Curling Up for Storytime

story about two black cats attempting to break into someone's home and getting adopted | thumbnail includes two pictures of black cats cuddling 'Their love was the only thing that helped them survive until they found my home'

'[They] repeatedly tried to break into my apartment': Bonded black cat duo decides on their human, stages multiple break-in attempts, and eventually wins, getting adopted into their purrfect furrever home

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a cat adopting a crying person from outside | thumbnail includes one picture of a cute cat 'I sat under a streetlight and cried... and she came running up like she'd been looking for me'

'[This] cat showed up on my worst week': Affectionate cat runs up to person who's crying outside, sits in their lap, chooses them as her human and and makes their sadness a little lighter every day

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about a pregnant stray cat running into a man's home and getting adopted | thumbnail includes one picture of a screaming cat behind a glass window and a cute cat 'A year ago, this stray cat ran through my front door and refused to leave'

'The little fluffball followed me home': Pregnant stray cat barges into man's house, climbs into his lap like she owns the place, and makes it clear she’s chosen him

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a frozen tuxedo cat being surrendered to a vet and getting adopted | thumbnail includes two pictures including a cute tuxedo kitten and a kitten wrapped up in a blanket 'Poor guy was frozen from the rain and hypothermic'

'Poor guy was surrendered to the emergency vet clinic': Frozen tuxedo kitten desperate for help gets surrendered and falls right into the hands of a loving human who's tuxedo cat crossed the rainbow bridge in 2025

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a mom and daughter finding cats inside their wall and adopting them | thumbnail includes two pictures of a black and a white kitten and a kitten drinking from a bottle 'my mom hears kitten meows in the wall'

Mom, who didn't allow her daughter to adopt a cat, hears meows coming from inside the wall, calls the firefighters to rescue a newborn bonded pair of kittens, and ends up fulfilling her daughter's dreams anyway

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about someone adopting a cat that doesn't grow bigger | thumbnail includes one picture of a tiny cat with a banana on top of it 'It is normal for my cat to be so small?'

Person adopts a teeny weeny kitten that never grows, wonders if there's something wrong with her, but the vet says she's simply going to be tiny furrever: 'There is nothing wrong with her'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about ten cats getting rescued from a neglectful breeder and one of them being adopted | thumbnail includes two pictures of a one-eyed Maine Coon cat 'no food, or clean water, or even a window in the shed'

2-year-old sick Maine Coon is rescued along with 10 other cats from a breeder who didn't care, finds a home and makes an inspiring recovery: 'We're working hard to get her to her maximum floof potential.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone adopting a cat for their girlfriend that she didn't want then returning the benagl cat | thumbnail includes two pictures of a bengal cat 'Could you believe she was abandoned?'

Man adopts a unique Bengal kitten for his girlfriend, but "she didn't like the cat", so they abandon the cat at a shelter without notice after 2 months with her, but luckily, a kind employee turns their loss into her gain

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about a woman rescuing her neighbor's cat and secretly keeping it | thumbnail includes one picture of a black cat on grass 'I put her her owner's arms where cat immediately reared up and freaked out'

Person rescues friendly stray cat, the neighbor comes to claim her, but the cat is terrfied and returns to the rescuer 12 hours later, so the rescuer hides her from the owner and secretly adopts her: 'I decided enough was enough.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

stroy about a stepmom and stepdaughter demanding that the husband's daughter get rid of her cat | thumbnail includes one picture of a woman holding a kitten 'She said she wasn't moving if kept my cat'

Stepmom and stepsister gang up on husband's sick 17-year-old daugher, demanding they get rid of her ESA cat or they won't move in, then stealing the cat and legally threatening the daughter when she takes it back

Mariel Ruvinsky

person rescues a Maine Coon cat from a breeder who couldn't sell him anymore | thumbnail includes two pictures of a man and a woman holding a Maine Coon cat 'No one wanted him because he has respiratory problems'

'No one wanted him, so I took him': Man rescues a sick Maine Coon from a breeder who couldn't use him or sell him anymore, takes care of him and gives him the home he's always deserved

Mariel Ruvinsky

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video about a cat with a strange illness getting rescued and turning healthy again | thumbnail includes two pictures of a sick looking orange cat

Skinny 'slo-mo' cat who was struggling with walking makes a complete transformation turns into a chonky happy ginger: 'He was 6 and a half pounds. Skin and bones.'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a mom cat giving a man her kitten on New Years Eve | thumbnail includes one picture of someone holding a black kitten in their hand 'Mom cat comes walking out with TINIEST baby have ever seen!'

Man follows a lost black cat on New Year's Eve, she comes running toward him with a tiny kitten, drops the kitten in front of him, runs off, and leaves him with the best 2026 gift ever: '[He] just walked straight into my boyfriend's hands'

Mariel Ruvinsky