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the best cat adoption stories of 2025 | thumbnail includes three pictures including a cat standing on its back legs and a kitten climbing up someone's leg and a child cuddling with a cat

2025’s Most Touching Cat Adoption Stories Celebrating the Fluffy Felines Who Found Forever Homes This Year

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about new cat owners finding out their kitten has a sick sibling and going to adopt him too | thumbnail includes three pictures including a fluffy white cat and a white kitten in a carrier and a white kitten playing 'we found out that donut had a deaf brother' 'this is him now all better'

New cat parents find out their tiny rescued snow kitten has a sick and deaf brother back at the shelter, run back to adopt him and nurse him back to health: 'We couldn't pass him up'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about someone being gifted a kitten they didn't want and the kitten bonding with their cat | thumbnail includes two pictures including a grumpy kitten and a kitten being sniffed by a cat 'My sister gave me a cat I didn’t want'

Sister gifts a feral kitten for a grieving pet owner who didn't want a new cat, but the kitten falls in love with the older housecat and leaves the woman no choice but to adopt: 'I can't wait for the day she looks at me the way she looks at him'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a cat jumping out of a sewer and following a person and their dog home | thumbnail includes two pictures including a gray cat in blankets and a cat jumping out of a sewer 'From park sewer cat to my new best friend'

'He walked right up to us and adopted us': Person goes on a walk with their senior dog when, out of nowhere, a gray cat pops out of the nearby sewer and follows them home

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a white kitten calling out for help and getting adopted | thumbnail includes two pictures of a pretty snow white cat 'Found a stray kitten in my backyard, meowing desperately'

'I couldn't ignore him': A snow white kitten desperately calls out for help from person's backyard, demanding attention, immediately wins them over with his cuteness and gets adopted

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about a cat knocking on someone's door and getting adopted | thumbnail includes two pictures of a Siamese kitten 'He literally knocked on my door, begging to be let in'

Freezing Siamese kitten knocks on person's door, begging to be let inside from the cold: 'I thought it was my housemate who locked himself out'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a dog finding an injured kitten in the backyard and the family adopting it | thumbnail includes one picture of a kitten in a Santa hat and a picture of a kitten with an orange shaped pillow around its neck 'Got her to a vet and come to find out her femur was broken in 2 places'

'CDS sent us a broken kitty': Family dog alerts his owners to an injured kitten he found in the backyard, they cancel their Christmas trip to take care of their new itty bitty holiday meowracle

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone abandoning their cat and the neighbor adopting her | thumbnail includes one picture of a calm cat looking through a window 'I'm scared they'll want her back just to abandon her again'

'I don't know how anyone could abandon their pet': Family moves out and leaves their cat behind, their kind ex-neighbor finds the feline terrified under the house and gently coaxes it into giving her a chance

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about a girl choosing a sad cat at a shelter | thumbnail includes three pictures of a girl trying to pet a ginger cat through a cage at a shelter 'We went to a new animal shelter today.' 'My daughter, for whatever reason, went right to this cage. She even had to climb a chair to get to it!' 'The workers told us this young cat was depressed because her kittens had recently been taken from her.'

'My daughter for whatever reason, went right to this cage': Sad shelter cat who had her babies taken from her meets her kindred spirit in a little girl who instantly chooses her

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about a rescued momma cat adopting a rescued orphaned ginger kitten | thumbnail includes one picture of a cat cuddling with an orange kitten 'This little baby who started out alone with a bottle now had a mom to teach him how to be a cat'

Rescuers introduce tiny orphaned kitten to a heartbroken momma cat who had tragically lost her babies, and she hesitates for only a meowment before adopting him: '[She] started grooming him like he'd always been hers'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone getting a note that the stray tomcat they've been trying to catch has been rescued | thumbnail includes two pictures including an old and injured stray cat and a ginger cat on its back 'Finally, a happy ending'

Kind rescuer fails to catch stray ginger tomcat for 4 years, one day finds an adorable note attached to their fence saying: 'Folded ear cat has been rescued, $2000 vet bill, is safe and sound, and is living the good life'

Mariel Ruvinsky

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story about a couple that moved getting adopted by a stray cat | thumbnail includes two pictures of a gray and white cat 'Moved to a new house, opened the door, and she ran right in.'

Couple moves to a new house, open their door, and immediately have the sweetest stray kitten storm inside and never leave again: '[She] threw herself at his feet and started purring'

Mariel Ruvinsky

story about someone getting adopted by a cat in a Chick-fil-A parking lot | thumbnail includes two pictures of a gray and white cat 'I have been chosen. Claimed me in a Chick-Fil-A parking lot'

Person goes to dinner, comes back with a kitten, after getting claimed by an adorable tiny kitty outside of Chick-fil-A: 'He is constantly purring and making biscuits'

Mariel Ruvinsky

10 cat pictures, 24 text pictures | thumbnail includes two cat pictures, and ‘It's so incredible what love and care can do for a living being’

'She came to us, screaming because she couldn't see': Wonderful woman saves blind kitten from the street, heals her sight while the cat heals her heart

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story about a kitten running up to someone and adopting them | thumbnail includes two pictures including a kitten wrapped in a blanket and a kitten climbing up someone's leg 'We found him right after eating dinner'

Dumpster kitten who was accidentally left behind after all her siblings were rescued spots her chosen human, runs right up to them and gets herself adopted: 'She was skinny, shivering, and SCREAMING'

Mariel Ruvinsky

5 cat pictures, 18 text pictures | thumbnail includes one cat picture, and ‘This cat broke into my house’

'Cats really know how to steal hearts - and beds': Sweet stories of stray cats invading people's homes and adopting themselves in

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