Cat Stories

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Kitten survives a mystery illness and overcomes her fears to get adopted

Tiny tabby Peyton came to Best Friends in bad shape, underweight and sick, but wit...
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Sweet senior cat beats the younger competition to score a wonderful new home

Longtime shelter resident, a senior black cat named Millie, finally got picked and...
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Adopter looks beyond cat’s FIV status and gives him a home

Affectionate and playful cat positive for the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) ...
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Tiny kitten with serious injuries beats the odds and is now loving life

Kitten with challenges - injured rear leg and hip and a luxating patella - has her...
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Kitten helps dispel myth that living with feline leukemia is a ‘cat-astrophe’

Perry the kitten is positive for feline leukemia, but he is living his best life d...
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Injured kitten loses his leg but makes heroic comeback after life-threatening infection

Little kitten was malnourished and weak, with a broken hind leg that was infected ...
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Senior cat found herself homeless after diabetes diagnosis, but she is doing so much better now

A cat who was diagnosed with diabetes lost her home, but with special care and tre...
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12 pet adoption stories that will melt your heart this holiday season

Read 12 pet adoption stories (with photos!) about cats, dogs, puppies and kittens ...
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Fearless kitten with twisted legs doesn't let anything slow her down

Baby cat with deformed and twisted back legs, which are likely a result of a birth...
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Free to a good home: How fee-waived adoptions are saving lives

Some animal shelters are reluctant to offer free (fee-waived) pet adoptions, but t...
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Adorable couple in their 80s spend all their free time saving animals, and the photos say it all

Senior volunteer couple in their 80s help pets in need at Best Friends Animal Sanc...
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Six tips for making this Halloween scary good for your pets

Make Halloween fun for your dog, cat or other pet with these six tips, including c...
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18 weird, wacky and wonderful cats to make sure you're ‘feline fine’ on National Cat Day

National Cat Day is Oct. 29. Celebrate with some cute, funny and wacky photos of f...
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Wobbly kitten is perfect just the way he is

Little kitten wobbles when he walks because he has cerebellar hypoplasia (CH for s...
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Four kittens survive a severe, contagious illness, thanks to incredible first-time foster mom

Can kittens survive panleukopenia (also known as feline distemper)? Read about kit...
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