Cat Stories

Originally found in a parking lot in need of some serious help, Gardner is now living the good life.

Sinatra the cat is adopted into a family who travels frequently in their RV that also includes a Pomeranian dog. This cat is ready to hit the road.

Kitten with three legs and serious health problems is found during a TNR project in Iowa. He is now getting the help he needs at Best Friends.

Abandoned in the heat, a kitten on the brink of death is rescued. It turns out he has cerebellar hypoplasia (CH) but he will live a happy life.

Best Friends Across America held an adoption event in Phoenix, Arizona, that resulted in some heartwarming feline adoptions.

Homeless man in Las Vegas finds a tabby kitten sleeping in his sleeping bag and rescues the stray who ends up at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Billy the feral cat ends up at an animal shelter, and is in great danger of being killed. However, his fate changes for the better. Read his story.

Adopted during the Black Is Beautiful pet adoption event, Ozzie the cat looks like a beautiful mini panther.

Sequin is a beautiful white cat with blue eyes. She is also deaf and very shy, but those are the qualities that endeared one woman to her.

Lucy, an FeLV-positive feline at the Sanctuary, is super photogenic and loves to be in all the pictures!

This little kitten was born without back feet. The shelter he came from was going to euthanize him, but Best Friends took him in.

Family gets the facts about FIV and how it is not so scary after all, and they end up adopting an FIV-positive kitty.

Tumbles the neurological kitten was found in a woodpile and rescued. He loves music, particularly classical. He is doing well at the Sanctuary.

Prison inmates at the New Hampshire State Prison for Women participate in program to care for shelter kittens in need.

Couple travels the country with their adopted cat in an RV. They have a full setup for the cat in a crate, with his litter box, food, water and bed.