When Kendall, a pre-veterinary student from Newark, New Jersey, decided to adopt a cat to provide her with companionship and comfort while she attended school, she knew she wanted to provide a home to a kitty with special needs. “I wanted to have an emotional support animal for when I went back to college,” explains…
When Zoe Winn of Buckinghamshire, England, saw a Facebook post in March 2013 about someone in her community who was looking for a new home for their one-year-old cat, Tommy, she didn’t immediately consider adopting the handsome black and white kitty. However, when Tommy’s picture kept appearing in Zoe’s Facebook feed, she and her husband…
When one of Katie Beth Miedaner’s Instagram followers told her about Cappy, formerly Bubba, an adorable ginger Persian cat with incontinence who was in need of a home, she wanted to learn more about the handsome special needs kitty who had been rescued from the streets of Dubai in early 2017. “A flight attendant for…
The first time Joanne Thongpheng of Manitoba, Canada, heard about cerebellar hypoplasia (CH), she had no idea how common the neurological condition was, nor that cats born with CH can live happy and active lives. Joanne first learned about the condition in July 2014 when she and her husband went to their local animal rescue…
Shortly after Jenn started volunteering at her local animal rescue in Sacramento, California, she met a pair of cats, 9-year-old sisters named Sophie and Nef (short for Nefertiti), who had been at the organization for approximately six months. The rescue had been trying to find the girls a home together, but they hadn’t had any…
When Scott and Sara got a call in September 2013 from their emergency veterinarian about a 4-day-old kitten who had recently lost most of both of his front legs when he was accidentally struck by a weed wacker, the couple from Oklahoma City knew they had to help the tiny cat who weighed just 5…
Krista was scrolling through her Facebook feed at the end of January 2017, when a stunning long-haired black kitten — who looked strikingly similar to her two rescue kitties, Phantom and Batman — caught her eye. Intrigued by the beautiful feline, Krista clicked on the post and discovered the fluffy cat’s name was BB, she…
When Amanda went to visit her friend’s home on July 20, 2017, there was no way she could have know how her life was about to change. “I was at a friend’s house,” remembers Amanda, “when they got a call from a neighbor that there was an abandoned kitten in their yard that appeared to…
When Darion Hester and her family were visiting a farm on Father’s Day 2013, they learned that a stray cat who lived on the property had recently given birth to a litter of kittens. The kittens — who were approximately two to three weeks old at the time — were living in a food shed,…
Lily and her boyfriend had been thinking about adopting a cat for a while when they decided to visit their local animal rescue, The Lost Dogs’ Home in Melbourne, Australia, at the start of February 2017. The couple toured the organization, meeting all of the available cats, until they came upon Graham, a handsome three-year-old tripod tabby….