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The year 2013 was very difficult for my family. My father had passed away at the age of 60 due to cancer, my husband was...
06/19/2026

The year 2013 was very difficult for my family. My father had passed away at the age of 60 due to cancer, my husband was in Afghanistan, and both of my grandmothers were not doing well. All of this by the end of June.

On July 1, 2013, my friend knocked on my front door late at night. She was carrying a five-gallon plastic bucket and asking for help. That's when I heard the smallest of mews coming from the bucket, and there was more than one...

She explained that one of her friends had found a cat in the road that had been run over. The poor thing didn't make it. The kittens were found several hours later after a rain storm. There were four of them, two white and two gray and white. I had to take them in.

I did everything I could to help those kittens. Constant feedings and cleanings, staying up all night, and arranging for kitten sitters when I needed to go out or take a break. It reminded me of when my human babies were born, and I loved every minute of it.

I was determined not to get attached to the babies, but I did. We named them by accident. One of the kittens was always the first one to the bottle and refused to give it up. I said he was a little glut, and the name stuck. We named his siblings Sloth, Wrath, and Greed.

Unfortunately because they were only three days old when I took them in, they weren't very strong. We ended up losing Sloth, Wrath, and Greed to a respiratory illness, but we saved Gluttony.

He is the most loving and hysterical kitty I've ever had. He talks, loves snuggles, and plays with our other two cats. He greets me at the door every time I come home and gives me kisses. Everybody that meets him loves him. He is the best and turned around a bad year. He makes me smile everyday.

Spot, an 11-year-old cat, was dropped off at the Lichfield and Tamworth Branch of Cats Protection in England. The batter...
06/19/2026

Spot, an 11-year-old cat, was dropped off at the Lichfield and Tamworth Branch of Cats Protection in England. The battered senior was extremely skinny, with dirty fur, rotting teeth, and ears so infected they’d swollen twice their normal size. Rescuers could tell this poor senior cat had spent most of his life on the streets.

But this rescue organization — despite being fully run by volunteers — wasn’t about to let this old cat suffer in silence. After sharing Spot’s story around the community, rescuers had raised more than $2,300 to give the cat a full-feline makeover featuring dental work, neutering, vaccinations, a microchip — even plastic surgery.

When the makeover was complete, everybody was amazed by Spot’s sudden transformation from battered stray to beautiful cat. The cat's teeth were fixed, and his battered ears were neatly reconstructed. It was the feline version of a Cinderella story.

"We would like to once again thank all those generous people...[they] really made all the difference," said rescuer Sue Hocknell, recalling Spot as “aesthetically challenged” kitty before this makeover changed his life.

But sadly, rescuers couldn't erase all of the scars from Spot's former life. The severity of the animal's injuries meant doctors could keep the cat from going deaf while operating on his ears. Even so, Spot is happier and healthier than ever before. Now he spends his days showering everyone around him gratitude and love while he patiently waits for somebody to adopt him.

“Spot loves people and company and is happy to be with you all the time,” rescuers wrote. “He is very affectionate and will be on your knee for cuddles the minute you sit down. Spot would love to be the only pet in the household so he gets all of the fuss and attention.”

Bovver's mother Molly was merely a kitten when my cousin rescued her from the scrap yard and took her in. It didn't take...
06/19/2026

Bovver's mother Molly was merely a kitten when my cousin rescued her from the scrap yard and took her in. It didn't take long before she realized Molly was pregnant! She amazingly birthed five gorgeous kittens.

Unfortunately, the property contained a number of dogs and other dangers, and Molly (a little feral) seemed intent on taking her kittens outside. With huge concern that the worst was to happen to her kittens, my cousin was at a loss of what to do. They couldn't afford vaccinations, let alone enough food for now six felines.

That's when she got a hold of me and I contacted the center I adopted Lola from. I was a bit of a "middle man" between the two, constantly taking photos, spending time with the kittens and reporting back to the amazing rescue crew. I managed to convince them to take in Molly and her five beautiful babies.

However, one of the kittens stole my heart completely. The idea of him waiting for his forever home broke me. I decided to take him home (unbeknown to my partner at the time).

Bovver has become a huge part of our family, a great companion to us and our other cat. And I am so pleased to say that his three sisters, brother and mother have found their forever homes, all desexed, microchipped and vaccinated.

We now have two rescue cats, and though the road has been paved with hurdles (behavioural and medical), we wouldn't have it any other way.

This 6-month-old kitty was taken in by my mother. “Kitty” was living with a lady who has a very short temper. She also h...
06/18/2026

This 6-month-old kitty was taken in by my mother. “Kitty” was living with a lady who has a very short temper. She also has young children, and at the time, my mom was only somewhat acquainted with her. However, she could already tell that something was not right.

On multiple occasions, she had seen this lady’s children pick Kitty up by the tail or drag her around by it, with no one asking them to stop. She had seen the woman hit the cat on the face, and finally, to her shock, she even saw her pick Kitty up and throw her down a flight of stairs...

These violent reactions were provoked by nothing more than simple things any young cat would do, like jumping on a counter, or accidentally knocking something over.

One day, my mom heard that this woman was furious at Kitty for knocking a keepsake off a shelf and breaking it. Knowing the types of punishments Kitty would suffer for this, she did what any compassionate person would want to do: she offered to adopt Kitty. Hours later, Kitty was out of that house an on to a better life.

This weekend, I am babysitting my mom's animals, and I love spending time with Kitty. She has only been out of that house for a few weeks now, but she is already coming out of her shell. I move carefully around her because sudden movements cause her to flinch back as if expecting a slap to the face. Yet, she has started purring around us and no longer hides.

She gets on our laps and plays with her new toys. Kitty is so full of charm, playfulness, and love, I can't imagine how anyone would want to hurt her, let alone any animal. Nevertheless, it makes me so happy knowing that she will never, ever be hit again. Only loved.

Despite the pain she has suffered at the hands of people, she is still willing to give others a chance. If that isn't inspiring, I don't know what is!

One day, my daughter went to the local shelter with a friend just to look at the kitties. A woman came in with a scrawny...
06/18/2026

One day, my daughter went to the local shelter with a friend just to look at the kitties. A woman came in with a scrawny, half-grown kitten in a box and wanted to surrender him because there was “something wrong with this cat.”

The counter person at the shelter lifted him out of the box and placed him on the counter. He was shaking, his head was bobbing, and he had trouble standing. His legs kept sliding out from under him like a newborn calf’s does.

The shelter worker told the woman he was “unadoptable” and would be put down. She gave the woman a paper to fill out. My daughter asked the woman to give the kitten to her instead. “Please, give him to me. My mom will be really mad at me for 10 minutes or so, but that’s all.”

So that is how Ludicrous came to live with us. He has cerebellar hypoplasia, and as he aged, he began to walk better and better. He still has his moments where he has a spasm or falls, and it often sounds like we have a young c**t running through the house with our other cats.

He is a sweet boy who likes to be held and purrs sweet nothings into my ear. He loves sunbeams, tuna fish, and treats. He is now 12 years old.

This is Mr. Purple Paws. The hue on his paws and white patches of fur means he has been color-coded as bait in dogfighti...
06/18/2026

This is Mr. Purple Paws. The hue on his paws and white patches of fur means he has been color-coded as bait in dogfighting.

When a cat is held as bait in a dogfighting ring, the white parts of its fur could be any vibrant color: orange, purple, green. The color serves as an identification for each individual cat, so that it’s easier for spectators to place bets on the order that the cats will die.

This is cruelty at its worst. It seems as Mr. Purple Paws was able to escape before he entered the ring.”

Thankfully, Mr. Purple Paws seemed to be in good health. He was friendly and sweet with the staff as well.

"I consider myself pretty hardened to a lot of stuff, I have dealt with a lot of injured, emaciated, neglected and abused animals," Sorbara wrote on Facebook, "but this one really got to me. By all accounts he looks good, good weight, nice coat but the purple paws tell the story."

How he managed to escape is a mystery.

“Somebody must have left a door open, or maybe he got away during transport while they’re going wherever they go to have these fights in the middle of the night,” Sorbara told The Dodo.

Luckily he was found by animal control before his captors could sn**ch him back.

“I can only hope more were able to get away," Sorbara wrote, "but my real hope is that the perpetrators of this heinous ‘sport’ be found and prosecuted.”

Despite the direction his life may have turned, Mr. Purple Paws is sweet, playful, gentle, and friendly. He likes giving head boops.

“He’s just so sweet, rolling over on his back and giving head butts — just adorable,” Sorbara told The Dodo. “He doesn’t have a care in the world. He’s Mr. Happy. He was playing with toys in his cage last night. You can just pick him up, carry him around on your shoulder — he likes to be held.”

“Anyone involved with any kind of animal fighting needs to be locked up for the rest of their lives,” one user wrote. “They enjoy the blood-sport of watching animals in pain and suffering and being absolutely terrified and struggling for their lives. How dare they hurt these poor innocent animals! This is sick, barbaric, and brutal.”

A good bath allowed some of the color to fade from the rescued feline's paws, but the purple was still visible a week later when he was (happily!) adopted.

Dog fighting is a sickening practice that hurts not only dogs, but the small animals like cats, kittens, and rabbits used to bait them. It must end!

Zaphod was found in December 2013 with his back left tibia bone broken and sticking through his skin. X-rays revealed he...
06/17/2026

Zaphod was found in December 2013 with his back left tibia bone broken and sticking through his skin. X-rays revealed he was shot and the bullets were still in his leg, leading to infection.

The doctors estimated he had been living in that condition for about two weeks, based on how far the infection had spread. The leg was amputated in January 2014 to prevent it from spreading further.

After Lisa rescued Zaphod, he developed an urethral obstruction and interstitial cystitis. He spent two nights at the emergency vets office under sedation with a catheter inserted. Luckily, this was caught early on and no renal damage occurred.

One of the doctors treating him was the same one who performed the amputation and remembered what an affectionate cat he is.

His treatment was expensive, but she doesn't regret getting him. He's the sweetest, loving boy and most grateful kitty ever, who's gone through more than any animal should.

Zaphod and her other kitties, Surprise and Brie, are finally getting accustomed to each other. He seems to have too much energy for them! He meows when he's separated from them now, although he's fine hogging my daughter at bedtime.

I’d lost my 15-year-old dog seven months earlier and didn’t want another pet, but I found myself with a problem. There w...
06/17/2026

I’d lost my 15-year-old dog seven months earlier and didn’t want another pet, but I found myself with a problem. There was a mouse in my house that was managing to avoid all the traps I’d put out. In addition to not wanting another pet, I just wasn’t a cat person, but I’d deal with one in order to get rid of the mice.

I’d been searching for a while when I happened to see a post from someone who wanted to get rid of a cat because she kept getting pregnant and they didn’t want any more kittens. They said she was a good mouser. After a brief conversation, we determined that she lived just a couple houses away and they could bring the cat over within a few minutes.

The cat I was given that night was sorely neglected. In addition to having had a couple litters of kittens even though she was just 18-months-old, she had claws so long she couldn’t even fully retract them, was used to eating dog food, and within a few days, it became apparent she was seriously ill with asthma. She was also the sweetest, most loving cat I've ever met. From the time I get up in the morning until I leave for work and from the time I get home in the evening until I go to bed, she "talks" to me and wants to curl up on or next to me.

Two months and $800 in vet bills later, Luna's doing much better. She's breathing better, is fixed, happy and just plain goofy! From the moment she had been placed in my arms, she'd been worming her way into my heart. She loves to make sure I know I'm loved by cuddling with me and following me everywhere I go. The second I sit up in bed, she's running toward me, meowing, so she doesn't miss out on one moment. I don't know what I'd do without my silly baby girl. (Oh, and she killed that mouse the first day I had her!)

My husband called me minutes after leaving the house to ask me to look out for a cat he'd seen on the road. I couldn't s...
06/17/2026

My husband called me minutes after leaving the house to ask me to look out for a cat he'd seen on the road. I couldn't see it when I went out, but soon after, my neighbor knocked on my door holding said cat.

"I found your cat," she said, as she must have seen me out looking, but it really did look like our two black cats I knew were already safely indoors.

The cat continued to hang around over the coming weeks, and I tried in vain to find its original owners. We started opening up our conservatory for her to sleep in. I was afraid of taking her in because one of my cats was clearly agitated by her.

As the weeks drew on, we started to notice her mouth was in a really bad way, so we took her to the vet's and were told she would have to have teeth removed.

We finally got her a place in a local cat shelter and they had agreed to pick her up post surgery, but at the last minute, we had a change of heart. Worried she'd feel abandoned again, my husband and I agreed to pay her vet bill and take her in. We decided to name her Connie, as she'd been living in the conservatory for so long, and she is the most loving cat I have ever come across.

After a couple of months, we noticed she drank a lot of water, and the day before we were due to go on holiday for Christmas, I took her to the vet's, worried she didn't seem right. She was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and rushed on to a drip. I couldn't bear going away and worrying, so I cancelled our holiday and she came home on Christmas Eve seeming a lot better.

Two years on, she's doing really well. The cats all seem fine together now, and she will jump on your lap at any opportunity. I'm so glad we decided to keep her, and don't know what I'd do without her.

One September, I lost my best friend, Tiggy, to chronic renal failure. He died 10 days before his 20th birthday. I was d...
06/16/2026

One September, I lost my best friend, Tiggy, to chronic renal failure. He died 10 days before his 20th birthday. I was devastated. This cat had grown up with my son and had comforted me as he left home for college and I became an empty-nester. I knew when Tiggy passed away that I would get another cat, but I needed to grieve first.

I soon found myself on the internet looking at pet adoption sites to see who had orange tabby cats available for adoption. I began following one large litter of them at one shelter. I believe there were six!

One by one, they were adopted, until there was one left. This was in late November. I called to inquire about Pippin. Yes, he was still there and would be at our local adoption fair that Friday night.

Not really certain if I was truly ready to bring a new cat home, I went out there to visit him.

He was, of course, adorable; 3 months old, he climbed inside my coat. I found out that he was blind in one eye from birth, but it didn't slow him down any while playing. And then one of the workers happened to mention, "He has a brother here, too."

I thought all of the other cats had been adopted, but I was told one had been returned because he scratched someone! Good grief, all kittens scratch. I couldn't break up a family and ended up adopting both brothers, Pippin and Poppin.

Seven years later, my two babies (they don't know they are cats) are the lights of my life. I've had to have numerous surgeries and had to spend a lot of time in bed. They make the most wonderful nurses!

The cat that was returned to the shelter has turned out to be the smartest cat I've ever owned. He acts as my secret service agent and understands many words and commands. Each is so special in his own way. They have been written about in the NYPost and won a local pet magazine cover model contest.

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