All of us want a hero, and cats, especially stray cats, are no exception. Here comes 5-year-old Shon Griffin from Philadelphia. “We call him Catman,” his aunt Kris Papiernik told ABC news. Aunty Kris and her fiancée have been involved in cat rescues and fostering for many years, and had recently taken to looking after a local group…
Casey is an animal advocate and pet photographer in Los Angeles who uses photography to help animals get adopted. For this series, she photographed black cats against a black background to emphasize their beauty and showcase their personalities. Black cats have the lowest adoption rates and the highest euthanasia rates, in part because they typically don’t…
Meet Princess, the stray cat that lost her kittens but was lucky enough to find a kind couple that gave her love and a place called home. “I first saw Princess in May 2017 as a nuisance cat who hung around the street ripping open rubbish bags and stealing scraps.” AJ Cousins told Viral Cats….
A kind young woman went for a jog but came home with a little stray kitten who desperately needed help, love and TLC. It is fascinating how much a life can be transformed with a second chance and love. “Went for a jog and found this little guy with his eyes sealed shut from…
A man got lost while he was hiking in the mountains in Gimmelwald, Switzerland. A cat came up to him and showed him the way. “Gimmelwald is a tiny, tiny stunningly beautiful village. I actually got ‘lost’ in the surrounding mountains. It was the end of ski season when I got to Lauterbrunnen, so the…
Meet Cotton the cat who was found blind in the outdoors, got rescued, and then one day, when he opened his eyes, surprised everyone around him. “Little by little he started to gain weight. It was a nice surprise to see that he had one blue eye and one yellow eye. His hair started to…
32-year-old biker and sheetmetal worker Pat Doody recently rescued a kitten while riding cross country from Nevada to New Jersey. The South Jersey resident and early Volkswagen fan found the kitten at a gas station and named it “Party Cat.” The cat now lives with Doody and has seen a vet. “I was at this…
It was a sad day for BenBen the orange cat when he sat in the shelter not knowing why he was there or where he would go next. The poor guy probably felt like the world was closing in around him. Credit: benbencatcat When BenBen first arrived at the shelter, he was beat up bad. He…
Talented photographer Monika Malek is using her talents to highlight the beauty of disabled cats. Her photographs prove that disabled or not, cats are all the same amazing creatures in need of love, cat-nip, and scratching posts. Malek writes via Bored Panda, “I wish to change the way people think about disabled cats. I wish to change the mind…
Meet Maya, a year-old tabby cat with a chromosomal abnormality. She was found behind a Chinese food restaurant and brought to a kill shelter, where she was put on death row because she looked and acted a little differently. Nobody thought anyone would want her. Then, the Odd Cat Sanctuary found out and brought her…
