Read Cat McAuliffe’s stories for Meow As Fluff, listed by publication date.
When Janine Le Clair met Lil' Bill for the first time, she had no intention of adopting a pet, but she couldn't help but feel a connection with the tiny orange and white kitten her friend had discovered outside his Nashville…
When Nicole Wulfekuhle saw Tippers, an adorable tuxedo cat with cerebellar hypoplasia (CH), for the first time, she was trying to determine why one of her former foster kittens, Onyx, was having difficulty finding a home.…
When Shanta Siegler was contacted by the director of Furever Home Kitty Rescue about Anushka, a tabby kitten with hind leg paralysis who had been rescued from the streets of Mexico in June 2017 when she was just a few weeks…
When Rheanne saw an adorable brown and white kitten with one eye and a crooked jaw at Noah's Ark Animal Foundation near her home in Fairfield, Iowa, she desperately wanted to adopt the unique-looking little cat. "I was…
Samantha Bell DiGenova was working as the Cat Behavior and Enrichment Lead at Best Friends Animal Society in Los Angeles in May 2014 when the organization rescued a mother cat, Pashmina, and her six newborn kittens --…
When Kris, a professional photographer, was volunteering at her local rescue, Feline Rescue, Inc., in July 2016, three adorable black and white kittens -- Calvin, Daisy, and Rosie -- arrived to have their adoption photos taken.
When Orlando and Heather's local animal rescue, Saving Grace Rescue, starting posting pictures of Ale'alani -- a grey and white special needs kitten -- on Facebook, the San Francisco couple was immediately interested in…
When Sara and her boyfriend Mike went to the pet supply store near their home in Waterford, Michigan, they were planning to buy some dog food, but a 6-year-old cat with radial hypoplasia (RH) from a local animal shelter…
Anna was working in the adoption department at the Austin Humane Society in late 2017, when volunteer photographers were taking pictures of cats who had recently arrived at the organization, and Forest, a tabby and white…
When Bill saw Shireen, formerly Phoenix, an adorable tabby and white kitten with severe frostbite and mild eyelid agenesis who had been pulled from an animal shelter by The Odd Cat Sanctuary, he was instantly drawn to the…
When Victoria went with her friend to their local animal shelter in September 2016, she didn't plan on adopting a cat a for herself. "I already had three," explains Victoria, "so I didn't go with the intention of getting…
When Diana realized one of the homeless cats she'd been feeding was pregnant, she rescued the expectant mother, bringing her back to her house in Jakarta, Indonesia, and naming her Bebe. On September 21, 2016, Bebe gave…
