Browse social stories in the Meow As Fluff archive, with photographs and accounts from the people who care for these cats.
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…
When Kritika Khadka, a volunteer at For Animals Inc., saw a video on Facebook about Sylvester -- a handsome black cat with hind leg paralysis who had been rescued in October 2017 from a river bank in Kathmandu -- she…
After a car accident in March 2014, Molly Lichtenwalner was left with a brain injury and severe anxiety, and when neither doctors nor medication offered her any relief, she decided to adopt an emotional support animal.…
When Hannah Erbe, a multi-media artist, was heading into an art studio near her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, she spotted a tiny black kitten in a wood pile. As Hannah examined the 4-week-old kitten -- who was part of a…
Nathalie Côté was working as a groomer at a veterinarian's office near her home in Repentigny, Québec, Canada, when her boss was given Atchoum, a Persian kitten who had been born with hypertrichosis, a congenital condition…
When Susan Smith saw a handsome blind cat on Petfinder, she was immediately drawn to the striking black feline who had been rescued by Almost Home for Cats in Durham, Connecticut. "He was living behind a deli in Connecticut…
When Kayla Henderson learned that one of her friends was searching for a home for a tiny grey kitten who had been born with twisted hind legs, she felt compelled to help the young cat, having lost her beloved senior cat,…
When Judi Young and her husband went to an adoption event at the PetSmart near their home in Tipp City, Ohio, they were immediately drawn to a handsome tuxedo cat named Kangaroo Jack who was approximately two years old. "The…
