Jacqueline Santiago, who works as a compliance specialist in permanent support housing in downtown Los Angeles, was heading to lunch when one of her coworkers stopped her in the parking lot and told her there were three…
When a vet tech asked Gillian Warmkessel if she would consider adopting a little special needs kitten who, along with his brother, had been abandoned by his mother in March 2012 outside a hardware store in Whitemarsh Island,…
When Dana's boyfriend Adam called her from a pet store near their home in Hoboken, New Jersey, and asked her to come to the shop to meet a cat who was available for adoption through a local rescue, JerseyCats, she knew the…
When Laura Mason and her husband heard a kitten meowing just outside their apartment in Raleigh, North Carolina, the couple rushed outside to help the little cat in need, only to find several small black kittens. However,…
When Bari Zappoli went to an adoption event in Manhattan in early June 2017, she was still mourning the loss of her beloved cat, Spider, and she had no intention of opening her heart to another animal.
When Gina Carrone -- one of the co-owners of Catopia Cat Rescue in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida -- got a call from a couple who found a kitten who seemed to be unable to use her back legs, she was eager to help. "Initially, my…
When Kaitlin Zezeski came across a photo of George, a handsome black and white cat with an adorably different face, on Petfinder, she felt an immediate connection with the one of a kind tuxedo kitty.
When Amanda Sawyer saw a post about an adorable tabby kitten with cerebellar hypoplasia (CH) in a Facebook group for pre-veterinary studies, she was immediately drawn to the little special needs cat. Amanda -- a college…
When Alexandra learned that her aunt's friend was looking for a good home for a Siamese kitten who had been born with cerebellar hypoplasia (CH), she didn't know very much about the condition. Plus, Alexandra was still…
When Florence Morin and her boyfriend Antonio Evangelista decided to visit Japan in November 2017, the couple thought they might see some interesting sites and try some authentic Japanese food, but there was no way they…
When Julie Wilding and her partner Steve were contacted by their local animal charity about fostering a special needs cat named Toby, the couple from Lancaster, England, eagerly agreed. Julie and Steve had already provided…
When Jenn and her husband Sean heard that Happy Homes Animal Rescue, the New Jersey organization that had rescued their cat Lana, was working to bring a fluffy white Persian kitten with cerebellar hypoplasia (CH) to the…