When Atoosa discovered a mother cat and her young kitten living on the streets near her home in Tehran, Iran, she began feeding the adorable pair in January 2021. The kitten, who appeared to be less than two months old, was…
Prior to getting her spayed, Angela Alameda's cat unexpectedly gave birth to a litter of kittens on July 17, 2016, and almost immediately she noticed the runt of the litter was born with a cleft lip, an opening or split in…
When Frida Castaneda saw a post on Instagram from @DapperDanTheDiapurrMan about Dottie, a paralyzed kitten who was in danger of being euthanized due to having special needs, she was eager to help the young black and white…
Carol was with her daughter at an animal shelter near their home in Ohio when a little black and white kitten caught her attention. "She was so tiny and she was in this huge kennel," remembers Carol, and a staff member took…
When Melissa Lucas got a call from her mother, the manager of an apartment complex, about a blind and sickly kitten who was found all alone on the property on June 18, 2018, she wanted to help the five-week-old cat, but she…
When Frida Castaneda saw a photo of Lt. Dan, a two-month-old cat with paralysis and incontinence who was rescued from the streets of Fort Worth, Texas, by Good Neighbors Animal Rescue (GNAR) in the summer of 2019, she felt…
When Ashley, founder of the California animal rescue Biscuits and Breadsticks, saw a post on Craigslist about a paralyzed two-month-old Siamese kitten who was rescued from the streets of Studio City, Los Angeles, in early…
When Sonita, an experienced fosterer for Ten Lives Cat Rescue in Rhode Island, was asked to take on the challenge of caring for Finn, a black and white kitten with malformed front limbs who had recently been rescued from the…
When Brea was asked to foster Cheese Thief, a special needs kitten who had recently been taken to High Country Humane Animal Shelter by the police in February 2021, she agreed to help the four-month-old feline. "He had been…
When Suzi Langer was asked to foster Bifford, a cat with cerebellar hypoplasia (CH), for the animal shelter near her home in Youngstown, Ohio, she didn't have any experience caring for animals with special needs. However,…
Carolin and her partner were returning from dinner while on vacation in Morocco in July 2019 when they noticed two dogs playing with a kitten outside their apartment. "The situation didn't seem to be very dangerous so we…
When Martine's sister -- who works as a veterinarian -- sent her a photo of an injured tabby kitten who had recently arrived at her Paris clinic in September 2018, she immediately wanted to help the three-month-old cat. "He…