138 Most Wholesome Rescue Pet Photos Of The Month (October Edition)

What kind of things fill your heart with joy? Saying "I love you" is one; a scoop of chocolatey ice cream is second. But there’s nothing quite like meeting a little furry critter, looking into their eyes, and realizing this is the point you’ll never part. Sharing the moments of happiness and sorrow, there’s a whole adventure of life waiting around the corner.

All pets deserve a second chance. And this is the most wholesome list of the month compiled by Bored Panda that celebrates precisely that. Heart-melting and soul-soothing pictures of adopted animals will tuck you in like a blanket.

Because there are few things more beautiful than sharing your heart with someone who has been patiently waiting for a chance to wake up in their loving forever home. Extra warmth is waiting in our previous rescue animal posts from September, August, July, June, and May.

#1 I Got A New Friend Today

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#2 Our Rescue Was S M O L. This Is Him On His First Day In His New Home.

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#3 The Newest Addition To My Quarantine Bubble, Mango

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#4 Lia On Day 1, Looking At My Husband. Already So Much Love!

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#5 My Wife And I Decided It Was Time For Our Girls To Have A Kitten. This Week We Adopted This Little Man. Reddit, Meet Coconut...

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#6 My Mom Didn’t Believe Me When I Tried To Explain How Odd Our Newest Rescue, Kittywhite, Is?

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#7 A Cat Adopted My Sister. When You Kiss Her, She Kisses Back!

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#8 This Is Ernie!

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#9 Yesterday My Wife And I Got To Meet Our Beautiful Baby Girl, Lilo!

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#10 I Friend Of Mine Called, Because They Found A Baby Kitten. Guess We Have A New Family Member!

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#11 I Adopted A Cat, This Was 1 Hour After We Got Home

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#12 I Recently Rescued Dudeson, He Hated Getting Into My Truck. Figured Out He’s A Visual Learner

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#13 Rescued This Little Guy From Under A Trailer.

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#14 21-Year-Old Cat Brothers Find A New Home After Desperate Plea: 'They Just Should Not Be In Rescue.' "Due To Their Age, We Are Keen To Get These Lovely Boys Settled Into A New Home Asap," The Rspca Northamptonshire Branch Previously Said.

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#15 Wasn’t Sure How My Rescue Kitten Would Handle Her First Night. Woke Up Like This

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#16 Steak, Short For Beefsteak Tomato, A Feral Tom Rescued From The La Streets Has Finally Found A Forever Home. Yay Steak

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#17 Adoption Day For This Good Girl

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#18 I’m Sure Many Of You Have Seen The Video Of The Racist Woman That Threw A Dog At A Young Black Man. The Cries Of The Dog Were Heartbreaking. However, The Good News Is That The Young Man Has Decided To Adopt The Dog And She Is Doing Well. Here She Is Safe And Happy.

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#19 Adopting A Kitten!

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#20 Turok The Galgo Before The Adoption In June And 3 Months Later Longboi Has His Own Bed

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#21 Against My Better Judgment, We Have Adopted A Pair Of One-Eyed Chaos Kittens.

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#22 Brought This Rescue Dude Home Today

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#23 Day 1 vs. Day 30 After Adoption

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#24 Meet Amy! She’s 12 And I Rescued Her Yesterday. I Love Her.

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#25 My 90lb Pittie Loving On One Of Our 3 Week Old Rescue Kittens. Yeti Loves Cats But None Of The Others Will Ever Go Near Him.

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#26 This Is Ollie, Our Romanian Rescue Pup With The Biggest Paws!

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#27 Our Beautiful 12yo Rescue Greyhound After Getting The All Clear On Some Biopsy Results

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#28 Just Adopted This Old Man To Give Him Some Comfort In His Golden Years.

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#29 Left: Otis First Arriving At The Shelter. Right: Otis Adopted, Clean And Being A Good Boi At Home.

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#30 After Years Of Wanting To Adopt A Greyhound, Our Irish Rescue Longgirl Is Finally Here.

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#31 Adopted This 11 Year Old Pup Today. She Spent Most Of Her Life Outside And The Past 118 Days At The Shelter. This Was Her Reaction To Her ‘Gotcha Day’ Toy, And Her Sleeping With It A Few Hours Later

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#32 I Adopted These Three Kittens After I Found Them Stranded In On A Highway I Live Next To And I Love Them

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#33 We Rescued This Cutie 7 Years Ago And He Us The Best Boy Ever!

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#34 Bill Bailey With His Rescue Dog, And His Rescue Cockatoo.

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#35 Found This Sub And Couldn't Help But Think My Baby Boy Belonged Here (Dw This Was Nearly A Month Ago We Were Able To Rescue Him Safely ?????)

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#36 Our Rescue Mortimer Is Not Sure How To Couch

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#37 He Rescued Me Over Ten Years Ago. Can’t Imagine Life Without Him.

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#38 We Adopted A Doggo Today! He’s 12/13 (The Rescue Centre Wasn’t Sure) And A Very Good Boy.

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#39 Rescued Some Adorable Kittens Last Night

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#40 The Way My Rescued Baby Keeps Looking At Me

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#41 Sorra Is A Rescue And Mostly Malinois, She's A Unicorn For Her Breed. I Love Her To Bits.

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#42 Say Hello To Bowie, Our Little Rescue!

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#43 We Rescued This Tiny, Sick, Underweight Alien Baby From A Trash Can 3 Months Ago And She’s Grown Into A Screamy, Long-Legged Monster Who Steals Turkey From My Sandwiches. I Couldn’t Happier To Have This Little Crunchwrap.

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#44 4 Days Ago I Rescued This Little Girl From The Woods- She’s Adjusting To Indoor Life Quite Well!

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#45 This Is The Rescue That I Thought Would Never Cuddle With Me

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#46 A Lovely Blep From My 12 Year Old Rescue Lady.

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#47 My Dad With My Second Rescue Dog

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#48 My Hero. Smoki Tracked His Lost Sister Tonight Better Than A Search And Rescue Dog. Within Five Minutes He Found Her Hiding Terrified Under A Neighbor's Car, After I Had Searched With Treats And Wet Food For Two Hours.

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#49 Rescued These Two Little Ones This Weekend. We Weren’t Ready For Them But They Were Sure Ready For Us ❤️

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#50 A Little Over A Year Ago, I Found The First Of Three Litters Born To A Feral Pack Of Dogs I Was Trying To Rescue. I Caught One Of The Moms And Brought Them All Home, Raised Them, And Adopted Out All But Darcy. Here They Are A Year Later

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#51 This Is Mishmish, The Puppy I Rescued In Egypt

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#52 My Friend Rescued This Beautiful Boy Chicken From A Truck Yard When He Was Malnourished And Smaller Than My Hand. Now He Is A Big Fluffy Lover That I Would Die For.

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#53 Rescued Cows Harriet And Greta Playing At Goats Of Anarchy Sanctuary

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#54 My Mill Rescue Who Made It Full Circle. Now She's Spayed And Well Muscled!

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#55 16th Birthday / 5th Rescue Day Anniversary Mini-Blop ?❤️

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#56 We Rescued This Lil Cutie Who Had His Paws Injured By Some Other Animal. He Had To Spend A Few Days In The Vet Hospital And Now Is Finally Home. Here’s His Resting Blep Face For Us All :)

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#57 Rescued This Cutie Two Days Ago And He's Already Comfortable Moving Around The House....guys, Meet Gomez!

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#58 Lucky Is More Reliable Than Humans, I Didn’t Just Rescue Him, He Rescued Me Too.

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#59 We Rescued This Guy A Few Months Ago. I Was A Bit Nervous About It Tbh. Biggest Complaint: He's A Meathead Who In The Past 48 Hours Ate A Tub Of Creme Cheese Off The Counter And About A Week's Worth Of Kibble When We Weren't Looking. I'm Still Glad We Have Him.

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#60 Say Hello To My Rescue! This Is Rocco.

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#61 Spent 15 Minutes Looking Around The House For, Our Newly Adopted, Chappie, Until Finally Finding Him

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#62 After Three Months Of Being Sober I Decided To Treat Myself With A Gift. I Went To The Shelter Today And Adopted This Cute Beagle. His Name Is Nikko :) Three Months Alcohol Free Baby!!

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#63 4 Years Ago We Adopted The Worst Kitten At The Humane Society. The Lady Told Us “You Don’t Want This Cat. She’ll Never Be Happy, And If She Sets Foot Outside You’ll Never See Her Again.” Challenge Accepted. I’m Proud Of How Far She’s Come With The Right Home.

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#64 I Adopted This Little Girl Yesterday, Here She Is Demanding More Food After Only Being Fed, Meet Tilly (The Bottomless Pit Apparently!)

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#65 Who Adopted Who

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#66 I Wanted A Cat From 4 Years And Was Waiting So Desperately. Finally About 3 Weeks Back, My Mom Agreed To Bring One And We Adopted This Little Cutie. His Name Is Ricky And He Is My Best Friend

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#67 This Is Bear, He Was Adopted And He Loves Strawberries

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#68 Adopted This Beautiful 4 Year Old Girl Yesterday.

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#69 This Is Toof, The Stray Cat That Has Apparently Adopted Us.

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#70 My Friend Found Her Alone In The Road And Saved Her Life. Here Is What 4 Months Of Love Did For Her Once We Adopted Our New Baby Arya.

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#71 Just Adopted A Cat, I Think He Find My Apartment Cozy

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#72 My Boyfriend And I Adopted This Little Guy Today! It’s My First Cat Ever And I’m In Love ?

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#73 Chloe Is 9 Years Old, I Adopted Her Today . I Called And Asked Who Had Been There The Longest? Now She Queen Of The Castle , I’m So Happy I’ve Done This

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#74 So...we Adopted A Greyhound!

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#75 This Little Purr Machine Has Been Adopted Today!

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#76 We Recently Adopted This Brother And Sister Pair From The Humane Society. Meet Vesper And Pumat Sol!

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#77 Adopted This Baby From The Shelter A Few Days Ago, We’re Already Inseparable ?

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#78 Ten Minutes After Adopting This Lil Street Boii This Was His Reaction ❤️ When They Know They Know

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#79 I Adopted A 70lbs Olde English Meatball Today! Welcome Home My Dude

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#80 She Was Found In A Taco Bell Parking Lot Looking So Adorable. How Could I Resist Adopting Her?

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#81 4 Years Ago I Adopted My Very First Cat From The Shelter. She Was Malnourished, Terrified, And Had Her Claws Taken Away From Her. Her Owner Of 5 Years Surrendered Her And She Lost All Motivation To Live. Both Of Our Lives Changed For The Best That Day And I Haven’t Stopped Loving Her Since.

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#82 Dad Then: "We Don't Need Another Cat In The House. It's Pointless." //My Dad Two Months After We Adopted Felipe:

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#83 1 Week After Adoption

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#84 Lost My Dog In January, Adopted A Romanian Street Dog Today, Safe To Say She Enjoyed Her First Visit To The Pub. Everyone, Meet Cassie.

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#85 First Day Of Being Adopted...i Think She’s Happy About It!!!

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#86 This Is Odin. We Just Adopted Him Today, He Was Born Without One Eye.

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#87 Adopted 3 Lil Voids Today.

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#88 On The Left Is Emmy At The Shelter, Way To Skinny And Unhealthy, And On The Right Is Emmy A Year After We Adopted Her. Once She Got All Healthy All Her Beautiful Floof Grew In! My Sweet Girl❤️

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#89 This Is Pops. He Has One Eye And That Eye Is Totally Blind. He’s 12 And Likes To Be Carried Like A Baby. We Are Adopting Him From The Shelter Soon!

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#90 Happy Three Month Adoption-Versary To Sesame!

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#91 Adopted Him 2 Months Ago From A Kill Shelter In Hungary

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#92 Adopted Her A Few Hours Ago :)

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#93 He Claims He Hates Cats. This Is At The Shelter Today Adopting Our Second. ??

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#94 About A Year Ago My Family Lost Our Two Aussies Just A Few Months Apart. Since It'd Been A Year We Felt Enough Time Had Passed To Adopt Another! Rescue Said She Is An Aussie, We Think She's Got Some Husky In Her Too. Jazz Has Found Her Furever Home!

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#95 Adopted This Smol Boi Today

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#96 I Waited 18 Years To Get My First Dog. That's A Long Time. It's My Cake Day And, Finally, This Is Margot!

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#97 1 Hour After I Adopted Him

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#98 My New Baby Coco Is The Cutest!

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#99 I Only Rescued Her One Week Ago And She Loooves Cuddling. I Haven’t Had To Take An Anxiety Pill Since Getting Her Because She’s Like The Ultimate Weighted Blanket. ?

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#100 It’s The “Annibirdsary” Of Rescuing My Budgies. Please Enjoy This Little Guy’s Glow Up! ?

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#101 This Is Doug, He's A Rescue Pup Who Has Kindly Decided To Live With Us. He Is Very Handsome And A Very Good Boy.

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#102 My Therapist Says I Rescued Milo Because I Need To Balance My Crippling Loneliness Against My Complete Disinterest To Be With People. Oh Well, Cat Acquired

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#103 Our Rescue Cat Is Very Proud Of His New Dickie

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#104 My Geriatric Rescue Hippo Acting As A Hot Water Bottle For My GF. He's A Genuinely Good Boi.

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#105 Hippo Tug-O-War. Big Hippo Is A Rescue, He Pulls His Strength To Give Baby Hippo A Chance. He’s Been A Sweet And Patient Big Brother - We’re Considering Bestowing A Sainthood On Him.

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#106 2 Years Ago Today We Rescued Edgar And His 2 Sisters... Now, He’s A Majestic And Whiny Lion

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#107 The Dechonking Of Our Rescue Over The Past Two And A Half Years

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#108 Rescue Kitten Kneading On Furry Blanket ? She Thinks It's Her Mom...

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#109 Meet Rosa. A Rescue From Tijuana, Mexico.

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#110 Rip Lyra, My Best Friend. Adopted Her 12 Years Ago At Age 6 After She Was Returned To The Shelter Twice. So Much Attitude, And Always Demanding Her Food On Time (See: Photo). You’re Already So Missed.

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#111 Adopted This Bby Couple Months Ago And Looks Like The Love Is Mutual.

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#112 I Wanted A Cat From 4 Years And Was Waiting So Desperately. Finally About 3 Weeks Back, My Mom Agreed To Bring One And We Adopted This Little Cutie. His Name Is Ricky And He Is My Best Friend

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#113 Convinced My Boyfriend To Adopt This Little Lady, She's Already Making Herself Confotable

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#114 Put The Heaters On For The First Time Since Adopting Bella. She Approves.

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#115 Not Really An Adoption Since She Showed Up At Our Front Door Crying To Be Let In! Meet Ammut! ~8 Weeks To 1 Year!

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#116 My Old Man Applesauce. Please Consider Adopting An Older Cat, They Are Such A Joy.

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#117 One Day After We Adopted Him From The Shelter, Brody Felt Comfortable Enough To Tuck Himself In Under The Covers.

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#118 Adopted My First Kitten From The Shelter Last Week And She’s Already Giving Great Airplane Ears!

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#119 After Months Of Coaxing Stray Kitty Adopted Us.

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#120 This Little Guy Was A Stray Before Being Picked Up By An Animal Shelter. I Adopted Teddy In April And He’s Learning What It’s Like To Be Safe, Warm And Loved.

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#121 Adopted A Cat Recently. Little Guy Loves Being Pampered

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#122 New Medical Foster Dog Splooting After His First Of Many Anti-Fungal Baths. His Skin Will Clear Up So The Hair Will Eventually Grow Back, And He Can Be Neutered And Adopted.

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#123 This Is Maya, My Boyfriend And I Adopted Her Monday. Welcome Home Toes!

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#124 These Were About A Year Apart. Her Adoption Photo And A Christmas One.

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#125 I Adopted This Tiny Floof Today.

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#126 A Friend Found This Guy On Her Farm Last Night, So My Husband I Adopted Him Today.

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#127 Adoption Day! I Think He’s Happy About It

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#128 His "I Just Got Adopted" Blop

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#129 Today’s The Big Day: Little Freya Is Getting Adopted! Will Miss All Her Naps On My Lap

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#130 Adopted This Girl Yesterday! She's So Adorable And Playful!

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#131 Was Looking Online To Adopt A Calico Kitten, But After Seeing The Two Tabby Sisters Looking For A Home, My Girlfriend And I Decided To Adopt Them. Two Days Later A Stray Calico Kitten Shows Up At My Girlfriend's Job. Guess Who Has 3 Cats Now!

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#132 I Was So Hesitant To Adopt This Baby. My Best Friend Loves Kisses, Snuggles, And Adventures. Best Decision I Ever Made.

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#133 Adopted This Little Baby Boy Last Week ? His Name Is Franklin

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#134 Coworker Asked If We Could Adopt Him... Naturally We Couldn't Resist, Meet Archer!

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#135 It’s This Boy’s 3rd Adoption Anniversary. Kitten Or Cat, He’s Still My Beautiful And Sweet Boy

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#136 The Adoption Is Official! With Such A Rough First Few Weeks Of Life I Am So Lucky To Have Found Him❤️

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#137 My First Pet Ever . Everyone Meet Eren My Little Shorthair Kitten.

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#138 I Just Adopted This 5 Year Old, Grumpy, Little Butthead, And I Already Love Her.

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