When people decide to get a pet, they usually have two routes: buy or adopt. The first choice might seem convenient because, for example, there could be a wider selection of breeds available to you. However, the second option not only saves the animal you bring into your home but also frees up space in the shelter for another critter in need, allowing them a chance at finding a loving human as well. To honor those who commit to the latter, Bored Panda even dedicated a whole series, where every month we publish a list of wholesome and sweet pictures of the newest adoptees. Continue scrolling to check out February's!
#1 Awesome Adoption
I am A volunteer at a cat rescue in Pittsburgh. I had a shift tonight and two women walked in with a carrier. The one woman introduced herself as a caretaker to the other elderly woman. She said that the older woman was already approved for adoption and was ready to pick out a cat. The older woman then said that she wanted to pick out the oldest cat in the shelter because she was an “old lady” who needed another “old lady” to keep her company. She ultimately chose an 8-9 year old female cat named Lumpy. This cat has no teeth. Not one. We don’t know if someone had its teeth removed for health reasons or if they fell out. But the cat is toothless. I watched the woman interact with Lumpy. I heard her whisper to the cat, “Don’t worry, I’ll get you all wet food so you don’t have to chew.” After she confirmed that Lumpy was her choice she put her in the carrier and looked at me and the other volunteers and said, “I think I got my smile back”.
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#2 I Adopted A Very Shy Cat Today Who Mostly Hid At The Shelter. Both The Staff And I Agreed That She'd Probably Need A Lot Of Time To Feel Safe And Start Being Social
This was her 5 hours after we got home.
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#3 Adopted A Kitten Recently. Meet Aries
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#4 Adopted A Depressed Cat
Today my husband and I adopted this sweet older kitty (8 yo). We saw the shelter’s post about her - a surrender from someone who owned her since a kitten. She’s been there almost a month and has spent the entire time balled up in the corner with her eyes shut. Our senior kitty (16) passed away last summer and we decided it was time to get another “senior.” She got all her testing at the shelter and is in great health, except emotionally. We set her up in her own room and she is currently hiding under a dresser! I am hopeful for her :)
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#5 Neither Of Us Had Ever Had A Cat Before My Girlfriend And I Decided To Adopt This 2 Year Old Princess Called Zelda. Best Decision We Ever Made
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#6 Meet Marley!
I adopted Marley from our local shelter in town! They said she had been there for months, which is crazy to think of. She's the sweetest girl ever!
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#7 The Hostel I'm Staying In Found Him In The Back Ally And Adopted Him
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#8 My Newly Adopted Stray Is Extremely Concerned That I’m Taking A Bath
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#9 My Brother & Sister In Law Adopted This Beautiful Blind Cat! 🥰🥳
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#10 Adopted This Stray Tomcat Last Weekend. He's Got Huge Cheeks
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#11 Celebrating His Adoption
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#12 Photo Taken The Day After Adopting My Senior Cat
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#13 I Rescue This Cat And Adopt. Her Name Is Cookie
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#14 Meet Oatis, My New Roommate
I adopted Oatis a week ago because I wanted to share my new home with someone. He’s the sweetest: doesn’t bark and loves being held. I don’t know much of anything about where he came from. The rescue said he was a stray, but when I examine his mannerisms too hard it’s easy to think he didn’t come from the best home. I’ve never had a senior dog before so there is a few adjustments I need to make. He doesn’t bark, so it’s hard for me to know when he needs to go out. He doesn’t walk well, so I have to come up with new activities for him to do. And he just had a dental that took all of his (rotten) teeth, so getting used to new food and treats has been hard on him. I am lucky to have him, and my goal is to just spoil him as long as I can. Any advice and tips are appreciated!
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#15 I Want To Share The Beautiful Tabico I Recently Adopted From The Shelter. Her Name Is Kiwi. So Much Floof
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#16 I Just Adopted Her From A Rat Rescue Last Night. She Really Said “🙂”
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#17 Adopted My First Ever Cat Today!
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#18 My Friend Just Adopted This Lil Void Today
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#19 Adopted Them, Suggest Names For Them
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#20 Seraphim, My New Baby
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#21 I Adopted Lil Lavi From My Brother Who Couldn't Take Her With Him. She Makes Me Smile
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#22 Decided It Was Time To Add To Our Family. So We Adopted This Rare 13 Year Old Pupper
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#23 The Look This Foster Kitten Gave Me Before I Handed Her To Her New Adoptive Family
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#24 I Just Adopted This Lil Girl From The Shelter Today & I'm So Happy & So Is She 😭 She's 4 Months Old & I Named Her Suki. She's Gorgeous
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#25 Adopted Kittens 🐈
Was only supposed to adopt one, but the foster told me that the tortie cat helps the orange cat calm down during vet visits. I’d be heartless if I separated the two of them, so they’re both going home with me.
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#26 Orlo’s First Day At Home!
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#27 Just Adopted These 2 After Losing Our Previous Kitty
My husband said yes to 2 kitties & they’re just the cutest. The loss was too difficult 😭 i simply cannot grieve a pet without being able to snuggle another one, so we applied for 2 and got approve
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#28 Rescued This Boy Thanks To Reddit ❤️
Found him on Reddit (not this sub) being re-homed near me after being neglected and living in a crate for the first year of his life. I am a s****r for a big goofy boy and that’s exactly what he has turned into. Meet Hank
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#29 Got Myself A New Friend
Adopted a Stray dog yesterday, vet said it’s around 45-50 days
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#30 My Boyfriend Got Adopted By This Little Beauty. Wey Named Her Samy
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#31 Adopted This Princess!
This is Clover, she is 6 months old and I will protect her with my life
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#32 My New Rescue Pup
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#33 Adopted A Puppy Today
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#34 Our First Fur Babies!!
my partner and I adopted our first fur babies yesterday!! 5 1/2 month old, brother and sister kitties!! we named them Mew & Minccino 🖤🤍 so grateful to call them ours!!!
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#35 Just Adopted This Guy Yesterday. Meet Enzo
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#36 Adopted These Weenies Today, When Does The Braincell Arrive?
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#37 Adopted Kitty
I found 2 puppies in my neighborhood who seemed to have been dumped and took them to the local shelter. Saw this sweet kitty and couldn’t leave without him. Since coming home, he’s recovered from a really bad upper respiratory infection, ear infection, and worms. Now he’s living his best life and I’m so happy to have him ❤️ his name is Spike and he LOVES to play and snuggle. He also gets along great with his dog brother and kitty sister!
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#38 I Have Been Crying For The Past Hour Over My New Kitten
I just got this kitten maybe 2 hours ago, this is my first pet that I have personally adopted since moving out. She sat in my lap and watched me post videos of her literally everywhere and then fell asleep. I've been crying so hard oml I will die for this cat
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#39 I've Been Adopted
About a week ago, a neighbor told me this little guy was wandering our neighborhood. I took a couple pictures outside to post on different sites. Less than 90 minutes later, he was crying at my front door. Opened the door, he came in, and immediately rolled over at my feet. Less than 30 minutes later, he was asleep on my lap. I've never had a cat, and really didn't like them too much. But, I am totally in love!!! No microchip, and he's been seen wandering the neighborhood for months. So he is now an indoor cat named Judge, and I'm a cat mom!!
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#40 Adopted Kitty
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#41 First Time Cat Owner
We just adopted Bennu about 2 weeks ago and he is such a cute and cuddly boy! I never thought I was a pet person but Bennu has CHANGED ME.
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#42 The Cat My Brother Adopted, Isn’t She Beautiful, Friends? 🥰🥰🥹🥹🥰🥰🥹🥹
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#43 Adopting This Sweet Angel! Former "Feral" That Turned Out To Be A Complete Baby After Getting Trapped To Fix A Wound On Her Paw!
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#44 First Time Cat Owner, Just Adopted This Bonded Pair
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#45 Meet Honey
This is Honey, she was a stray we took in and adopted as a family member, she’s sooo sweet and adorable! We originally thought she was a kitten, but once the vet checked her out he said she’s actually around 3 years old and probably won’t get any bigger, she will fill in more with weight but her size is quite tiny measuring as a 7 month old kitten. Sadly she also can’t meow and has a tail that’s seems it was broken and healed in an odd way that gives her the most adorable curly tail that’s hard to take a picture of but it curls like a little pigs tail and I am absolutely obsessed with it haha.
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#46 My Wife And I Got Married A Month Ago. Today, We Adopted Our First Cat. Say Hello To Jerry
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#47 GF And I Adopted A Kitten Today
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#48 Meet Winston 🤎 Our Newly Adopted Family Member
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#49 Meet Hazel
We gave in and adopted one of our foster kittens. Or did she adopt us?
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#50 Meet Monty
Our neighbors abandoned their cat when they moved. He adopted us by walking straight in the door this morning.
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#51 I Just Adopted Them! They're Brothers And Very Cuddles
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#52 Meet Ruby. Our Newly Adopted Baby, She’s About A Year Old, 58 Pounds
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#53 Just Adopted Him From The Shelter
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#54 Foster Gouda Went To His Adoptive Forever Home Yesterday!
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#55 Adopted My First Kitten; Named Her Sia
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#56 A Stray Cat That Adopted My Girlfriend
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#57 Adopted This Sweet Gal Tonight. Thinking About Calling Her Ethel Due To Her Furrowed Brow
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#58 Abu, 4 Months Old. I Adopted Abu Last Week. Completely Smitten With This Kitten
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#59 My Friend Adopted A Cat
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#60 Just Adopted This Little Dude, Everyone Meet Mr Moose 😄
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#61 Just Adopted My Kitty !! 🐈⬛ 😍😍he’s Sooo Cuteeeee
Meet Jasper, silverado and blue idk he has tons of namess , Im currently in the car typing him i just went to pick him up a few minutes ago!! he loves me already any tips on bringing a new cat home !?
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#62 Was Not Expecting This Amount Of Cuddles Day 1 Of His Adoption
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#63 Just Adopted!
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#64 Our New Sweet Boy, Pilot 💗
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#65 I Just Adopted My First Cat
Haven’t had a cat since I was a kid. Picked this chunky boy up from the shelter a few hours ago and I’m already utterly and irrevocably in love with him. Meet Sam
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#66 Adopted Today!
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#67 I Adopted This Sweet Girl On Friday And The Shelter Said She Was An Australian Shepherd Mix
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#68 Just Adopted This 7 Month Old Kitten. Her Name Is Lucky
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#69 4 Days Ago My Family Rescued Scar From A Post On Reddit!
smittensky posted a ton of photos of rescue dogs from their local shelter around 5 days ago! I absolutely loved two pups and my family agreed that Scar was a total baby. At the time, I wasn’t sure where the dogs actually were so I messaged smitten and turns out they were only an hour away! I called the shelter and they said Scar was going to be transferred to a less crowded shelter and adoption wasn’t possible at the time. I begged them to keep him there and we all drove up there and adopted Scar that same day as they were able to stop the transfer! Here’s some update photos! He was such a scared muffin but he’s already so happy. His temperament is awesome and he’s so goofy and sweet. He had his first taste of hotdog yesterday and is already working on the “come” command 🥰 Thank you, smittensky!
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#70 Adopting This Little Angel Tomorrow And I’m So Excited!!!!
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#71 Just Adopted This Orange Boy. I Have No Idea What To Name Him
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#72 1 Week Since Adoption
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#73 Already Love Him So Much After A Day Of Adopting Him
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#74 I Adopted Them, This Week
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#75 Hello! Just Adopted This Baby Kitten From A Friend Of My Mom And Wanted To Know More About Her
She's two months old, her coat is fully grey and medium sized. She's very small and delicate! The woman I adopted her said her mom is of breed but shes very doesn't know which one. She's very unique, so I'm curious to know
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#76 Put Your Hands Together For Churchill, The Newest Member Of My Family
My kitten needed a buddy so I adopted him a life partner. They are both almost 5 months and as thick as yo Mommas gravy
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#77 Adopted My First Kitten!
Everyone say hi to Rhaegar! He’s named after a Game of Thrones character for those of you who aren’t familiar with the series. He’s 4 months old and is a ball of energy. Also, very cuddly.
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#78 Just Adopted This Lil Boy. He Was On The Street Crying And My Heart Melted For Him 💘
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#79 We Adopted A New Cat!
Poor guy had been through it. We adopted from the SPCA and he had lived on the streets. He is the sweetest, cuddliest, fluffiest cat that I have ever had the privilege of meeting. Meet Fin
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#80 Welcome Home Popsicle !
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#81 Recently Adopted This Sweet Baby. She Has Very Mild Cerebellar Hypoplasia, So She's Just A Lil' Bit Wobbly
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#82 Adopted A Former Research Lab Beagle!
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#83 Wife And I Adopted This Cutie!
We’ve had her for about 3 days now and she’s been super sweet and delightful. She was shy at the shelter but quick to open up to us once at her new home.
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#84 We Took Her Home!
After another visit with this sweet girl, we adopted and took her home! Meet Stella Bleu.
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#85 Our Foster Is Getting Adopted!
She wouldn’t let us touch her the first 5 months but we spelt wore her down and she loves being petted now. She was born on someone’s sun porch and spent her first year in that cramped room loaded with furniture. She has come so far. I am sure I will cry HARD tomorrow when she leaves. But Lumi will have a good home.
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#86 I Adopted Luna This Morning!
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#87 Adopted This Little One Today But We Cant Settle On A Name
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#88 Just Adopted My New Baby Tali!!!!
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#89 Last Week We Adopted This 2 Little Souls With 7 Paws Between Them
In the left Pupa (she has one leg missing because someone shot her), in the right Tirita.
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#90 Adopted My Boy Recently. 1 Year Old American Bulldog
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#91 Welcome Home Freya!!
Today we brought home 7 year old "polar" who came in as a breeding dog they no longer wanted. Her new name is Freya and i cant wait to spoil her and give her the life and love she deserves! She is so sweet and tolerant so far to the puppy who is 11 months old and obviously very confused as a former only child
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#92 Meet Our New Kitten :3
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#93 New Kitten 🤓🥹
I just adopted this little floof. I’m thinking I’ll name her Maud Mum is a British Blue and dad is an unknown local her
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#94 Meet Maeby! We Adopted Her 2 Days Ago And She's Already Ready To Explore!
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#95 Just Rescued Kratos From The Pound
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#96 Adopted This Little Guy
Adopted this little guy. Shelter said he was very timid but started loving on me the moment we met. He sleeps next to me all night. He's a hard sleeper and it's only day 4. He's getting used to the cats and other dog but he's definitely a good pup.
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#97 Just Adopted
We adopted this sweet girl today, the shelter didn’t have much info on her but had her listed as a Border Collie. We think she’s a mix possibly with Lab.
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#98 Just Adopted A 2-Month-Old Kitten Named Rocket (Rocky)
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#99 Adopted The Cutest Pair 2 Weeks Ago!
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#100 We Adopted Our First Family Pet This Week - Sweet Virginia 🥰
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#101 Adopted This Sweet Girl A Week Ago
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#102 Rescued After We Was Given Up For Not Being A Good Guard Dog 🥹
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#103 New Buddy!
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#104 Meet Timmy, Our New Baby
Newly adopted 4 year old Scottish Fold mixed with Persian. He is such a sweetheart and fits our family perfectly.
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#105 Newly Adopted Cat: Chilling By The Window And Judging The Neighbors With His New Collar 🐾
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#106 Just Adopted A Little Black Kitten! We've Got A New Member In The Family! Now We Have Four Cats!
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#107 I Adopted A Dog!! He's A Mixed Chihuahua, But What Could The Other Race Be?
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#108 Rescued Dog, Just Adopted This Is Lupe! 27kg, Very Friendly
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#109 I Just Adopted These Twin Dogs
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#110 New Adoption
We adopted a new dog to go with our other hippo and weiner dog. Someone left her outside wandering around after she’d had a litter of pups. She’s the sweetest thing and she’s all mine now!
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#111 Found This Lil Fella. I Found This Lil Fella A Week Ago He Was In A Carton Box Left Alone In The Dark
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#112 Meet Roland. Adopted 2/15/2025
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