Cat of the Day

09/21/2025

A rescued dog’s wagging tail is more than joy. It’s survival. It’s resilience. It’s hope alive.

09/21/2025

"She's the last cat in the cage. I think she's too ugly," my friend said.

That was all it took. I dashed to the pet shop and bought her. And so Strudel, the ugly cat with a beautiful heart, came home with me.

This beautiful soul lived with me for 20 years. And every night for twenty years...

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09/21/2025

09/21/2025

The world may be harsh, but rescue is proof of compassion. It’s proof that love can still win. It’s proof that kindness is powerful. And it’s proof that we’re not done yet.

09/20/2025

Every rescue story starts with a simple truth: someone cared enough to act. That’s how change begins. That’s how lives are saved. That’s how hope grows.

09/20/2025

Rescue means showing up when no one else will. It means being the voice when no one else speaks. It means believing in life. Even when others don’t.

09/20/2025

Meet Luna. The young feline was involved in an accident that would have resulted in her death.

Luna arrived at the shelter paralyzed from the waist down with an open spinal wound. They told us, "Her hind legs and tail were immobile and cold, but she could still feel them—our hearts were breaking. Luna's eyes were full of pain and exhaustion.

Luna couldn't defecate on her own and was on the verge of euthanasia...

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09/20/2025

I had to send my long haul trucking buddy Thomas over the Rainbow Bridge in August of 2014 due to bladder stone complications, after he fought for two weeks for his life. I had been an emotional wreck since, but I was not sure I was ready for another feline in my life, either.

A job transfer moved me to Phoenix two months after losing him, and I would occasionally go the shelters to “get catted” but none were a real match for me.

On January 31, 2015, I went to the shelter with my best friend and visited with three cats. Then she said, “I think you should take a look at this one.”

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09/20/2025

Behind every pair of frightened eyes is a heart waiting to bloom. Rescue nurtures it. Rescue waters it. Rescue makes it bloom again.

09/20/2025

Rescue is about second chances. Chances to heal. Chances to be loved. Chances to live.

09/20/2025

While on the internet one day, I found an ad for a girl giving away kittens for free. I went to investigate.

This little kitten had two siblings, both fluffy and adorable and spoken for. She, on the other hand, walked and wobbled funny and was matted and pathetic-looking. And, of course, when I sat down and held my hand out, she came right to me, mewled, curled up in my hand, and tried to purr. I was told if I wanted her I could just take her. The mother cat had stopped feeding them and she couldn't afford food. So I tucked her into the pocket of my hoodie and brought the poor thing home.

It didn't take me long to get her cleaned up and to discover that she had ear mites, fleas and worms...

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09/20/2025

Animals don’t ask for much—just food, water, and love. Rescue gives them all three. And in return, they give us everything. That’s the trade of a lifetime.