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50 Of The Most Wholesome Rescue Pet Photos This April
Another month, another set of wholesome pet adoption photos. Bored Panda has yet again collected some of the most heartwarming images of animals enjoying their new families and homes. We've got cats, dogs, even ferrets, and hens for you this time, all finding comfort after suffering abandonment.
Best Friends Animal Society estimates that 5.4 million cats and dogs entered US shelters in 2019 (52% of them were dogs and 48% were cats). 79% of these animals were saved. And while it breaks my heart that 625,000 cats and dogs were killed, we've come a long way since 2014, when as many as 4 million animals were killed in American shelters and the national save rate was just 50%. And we're not going to stop!
If you want more similar pics (why wouldn't you?), check out our March, February, and January editions of the series.
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#1
This Guy Got No Shows For 3 Different Adoption Days. When We Met He Climbed Right Into My Lap And I Fell In Love. Now He's My First Dog And Lifelong Best Friend. Meet Winston!
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#2
We Adopted This Cat And Now He Sits Like He Is About To Drop The Worst Dad Jokes Ever
#3
I Was Fostering This Goof When A Family Adopted Him. The Family Brought Him Back For Being "Too Large" So I Adopted Him. Welcome Home, Big Guy
#4
Two Weeks Ago, I Adopted A Boy With The Saddest Face From A Nearby Shelter. He's Really Come Out Of His Shell In That Time, And Has Already Grown Attached To Me. Meet Tom Bombadog!
#5
This Little Girl Decided To Break In Through Our Front Window Every Day For A Week And Adopt Us. It's Been A Month And No One's Claimed Her, So We Adopted Her Back
#6
This Is My New Friend, Harvey! Took This Just Minutes After Adopting Him!
#7
A Few Weeks Ago I Adopted A Puppy (Right) And Today A New Dog Appeared In Front Of The Door And He Looks Like He Is The Same Dog From The Future And He Is Trying To Warn Himself About Something
#8
Say Hello To Our Retired Military Working Dog We Adopted. He Gets Toys For Life Now; Including The Biggest Tennis Balls He’s Ever Seen
#9
I Adopted My First Ever Cat Last Month. I Was Nervous About It, But I Think She’s Found Her Home. Meet Blueberry
#10
Going To The New Home. Adopted
#11
Yesterday, I Helped This Sweet Girl Get Adopted. Her Parents Sent Me This Photo Of Her In Their New Home
#12
This Is Old Lady (Almost 18), Her Family Of 16 Years Gave Her To A Shelter Where She Lived For Almost A Year, Until We Adopted Her A Few Months Ago. Giving Her The Best Life Possible
#13
Before And After Adoption. Meet Dixie
#14
Just Adopted This Old Lady And I'm In Love. Sushi, 9 Years Old
#15
Meet Van Gogh. Trying To Get Him To Pose For His Adoption Photo
#16
Shelter Doggo With A Huge Smile Being Adopted
#17
We Adopted Him Two Weeks Ago. This Is Their First Cuddle
#19
We Adopted This Five Year Old Shelter Cat Last Week, I Adore Her And She Adores Us. Couldn't Ask For A Better Girl, Ily Rosie
#20
Akali Was Returned To The Shelter By Her First Adopter, But Now I Have A Best Friend
troufaki13 5 years ago
Why would anyone abandon this beauty?? You're both lucky to have one another!
#21
Our Dog Adopted A Puppy
#22
4 Day Old Kitten! Her Mama Disappeared, So I'm Bottle Feeding And Adopting Her
#23
We Just Adopted This Beautiful Senior Lady And I'm So In Love With Her Already
#24
I Adopted A Silly One
#25
Recently Adopted A Stray Cat, Two Weeks Ago She Wouldn’t Be In The Same Room As A Human. Tonight, She Scratched At My Bedroom Door To Come In. No Touching Though!
#26
Baxter Lived To Twice His Life Expectancy (8/16.5). I'm So Proud To Be His Rescue Mom. Love, Boop Snoots And Adopt!
#27
I Adopted Two Special-Needs Kittens Separately. Today They Held Hands
#28
I’m So Happy I Adopted This Boy
#29
We Adopted A Corgi Two Weeks Ago. One Of Her Ears Just Popped Up Overnight!
#30
After Fostering 4 Pups Over A Period Of 3 Mths, I’ve Decided To Adopt The 5th One! You’re Coming With Me Wherever I Go From Now On! Welcome To Your Forever Family, Haribo!
#31
I Think The Ol’ Bastard Is Starting To Fall In Love With Me. We Adopted Him Last Month And He’s Just Now Getting Comfortable Enough For Some Attention
#32
Wasn't Planning On Adopting A Kitten Until She Jumped Up On My Back. Libby Is All Mine Now
#33
After Spending Most Of My Adult Life Living In Tiny Apartments, I Finally Moved Out Of The City And Was Able To Adopt This Happy Girl. Meet Grace!
#34
Read Here Yesterday Black Cats Aren’t Adopted As Much As They Don’t Look As Good In Photos. Meet Morningstar
#35
Meet Luna! We Adopted Her From A Local Shelter A Week Ago And All She Wants All Day (And Night) Long Is Belly Rubs
#36
Adopted A Deaf Kitten, My Wife Picked Him Out Specifically For Those Amazing Eyes!
#37
I Adopted This Little Guy A Couple Of Weeks Ago. He’s Extremely Very Shy And Has Been Hiding Under My Bed Since Day One. I’m Happy To Finally See Him Out Enjoying The Sun—even Though I Had To Hide To Take This Picture. I’ll Win His Little Heart One Step At A Time!
#38
Adopted Baby Flora After She Was Found Left Outside An Elementary School. Who Could Ever Do Such A Thing After Seeing This Pretty Face?
#39
I've Been Wanting To Adopt A Cat For Such A Long Time And I Finally Got The Chance To Do It. Here Is Kiki, My 3 Months Old Kitten!
#40
Little Kratos Sleeping From The Excitement Of Adoption Day
#41
After Waiting A Week For Our Adoption Appointment To Finally Come, My Kids Are Smiling As Much As This Happy Boy Is
#42
Adopting A Second Cat Was The Best Decision. They Love Each Other!
#43
This Little Aussie Tyke Was Adopted For My Mom. Can’t Wait To Introduce Her To The Rest Of The Family
#44
Adopted This Sweetheart Yesterday: 65lb, 7 Months Old, Supersonic Hearing
#45
The Kittens I Just Adopted
#46
We Adopted The Smaller Kitty 3 Days Ago. They’ve Bonded So Quickly
Zena Marsh 5 years ago
Something's caught their interest.Older cat: "Stay away from No. 47, big dog"
#47
Meet Sally. She’s 12 Weeks Old And We Just Adopted Her From A Rescue
#48
Took About A Hundred Attempts To Get This But Here’s My Pupper Named Milo. Adopted 3 Weeks Ago
#49
Two Days After Adoption And They’ve Already Settled In
#50
My Girlfriend And I Adopted This Little Lady Today, Had Her For 4 Hours And She's Spent About Half Of It Purring Our Laps, And The Other Half Demanding Strokes. Meet Verity!
Zena Marsh 5 years ago
Hello Verity, a very demanding lady by the sound of it. Give her a stroke for me.
#51
Adopted This Little Girl Today. Named Her Venus
#52
My Name Is Newton And I Just Got Adopted!
Zena Marsh 5 years ago
Hello Newton, Loving the pose. (I used to have a poodle that sat like that)
#53
He Literally Fell Right Into Our Lap, How Could We Not Adopt Him? Meet Alfie!
#54
When I Adopted Rumi It Didn’t Take Long To Realize I Had Adopted My Spirit Animal. He’s The Bestest Boy
#55
Adopted A Dog Last Week. This Is How She Slept The Other Night
#56
Went To Look At New Born Cats And This Guy Crawled Into My Hoodie Filled Out The Adoption Papers Not Just A Minute Later With The Fluff Ball Still In My Hood
#58
Hardest Thing About Fostering? Trying To Convince Yourself You Won’t Cave In And Adopt Them. Well, I Stopped Trying To Convince Myself. Here’s My Newest Foster Fail, “Chopper”!
#59
My Newly Adopted Girl Is Recovering From Anaplasmosis And Heartworms, But Despite Everything She Is The Biggest Cuddlebutt And Has Opened Up So Much In Just A Week. Hoping For Many Healthy Buttscritches With Gigi
#60
I Planned On Adopting One- But When I Got There I Didn’t Have The Heart To Separate Him From His Sister. Now I Have Two
#61
We Adopted This Sweet Girl Piper Today. She’s Very Photogenic
#62
We Adopted A 5 Yr Old Catahoula Leopard Mix, Meet Mocha
#63
Say Hi To Puppy "Zemo". Adopted Yesterday And Is Now Master Of All He Surveys
#64
A Barn Cat Adopted Us. Meet #turkeycat
#65
I Adopted This Itty Bitty Kitty In Indonesia, Her Mom Abandoned Her In Our Attic Space. She Could Fit In The Palm Of My Hand And Didn’t Even Have Her Eyes Open Yet! First Photo Is From A Few Weeks After We Found Her, Second Is Now, In Ohio, 8 Years Later
irma witjaksono 5 years ago
semoga Tuhan YME mengganti kebaikan hatimu dengan yang lebih baik aamiin
#66
My Recently Retired Parents Adopted A Pair Of Kittens And They’re Literally Two Halves Of A Heart
#67
My Recently Adopted Little Girl. Found On The Streets
#68
All Five Of My Hen's Adopted Babies Ate From My Hand For The First Time!
#69
Adoption Day For The King Of Hearts
Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago
He just won one more heart, plus have his own away, from the looks of it.
#70
Just Adopted Her, Already Made Herself Comfy
#71
I Adopted My Favorite Dog From My Job. Welcome Home, Buster!
#72
I Just Adopted This Long Legged Foxyboi And Renamed Him Pepperjack!
#74
My Angel That We Adopted A Few Months Ago, She's Awesome Wicked
#75
Adopted My First Puppy Yesterday, Good Morning From Alphie!
#76
Today We Got To Bring Home Our Little Guy From Adoption! Girlfriend Is Loving It
#77
My Shy Adopted Kitty Is Becoming Less Shy By The Day! He Said Hi To Me This Morning. Yay!
#78
He Shoots Snot Everywhere, Needs Regular Anal Gland Maintenance, Is Deaf, And Has A Silly Broken Tail. But One Thing He Is Not Is Unadoptable......because I Foster Failed And Adopted Him Before He Got Labeled As Such. Welcome To Our Family, Figaro!
#79
We Adopted The Middle One Three Weeks Ago
#80
My Poor Foster Dog Wanda Had Her Bag Packed To Go To Her Forever Home, But The Adoption Fell Through Because The Adopter’s Apartment Complex Doesn’t Allow Pit Bulls. Nothing A Pup Cup Can’t Fix!
Anna McHugh 5 years ago
That's ridiculous - that's like saying they don't allow Lithuanians. Either allow all dogs or none. Breed-specific rules are just stupid and overlook the thousands who get bitten by poodles.
#81
Picture Of Our Rescue Boy A Few Days Before We Adopted Him. The Shelter Never Even Got To Post The Pic, So They Sent It To Us Instead. We Named Him Admiral Linguini
#82
My Cousin Found (What Seems To Be) A 6 Week Old Puppy On The Streets And Adopted It... Meet Duke
#83
Doggo Who We Are (Hopefully) Adopting Very Soon. She Sits On Your Lap And Will Happily Kiss Your Face Off
#84
Look Who I Adopted This Weekend! His Name Is Albus — Or The ‘Bus, As He’s Called On The Streets
#85
At 31 Years Old And After Years And Years I Finally Adopted A Dog. This Is Brownies And I Love Him
#86
Meet Louie! We Adopted Him Last Weekend From A Local Rescue Shelter!
#87
Tried Adopting For Months And Had Given Up. Then On My Birthday I Found Ludo. Or Did He Find Me?
#88
His Adoption Date Was 4/12/21! He's A Four Year Old Sweetheart Who Already Cuddles. His Name Is Sylvester, He's My First Pet
#89
I Adopted My First Pet Today! Evie Has Stolen My Heart Already!
FurryManiac 5 years ago
You named your cat after ME? Why thank you!(just kidding, it’s the best name though)
#90
Our Sweet Girl Ruby. Adopted Her A Little Over A Week Ago And She’s Fitting Right In!
#91
Reddit, Meet Kodi (8 Weeks Old Mixed Breed Adopted Week Ago)
#92
It’s Been Three Weeks Since I Adopted A Shy Rescue Girl, And This Morning I Woke Up To This! Meet Willow
#93
Adopted Her Today. She Hasn’t Told Me Her Name Yet. Shelter Said She Was Shy And Would Probably Hide For The Day
#94
Adopting This Absolute Angel
#95
We Adopted A 7 Week Old Kitty Today. This Is The First Pic With My Son
#96
Just Recently Expanded Our Family! Little Girl Was Up For Free Adoption After Being Rescued From An Animal Hoarders Home. My Sweet Redditors, Meet Mavis!
#97
Just Adopted My (Rescue) Dog! Meet Iggy!
#98
Won Some Money Playing Blackjack Last Weekend, So I Adopted A New Kitty, Moonworm!
#99
The Stray Cat We Adopted Just Had Kittens
#100
First Day After Being Adopted And He's Already Making Himself Comfy
#101
Meet Sid! Our Adopted 1.5 Yr Old Mountain Cur/Shar-Pei Mix
#102
This Beautiful Baby Started Eating My Cat’s Food And Asking For Us To Pet Her Every Once In A While. A Week Later And She’s Inside, Sleeping In My Bed. She Adopted Us! This Is Nico
#103
Adopted My Jessi Girl From The Shelter Today
#104
Just Adopted This Handsome Boy. Welcome Home Finley
#105
My Brother Went Out And Adopted A Rescue Yesterday. Her Name Is Zoey And My Family Already Loves Her!
#106
Just Adopted This Little Guy Yesterday
#107
Adopted Two New Puppies Today. Cute Little Fellas Asleep In The Box During The Road Home
#108
Adopted This Beautiful Boy Today, His Name Is Charlie, And He Is A Mixed Breed Birman. I Got Him From The Local Cat Shelter. Their Theory Behind Him Was That He Escaped From A Backyard Breeder. He’s Very Shy And Timid At The Present, But Is Settling In Well
#109
Just Adopted Today, Abby (Left) Doesn’t Seem Impressed, But Kidding, They Are Really Getting Along Great. Welcome To Forever Home!
#110
I'm No Expert, But I'd Say The Adoption Is A Success! This Little Lady Here Arrived Only A Few Hours Ago In Her Forever Home, And Is Already Claiming All The Hugs For Herself
#111
We Just Adopted Toula, 4 Months Old!
#112
My Wife Adopted 2 Beagle - Maddie And Coco
#113
I’m Adopting This Little Guy Soon!
#114
I Recently Adopted A Kitten And I Personally Find Him Rly Cute (His Name Is Zeke)
#115
The Adoption Agency Gave Her The Name Donna And It Was Too Weird Not To Keep
#116
Brother And Sister Kittens Me And My Girlfriend Recently Adopted
#117
My Newly Adopted Boy Riot, Age 20 Months
#118
I’m 25 And Today I Adopted My First Furry Friend !! Everyone Meet Sterling !
#119
Gracie Is My Quarantine Rescue
#120
Adopted Bug A Week Ago Today, He Is Now The King Of The House
#122
Adopted These Two Little Brothers Last Year. They Grow Up So Quick
#123
So Here Is My New Adopted Kitten! His Name Is Fry!
#124
Adopted This Good Boy Today. Henceforth You Shall Be Known As Darth Vader
#125
Adopted A Mixed Puppy A Couple Weeks Ago, She’s 3 Months Old; Can Anyone Identify What Kind Of Mix She Is?
#127
Adopted These Two Siblings Last Week. Cliff And Cleo
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Bridget Price 5 years ago
We were only gonna get one puppy to begin with but than we saw this little lady and we knew we had to get her too! Screenshot...200772.png 
Bridget Price 5 years ago
this is her now with her brother. their names are Petra and Oliver <3 IMG_202011...09f2a7.jpg 
Bean flavored Fujioshi 5 years ago
Meet spike :3 my mom found him and his sister roaming an outdoor restroom at a school she worked at.My mom wanted to get him adopted but we (as in the kids of the house) started naming him.He is now a family member here ^^.May be big and scary-sounding bark but he is a big baby...also he is named after a dragon in a child cartoon ^^...(he is actually sleeping rn :3 ) IMG_202104...16741a.jpg 
Bean flavored Fujioshi 5 years ago
sorry for the bad pic :3 here is a somewhat better one IMG_202104...2d76bb.jpg 
Equine_Ravenclaw_Directioner 5 years ago
This was too cute. I love every single one of these posts, they are so frickin adorable!
Annik 5 years ago
My rescue, Bamboo. She was found wondering the streets at a few months old and is about to turn 14! IMG-3391-6...e6043a.jpg 
Equine_Ravenclaw_Directioner 5 years ago
She's adorable! Happy soon to be birthday Bamboo!
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Tikanovuka 5 years ago
Here is my rescue - Panda the Jawless. He received the "Jawless" title because of the cheeks that cover the lower jaw completely making him look like he's missing one. Took him 5 years ago as a pup. On my way to the shelter the worker told me Panda was taken by someone else. But when i arrived there, he was there too. It appeared that people who took him drove halfway home with him and then realized he's going to grow into a large dog. So they drove him back to the shelter 10 minutes before I arrived. BTW at this pic he found his jaw photo_2021...b77f82.jpg 
InfectedVoice 5 years ago
Just lovely, nearly brings me to happy tears, as a rescue shelter volunteer all I want is all animals to have they life they deserve, full of love, comfort and happiness. Sadly there are too many scumbags in the world, but also a lot of good people, like the adopters here, best of luck to them all and their new family members.
Dingo Person 5 years ago (edited)
We have a kelpie called Mac we adopted about 9 years ago from a farmer who was going to put him down because he couldn't work sheep. Initial plan was to foster him off, and my dad made that very clear but fell in love with the beautiful bastard on the way home😂
Sarah Grape 5 years ago
an old friend, one year older then me, adopted same year I was born. my family walked into the shelter and this guy was the first to come say hi. 24% chow, x% Australian shepherd. loved to explore, RIP bear DSCF0562-1...d8bc0d.jpg 
Tina Oz 5 years ago
Speciesism at its best. This is nice and all but what about rescuing other animals too?! Daily seeing only cats and dogs getting homes.
Bird lover 5 years ago
there is also a ferret! But I agree it would be cool to get more varity.
Load More Replies... Bridget Price 5 years ago
We were only gonna get one puppy to begin with but than we saw this little lady and we knew we had to get her too! Screenshot...200772.png
Bridget Price 5 years ago
this is her now with her brother. their names are Petra and Oliver <3 IMG_202011...09f2a7.jpg
Bean flavored Fujioshi 5 years ago
Meet spike :3 my mom found him and his sister roaming an outdoor restroom at a school she worked at.My mom wanted to get him adopted but we (as in the kids of the house) started naming him.He is now a family member here ^^.May be big and scary-sounding bark but he is a big baby...also he is named after a dragon in a child cartoon ^^...(he is actually sleeping rn :3 ) IMG_202104...16741a.jpg
Bean flavored Fujioshi 5 years ago
sorry for the bad pic :3 here is a somewhat better one IMG_202104...2d76bb.jpg
Equine_Ravenclaw_Directioner 5 years ago
This was too cute. I love every single one of these posts, they are so frickin adorable!
Annik 5 years ago
My rescue, Bamboo. She was found wondering the streets at a few months old and is about to turn 14! IMG-3391-6...e6043a.jpg
Equine_Ravenclaw_Directioner 5 years ago
She's adorable! Happy soon to be birthday Bamboo!
Load More Replies... Tikanovuka 5 years ago
Here is my rescue - Panda the Jawless. He received the "Jawless" title because of the cheeks that cover the lower jaw completely making him look like he's missing one. Took him 5 years ago as a pup. On my way to the shelter the worker told me Panda was taken by someone else. But when i arrived there, he was there too. It appeared that people who took him drove halfway home with him and then realized he's going to grow into a large dog. So they drove him back to the shelter 10 minutes before I arrived. BTW at this pic he found his jaw photo_2021...b77f82.jpg
InfectedVoice 5 years ago
Just lovely, nearly brings me to happy tears, as a rescue shelter volunteer all I want is all animals to have they life they deserve, full of love, comfort and happiness. Sadly there are too many scumbags in the world, but also a lot of good people, like the adopters here, best of luck to them all and their new family members.
Dingo Person 5 years ago (edited)
We have a kelpie called Mac we adopted about 9 years ago from a farmer who was going to put him down because he couldn't work sheep. Initial plan was to foster him off, and my dad made that very clear but fell in love with the beautiful bastard on the way home😂
Sarah Grape 5 years ago
an old friend, one year older then me, adopted same year I was born. my family walked into the shelter and this guy was the first to come say hi. 24% chow, x% Australian shepherd. loved to explore, RIP bear DSCF0562-1...d8bc0d.jpg
Tina Oz 5 years ago
Speciesism at its best. This is nice and all but what about rescuing other animals too?! Daily seeing only cats and dogs getting homes.
Bird lover 5 years ago
there is also a ferret! But I agree it would be cool to get more varity.
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