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50 Wholesome Rescue Pet Pics To Heal Your Soul (July Edition)
Each and every pet deserves a roof over their head, a comfy bed, nutritious meals, and, of course, a family who will love them forever and ever. The sad fact is that countless animals end up in rescue shelters after being abandoned by their owners. The ASPCA notes that a whopping 6.5 million companion animals enter animal shelters each year in the United States. Meanwhile, an estimated 250k animals go to rescue centers each year in the United Kingdom.
The stats are staggering and our hearts might break. However, there are countless selfless people out there who live by the slogan “adopt, don’t shop” and open up their homes and their hearts to pets in need. Bored Panda has collected this month’s most wholesome photos of pets rescued from animal shelters, and they’ll bring a lot of light and love back into your lives, dear Pandas.
There never seem to be enough cute animals in our lives, right, Pandas? Hopefully, our previous articles about people adopting pets and giving them the quality lives they deserve will help with that. Have a look through our recent articles for June, May, and April once you’re done upvoting your fave photos in this list and booping all those oh-so-boopable noses.
Meanwhile, read on for Bored Panda’s interview with the PDSA, the UK’s leading veterinary charity, about how to make rescue pets feel welcome in their new forever home.
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#1
The Rescue Centre Said Nobody Wants Him Because He's FIV+ And That He's Desperate For A Home Because He Just Loves People. Adopted Him Today And I Think He's Happy
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#2
Adopted My First Cat Today: Meet Mike Wazowski
#3
I Adopted A 7 Year Old Cloud. I Believe He Adopted Me Too
#4
My Brother's Dog, Ricky, Before And After Adoption
#5
My Rescue Kitten Has Bonded With My Dog And It Makes My Heart Melt
#6
The Shelter Said She Was Shy And Wouldn't Want To Be Around Us Much... But This Is What I Wake Up To Every Day
Anna McHugh 5 years ago
Nawwww...it's always nice to wake up to someone with stranger dental work than you...xxxx
#7
Went To The Shelter And Fell In Love
#8
The Only Thing Better Than Adopting A Black Kitty Is Adopting Two Black Kitties
#9
Koda Just Came To Her Retirement Home From The Shelter! She's 12, Blind, And Happy As Can Be
#10
This Year I Moved To A Different Country, And With Covid, I’ve Been Pretty Lonely. In A Strange Place With No Friends, This Gentle Stray Found And Adopted Me. Meet Porchey
#11
Adopted Our First Family Puppy Today. Found My 2 Year Old And Puppy Like This Day 1 - I Think We Found A Winner
#12
We Went To The Shelter Today To Look For Our First Kitten, And Ended Up Walking Out With This 9 Year Old Pretty Lady
#13
I Might Have Accidentally Adopted A Seal
#14
Someone Likes Being Adopted And Someone Is Not Amused By Her New Brother
#15
Aaron Purr Was An Orphan We Took In To Bottle Feed And Care For Until He Could Be Adopted. And Now We Are Keeping Him Forever. He's Six Weeks Old And We Love Him. How Could We Not, Right?
#16
This Is Fru-Fru. She Has No Teeth, Is Deaf, And Has Some Neurological Disorders. A Vet Clinic Adopted Her, And She Is Super Sweet
Anna McHugh 5 years ago
She is horrified that you would even think differently! She's gorgeous!
#17
Went To The Shelter For A Kitten. Came Back Home With A 2 Year Old Black Cat Who Used To Be A Stray Cat. Best Decision Ever. Meet Marcel
#18
Baby Boy We Found And Rescued Outside!
#19
Finally Over Two Pounds! I Can Haz Adoption Now?
#20
My Parents Adopted Me From S. Korea And I Had The Pleasure Of Adopting This Girl From S. Korea. Meet Natto!
#21
Rescued This Baby Duck Tonight. Meet Davey
#22
Adopted This Little Fella From A Local Shelter Last Week. We Love Him So Much!
#23
Meet Theo! She Was Rescued From A Mulch Pile With A Bunch Of Heavy Equipment Driving Around. Her Roar Was Mighty
#24
Welcome To The Family, Pretty Boy. Adopted Him At The Ripe Old Age Of 15!
Anna McHugh 5 years ago
Seniors ROCK!!! Get a senior, get a best friend (who probably won't poop on you within 2 hours of being home)
#25
Friend Rescued Piglet Off Side Of The Highway Today
#26
We Rescued Robbie From A Hoarding Situation Last Night. His Life Only Gets Better From Here
#27
Rescued This 8 Month Old Doofus A Week Ago. Something Tells Me He's Happy To Be Home
#28
I Just Adopted This Perpetually Snaggletoothed Void. Meet Mr. Claudius Maximus Depussy
Anna McHugh 5 years ago
He's lovely!The eyes, the teefies, the voidness, the silly velvet bow tie - I love him!
#29
I'd Like You All To Meet Kenma, He Is The Most Polite Kitty I Could've Ever Adopted. And His Favorite Food Is Tuna
#30
We Adopted Our Foster/Rescue. This Is Lewie, Our 97lb Alaskan Malamute!
#31
We Adopted Indiana Bones Today. Indy!
#32
My Newly Adopted Kitten Loves Snuggling
#33
Whoever Said That Money Can’t Buy Happiness Has Never Paid An Adoption Fee. First Time Cat Owner, Im In Love With My Fur Ball
#34
A Few Days Ago Daisy Showed Up At Our Door Carrying A Daisy Sour Cream Container And Was Hungry, Dirty, And Scared. We Couldnt Find Any Lost Dog Notices And She Wasn't Chipped So We Adopted Her. She Is Very Sweet And A New Addition To The Family
#35
Took This Yesterday - On The Left Is Mitten, My Boy Who I Lost In 2017, And On The Right Is Sofia Who I Adopted Last Week. This Moment Made Me Think I Was Looking At Mitten Again
#36
Adopted This Girl 2 Days Ago And She's Already Showing Her Curls
#37
I Think My Rescue Kitten Loves Me
#38
I'm A Foster Home For Orphaned Kittens. I've Raised 12 Kittens And Gave Them Up For Adoption. This Is My First Foster Fail. Welcome Home, Midna
#39
First Night, Xena Fell In Love With Her Smaller Adopted Brother Watson
#40
Baxter Is On His Way To His New Forever Home!
#41
Wanda My Rescue Puppy! I Think This Is Her Realizing She’s Found Her Forever Home
#42
This Kitten Was Crying Outside Night After Night When My Boyfriend Would Leave For Work And Everyone Around Knew About Him From His Loud Screams. He Was Terrified. But An iPad With Mama Kitty Noises, Swift Hand Movements And One Hour Later, I Rescued Him, And Now He’s Smiling In His New Home
Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago (edited)
That’s close to the way we ended up with our youngest cat, Tabitha, over a year ago. We heard her first, but it was dark and she was hiding, so we couldn’t find her. However, she did it again the next morning, so we followed the sound, and found her, terrified, hiding behind a thick bush. When we got her out, she turned out to be the tiniest 5-6 week old kitten weighing barely one pound—-and in possession of the lungs of an elephant! She’s still tiny a year later, about the size of a smallish 6 month old cat, but healthy and happy, and the apple of all our other animals’ eyes, as well as ours. (As with our other animals, all rescues, no matter how long she lives, if I ever encounter the people who dumped her, there will be some righteous ass-kicking doled out to them, by me. I mean, who TF dumps a defenseless little one pound kitten who is too young to leave her mother, all by herself in the country, where there are foxes, eagles, and other predators? Burns me up just thinking about it.)
#43
I Had A Suspicion My Newly Adopted Boi Was Liquid. Today It Was Confirmed!
#44
We Adopted Booley. He Will Be 13 Years Old Soon
#45
Adopted This Wild Boy Because His Former Family Didn’t Want Him Anymore. A 1,5 Years Of Fluffiness That Made My First Time Having A Cat Just Magical
Eva Bryson 5 years ago
What do you mean "the family didn't want him anymore?" You just throw away a family member?
#46
How Should I Name Her? She Appeared Today On My House And Adopted Me, And She's Missing One Ear, But Seems To Be Healthy And Plays With Anything That Moves
#47
Good Things Come In Pairs, Really Glad I Adopted The Both Of Them Together!
Anna McHugh 5 years ago
'Go away, Margaret. This is a private moment and you're spoiling it. Yes, and take your questionable art choices with you.'
#48
Picked This Little Guy Up Today And Brought Him To His Forever Home With Us
#49
Just Adopted This Little Cutie, Pepper
#51
The Face Of This Pup We Rescued From Humane Society Today 5 Minutes After We Picked Her Up. Meet Stella!
#52
I Think They Are Loving Our Place. Newly Adopted
#53
My Friend Was Worried Her Cat Wouldn’t Get Along With The New Kitten She Adopted. One Hour Later
Anna McHugh 5 years ago
He's mine; the tree's mine' you're mine...everything's mine...you may go, peasant
#54
Our New Rescue Is Starting To Feel At Home!
#55
This Is My Dog, Cypher. He Had 2 Previous Owners Before We Got Him. This Is His Adoption Photo
#56
Adopted This Pretty Lady A Few Days Ago
#57
The Way She Was Looking At Us... We Had To Adopt Her
#58
I'm Adopting These Two Kitten In 2 Weeks, They Are So Cute! I Can't Wait!
#59
Adopted Our Third Cat. Meet Molly 9 Weeks Old
#60
Today I Adopted My First Rescue Dog And Treated Him To His First Of Many Puppuccinos
#61
This Sweet Boy Was Adopted Today. Meet My German Shepherd, Ace
#62
After Much Deliberation (Like 15 Minutes) We Adopted Another Kitty. Meet Poppy
Kim Lorton 5 years ago
Poppy, is elegantly shabby chic! I love her fur and her face! And.. he lovely crossed paws!
#63
Please Allow Me To Introduce You To My New Rescue Puppy Sisko!
Tess the ferret 5 years ago (edited)
Whos a cute little puppy? Whos a cute little puppy? You are! Yes you!
#65
Rescue Day 1. Can't Say No To Those Eyes
#66
We Recently Adopted This Mini Panther Who Was Found Abandoned In An Alley
#67
Adopted A Rescue Today
#68
Unfathomable To Me That Someone Got A Quarantine Cat And Dropped Him Off At The Atlanta Humane Society Two Weeks Ago, But Lucky For Me— Now Pierogi Is Happy In His Forever Home!
Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago
I was afraid something like that was going to happen once quarantine was over. Some people,e don’t realize you don’t rent pets, they’re a lifetime—-LIFETIME—-commitment.
#69
Went For Dog Food And Ended Up Adopting This Lil Guy Named Smokey
Kathryn Baylis 5 years ago
Wonder how the dog (that they were buying the dog food for) feels about Smokey. Hope they end up as bestest buddies for life!
#70
My Friend Was Going To Take Her To The Shelter, Instead I Got My Very First Cat
Ararine Neva 5 years ago
For the source, his friend love it and got it since kittem but she don't have enough time to take care her. Her parents neglet it too so she decide to take she to shelter so it could have better home. Now she could visit it at her friend's house
#71
Recently Adopted A Puppy For My Older Dog To Play With. They’re Getting Along Great
#72
I Took This The Next Morning After Adopting Him
Anna McHugh 5 years ago
Oh dear, it looks as if you have a poet in your home. He's gonna be expensive.
#73
He's Been At The Shelter For 3 Months. We Have No Idea Why. This Is 3 Hours After He Came To His Forever Home. Best $5 Ever Spent!
#74
We Just Adopted Tomato Here From A Shelter
#75
Gave Two Girls From The Animal Shelter Their Forever Home Yesterday And Am In Love
#76
Just Adopted This Little Peanut
#77
Working From Home Got 1000% Better Since I Adopted This Little Guy!
Pan Narrans 5 years ago
Yes, working at home is always better with a demotivational support animal stretching and yawing next to you.
#78
Recently Rescued, She Loves Her New Life!
#79
This Is Dot We Adopted Her Today
#81
Meet Freya, She Adopted Us Yesterday
#82
Oh Snap! Today Ended Up Being This Handsome Man's Adoption Day!
#83
She Was An Adoption Reject For Biting. Now She Is My Best Friend. Here's To Second Chances, Stella!
Kim Lorton 5 years ago
Many people don't understand the reasons a dog will bite. Fear is usually the first reason, to protect themselves. It's likely, she/he, felt Threatened. And a kid maybe, hasn't learned what signs mean, back off, I don't trust you yet. Maybe never will, because the parents returned it, or, the adult adopted and never learned, and never will. They returned dog, without learning a thing!
#84
Adopted This Derp On Monday And He Is The Best. Everyone, Meet Tater Tot!
#85
We Adopted This Sweet Girl, And A Week Later I Lost My Job. She’s Made Me Smile Every Day Despite The Circumstances
#86
First Night In Forever Home
#88
My Girlfriend Is Gonna Adopt This Little Baby Tomorrow And We Are Looking For Some Names! He Is A Male Grey Cat With A Neurologic Problem That Makes Him A Little Bit Wiggly
#90
My Wife Has A Hard Month Of Work Ahead Of Her. We Decided To Rescue An Office Assistant. Meet Mable!
#92
My Wife And I Just Adopted This Little Guy
#93
The Night She Was Adopted!
Anna McHugh 5 years ago
'And who has the TV remote? That's right, I do. I have the stick of power. Now give, hooman.'
#94
Adopted!
#97
Meet Noodle! We Got Her From The Shelter Yesterday. I Think She's Happy To Be In Her Forever Home
#98
Hatty The Tripod Sends Her Regards, Today She Went From Being A Shelter Stray To A House Pupper
#99
We Adopted This Little Guy A Few Weeks Ago. A Life-Changing Decision For Everyone!
#102
World Meet Miles, My Beautiful Mutt That Was Saved By A Wonderful Shelter. This Is His First Day At The Beach!
#103
My Newly Adopted Boy Tigger. He’s A Smol 7 Week Boy
#104
I Adopted A Cat After Years Of Begging!
#105
What A Princess! My Rescue Puppy Looking Dapper In Her New Bandana. Love Of My Life
Kim Lorton 5 years ago
Give her time, she will blossom in to herself, and love without reservation!
#106
This My New Rescue Pup Denver. Even At Only 3 Months Old, She Knows She's Already Perfected The Blep
#108
We Decided To Adopt A Pup. Everyone, Meet Fenris!
#109
Adopting This Little Man Tomorrow. Anyone Have Any Name Suggestions?
#110
I’m Adopting This Sweet Teefie Angel Today. What Should I Call Him?
#111
Adopted This Little Girl Today, Any Name Ideas?
#112
Newly Adopted Shelter Dog!
Pangolin Pal 5 years ago
The joy on that big pink nose and adorable tongue ought to be enough to heal all the horrors of life on Earth, but sadly, we can't seem to make it happen.
#113
We Just Adopted This Baby Boy, Need A Name For Him. GF Likes Crow, Raven, Or Some Others, Thoughts Or Other Suggestions?
#114
I Need A Name For This 2.5 Year Old Floofball Girl I Adopted From The Shelter Today!!! (Funny Names Preferred)
#115
Just Adopted This Pupper. I'd Say She's Pretty Happy About It
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Aaron Kara 5 years ago (edited)
These guys are crazy cute, though I admit, I'm a little shocked at some of the breeds found at these rescue centres. Aren't some of these cat and dog breeds sold for crazy amounts of money? It's near impossible to find kittens and puppies like these at a rescue in the UK.
Pawlise Glemtepassord 5 years ago
You'd be amazed. My grandma took in two strays despite her being allergic to cats, both badly burnt, oily, and no chips. Fur grew back, it was a friggin high-grade PERSIAN and a turkish angora. Cutest gay couple.
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Charlotte Bednard 5 years ago
my rescues: Adopted them at 8 weeks together (mom was a feral cat). They are 11 now. 8A49943A-F...e8695b.jpg 
Aaron Kara 5 years ago (edited)
These guys are crazy cute, though I admit, I'm a little shocked at some of the breeds found at these rescue centres. Aren't some of these cat and dog breeds sold for crazy amounts of money? It's near impossible to find kittens and puppies like these at a rescue in the UK.
Pawlise Glemtepassord 5 years ago
You'd be amazed. My grandma took in two strays despite her being allergic to cats, both badly burnt, oily, and no chips. Fur grew back, it was a friggin high-grade PERSIAN and a turkish angora. Cutest gay couple.
Load More Replies... Charlotte Bednard 5 years ago
my rescues: Adopted them at 8 weeks together (mom was a feral cat). They are 11 now. 8A49943A-F...e8695b.jpg
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