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She Was Once A Scraggly, Bug Infested Feral Starving To Death. Life Is Better Now And She's Happy And Content

She Was Once A Scraggly, Bug Infested Feral Starving To Death. Life Is Better Now And She's Happy And Content

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This Is Miss Pea, Our Deaf Pitty/Staffy Dog. She Was Rescued After Being Locked And Abandoned By Severely Abusive Owners And Spent A Year In A Foster House Before We Adopted Her

This Is Miss Pea, Our Deaf Pitty/Staffy Dog. She Was Rescued After Being Locked And Abandoned By Severely Abusive Owners And Spent A Year In A Foster House Before We Adopted Her

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Sometimes Foster Failing Is The Best. Two Of Our Three Rescues, Now Bonded For Life

Sometimes Foster Failing Is The Best. Two Of Our Three Rescues, Now Bonded For Life

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Rescued From A Drain 3 Years Ago, Skinny & Covered In Fleas. Now He’s A Happy, Healthy, Snuggle-Bug Living His Best Life ❤️

Rescued From A Drain 3 Years Ago, Skinny & Covered In Fleas. Now He’s A Happy, Healthy, Snuggle-Bug Living His Best Life ❤️

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#5

Cat Distribution System Worked Out Well For Me

Cat Distribution System Worked Out Well For Me

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Cinder's Transformation From When I First Found Her And 2 Months Later

Cinder's Transformation From When I First Found Her And 2 Months Later

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Sammie In Jammies Rescued 4/2/2024

Sammie In Jammies Rescued 4/2/2024

Meet Sammie in Jammies! Little Sammie was surrendered to us at 2 weeks-old because his eye was severely infected and his owner couldn't afford to care for him. Sammie is now one month-old and living his best life in foster care. In another month, he'll be ready for his fur-ever home!

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Semillon, Adopted At 1 1/2 Years Old

Semillon, Adopted At 1 1/2 Years Old

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2 weeks ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He was caged at birth for one year, and rescued along with 73 other pooches. Kept in a rescue for 6 months until I adopted him.

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Micky - Used For Racing, Now Used To The Best!

Micky - Used For Racing, Now Used To The Best!

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#10

Cried As A Kitten For A Night And Half A Day, I Had To Crawl Trough Thorned Bushes On My Hands And Knees But I Finally Got Him. This Is Him 3 Years Later!

Cried As A Kitten For A Night And Half A Day, I Had To Crawl Trough Thorned Bushes On My Hands And Knees But I Finally Got Him. This Is Him 3 Years Later!

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Kelvin Rescued 5 Years Ago Aged 7

Kelvin Rescued 5 Years Ago Aged 7

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2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Will be 12 this fall. He is momma’s Stinka-boo! Best dang dog I’ve ever had the pleasure to adopt. Please consider adopting a senior dog.

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Mama & The Wild Bunch

Mama & The Wild Bunch

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2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Last year, Mama Waddles (a stray) showed up after she'd been dumped & was pregnant. I brought her inside, she had 5 littles, and a lovely no-kill shelter helped me with getting them all spayed or neutered & we got them adopted out to great homes (I kept Mama & one baby).

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Gem Our Affectionate Companion. Rescued At 1 Yr Old

Gem Our Affectionate Companion. Rescued At 1 Yr Old

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2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rescued from a local Pound. She was skinny and frightened when we took her home. Hid under a sofa for a while and then jumped up onto our laps in turn and gave us a cuddle. Hasn't stopped since.

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This Is Jovie. She Has Tried Many Times To Kill Herself By Giving Herself Two Pollyps And A Seizure And Malnurishing Herself For The First Six Months Of Her Life But She Is Healthy And Happy And Really Really Weird

This Is Jovie. She Has Tried Many Times To Kill Herself By Giving Herself Two Pollyps And A Seizure And Malnurishing Herself For The First Six Months Of Her Life But She Is Healthy And Happy And Really Really Weird

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Ragamuffin, Who Came Right Off The Street

Ragamuffin, Who Came Right Off The Street

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2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She was pregnant when I found her, and had five sweet kittens. I found responsible forever homes for all of them, and had Ragamuffin fixed. She was my companion for 17 wonderful (and sometimes tumultuous) years. Rags passed peacefully in her sleep in May of 2014.

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Jasper...my Rescue/My Heart ❤️❤️

Jasper...my Rescue/My Heart ❤️❤️

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Mylord L'arsouille, Stray Cat, Hit By A Car. His Back Leg Was Badly Broken So He Came For Treatment. He Is Gently Recovering At Home And He Is Definitly A Member Of The Family

Mylord L'arsouille, Stray Cat, Hit By A Car. His Back Leg Was Badly Broken So He Came For Treatment. He Is Gently Recovering At Home And He Is Definitly A Member Of The Family

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#19

Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth Blackwell, And Theodore Roosevelt Are *usually* Happy To Be Here

Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth Blackwell, And Theodore Roosevelt Are *usually* Happy To Be Here

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Yogi. Kicked To The Curb When His Owner Died. A Few Weeks On His Own, Skinny, Flea Bit, Found Him At The Shelter. He's Beginning To Trust Me. Loves His Woodstove, Now

Yogi. Kicked To The Curb When His Owner Died. A Few Weeks On His Own, Skinny, Flea Bit, Found Him At The Shelter. He's Beginning To Trust Me. Loves His Woodstove, Now

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Meet Keena, Rescued At 2.5 Years Old. She Was One Of A Group Of Over 400 Pure-Bred German Shepherds In A Puppy Mill, Seized From The Hoarder Owner And Sent To Shelters Around The Country

Meet Keena, Rescued At 2.5 Years Old. She Was One Of A Group Of Over 400 Pure-Bred German Shepherds In A Puppy Mill, Seized From The Hoarder Owner And Sent To Shelters Around The Country

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2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The dogs were kept in outdoor cattle pens, no shelter, no fresh water, and very little food except the bodies of other dogs who had died. Many had ears sliced off from the owner hitting them with a shovel. Breaks my heart. We've had her five years now.

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Fourteen Years Love And Happiness 7

Fourteen Years Love And Happiness 7

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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had to stalk and grab her in the street, she was a five weeks old scared of her shadow, malnourished, dehydrated and flea infested tiny thing. Her name is Gloria Mundi because she deserved a great glorious name. It was a victory when she came into my arms and let me pet her several months later. Now she is almost always at my side and purrs loudly when touched or even only talked to.

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Rescued From A Colony After A Harsh Canadian Winter, My Bonded Pair Seem Pretty Comfy

Rescued From A Colony After A Harsh Canadian Winter, My Bonded Pair Seem Pretty Comfy

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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Midge (Calico) is about a year old and was likely born born into the colony. Mica (grey tabby) is about 4-5 years old, report was that he was abandoned there. They're still learning to trust human (especially Mica), but we're working on it!

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I Will Never Get Tired Of Her Happy Face

I Will Never Get Tired Of Her Happy Face

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Lilu Multipass

Lilu Multipass

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2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She was found in 2018 with her mother, sister and brother. We got her when she was 4 months old.

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Miss Piper! From Hissing, Spitting Feral To A Loving, Purring Lap Cat! It Only Took A Year And A Half And Tons Of Cat Food And Treats! (Oh, And A Warm Winter Box For Her... I'm In The Pocono Mountains Of Norteast Pennsylvania, USA

Miss Piper! From Hissing, Spitting Feral To A Loving, Purring Lap Cat! It Only Took A Year And A Half And Tons Of Cat Food And Treats! (Oh, And A Warm Winter Box For Her... I'm In The Pocono Mountains Of Norteast Pennsylvania, USA

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#27

Bob The Ragdoll. His 2 Previous Owners Passed So He Hangs Out With Me Now

Bob The Ragdoll. His 2 Previous Owners Passed So He Hangs Out With Me Now

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Ash Taped In A Box In A Field In July With His Siblings And Left To Die. Someone Walking Their Dog Found The Box And Took To Humane Society. Couldn't Resist The Black Fluffiness

Ash Taped In A Box In A Field In July With His Siblings And Left To Die. Someone Walking Their Dog Found The Box And Took To Humane Society. Couldn't Resist The Black Fluffiness

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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What kind of monster would shut cats in a box and leave them to die a slow death? I hope Hell has an extra-nasty place awaiting that jerk!

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Moonpie Showed Up Out Of Nowhere And Is The Best Thing To Ever Happen To Me

Moonpie Showed Up Out Of Nowhere And Is The Best Thing To Ever Happen To Me

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#30

This Is Rocky My Mixed Breed Rescue

This Is Rocky My Mixed Breed Rescue

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Vaatu. From Stray Colony That Lives In My Garage. Went Out For Educational Run With Mama Kitty Got Behind And Almost Got Run Over In Middle Of Street. It Was Midnight, He Was Tiny Black And Alone. He's A Spoiled Baby Now

Vaatu. From Stray Colony That Lives In My Garage. Went Out For Educational Run With Mama Kitty Got Behind And Almost Got Run Over In Middle Of Street. It Was Midnight, He Was Tiny Black And Alone. He's A Spoiled Baby Now

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#32

I Adopted A Stray Cat. She Was So Happy She Decided To Spread The Joy!

I Adopted A Stray Cat. She Was So Happy She Decided To Spread The Joy!

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Cookie

Cookie

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1 week ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cookie had been previously adopted through a local no-kill shelter, but brought back because the adopter's resident cat was being mean to her (I tell her it's because she's too cute & that other cat was jealous!)

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This Is Pogo. He's A Year Old And The Best Tripod

This Is Pogo. He's A Year Old And The Best Tripod

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The Dog Showed Up On Our Farm One Day And Our Cat Instantly Became Friends With Her. You Could Tell The Dog Was Horribly Abused And It Took A While To Gain Her Trust But She Is A Close Part Of The Family Now

The Dog Showed Up On Our Farm One Day And Our Cat Instantly Became Friends With Her. You Could Tell The Dog Was Horribly Abused And It Took A While To Gain Her Trust But She Is A Close Part Of The Family Now

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