40 Pet Rescue Stories Beautifully Sum Up Why It’s Better To Adopt Than To Shop

• By Chandra Prakash Choudhary
• July 9, 2021
• 6 minutes read

Why buy pets from those trying to make a profit when you can rescue them for free?

While all pets deserve love, it is always better to rescue pets and offer them a second chance at life. If each one of us adopts one pet, just imagine how many unloved and neglected animals are we giving a loving home to.

Countless animals are brought to animal shelters every year. These animals are unloved and unwanted. Some are even abandoned by their owners with nowhere to go. Imagine how we can change their lives by giving them a loving home.

Below we have compiled some rescue/adoption stories from Reddit to show you just how relieved and loved these animals feel when we bring them home and give them the love and attention they deserve.

My Rescue Cat Assuring My Recently Adopted Pup That She Will Be All Right And Is Now In A Home Full Of Love

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We Adopted An 11-Year Old Cat From A Chicago Shelter. He And My 13-Yo Daughter Fell In Love. This Is Them After She Got Back From A Week At Camp

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This Is Ruger. We Rescued Him In August. He Was Found In A Box On The Side Of The Road. No Fault Of His Own. This Poor Boy Would Have Died. I Can’t Even Think Of It Without Crying. He Is Now One Of Our Children And Will Never Go Anywhere Else.

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The Time I Rescued A Crying Kitten Outside My Cat Cuddled Her

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My Friend Just Texted “Adopted A Dog Yesterday” With This Pic

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The Way Our New Puppy Looked At Me The Whole Ride To Her New Home Melted My Heart

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Today, I Adopted Two 8 Week Old Kittens Who Are Brothers. I Originally Applied For One But When I Got The Call About Being Accepted To Adopt, I Was Asked If I Wanted To Adopt The Brothers Together Because The People Adopting His Brother Backed Out. Meet Kingston And Derby!

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The Look On Jubilee’s Face After Adoption Says It All

Karen And Kevin. Adopt, Don’t Shop

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Adopted Him Last Week From A Shelter. I Think He’s Happy About It

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Rescued Him From The Streets. Vet Visit Was Great Despite Skin Issues

Kep23

We Rescued A Terrified Australian Shepherd As A Friend For Our Dog. Now He Doesn’t Leave His Side.

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On Our Way Home From Adopting Her. Like Father Like Daughter

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Adopted This Guy A Week Ago. Was Scared Of Everything, But Decided To Trust Me. Four Days Later, And He Is A Very Good Boy With His Very First Own Squeaky Toy

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I Adopted A Senior Cat. He’s 11 Years Old And 19 Lbs. The Shelter Told Me He Is Skittish And It Would Be A Slow Intro. His Last Family Returned Him After 6 Months. He Is My Shadow- Woke Up At 4am To All 19 Lbs Sleeping On My Chest, Face An Inch Away From Mine. Goose Was Always Meant To Be Mine

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Adopted This Sweet Boy Yesterday And Couldn’t Be Happier! His Name Is Moose.

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Just Rescued This Puppy From The Streets. That Is It First Nap After A Shower And Food

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First Time Cat Owner. I Used To Think I Was A Dog Person, But I Think I May Have Been Wrong

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We Rescued Him At Just A Couple Weeks Old And Now He Thinks I’m His Momma, He’s My Paracat

Indisputabull

Our Family Applied To Adopt This Little One Today. Hoping All Goes Well

teekal

Adopted This Little Croissant Today

LachVla

Recently Visited A College Friend And He Adopted These Adorable Kitties, Brother And Sister. Meet Lucifer And Lillith!

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When I Rescued Icarus, I Was Hoping He Would Like Me, And I Hoped He Was A Cuddle Bug. I Think I Got My Wish. Pupper Is Out Cold

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Meet Luna Lovefood Our Adopted Fur Baby. Yes, That Is A Wild Mouse On Her Head

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Trapped This Feral Kitten At Work To Save It From The Exterminator. Now She Has A Great Home And I’ve Got A Great Kitten! Everybody Wins!

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Suki Was In Care For 8 Years Before I Adopted Her, And I Couldn’t Love This Little Goblin More.

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My Friend Adopted This Sweet Baby And I Think You All Needed To See It

themindmd

Tell Me The Story Of How I Was Rescued Again

norwgianwood

Best Friends Since Yesterday

Ancalagon2001

Rescued Two Kittens From Different Litters & Caught This Moment Just Two Days After Bringing Them Home. We Stopped Worrying If They Would Bond Or Not After That. Fozzy (Orange) & Arthur (Grey) Been Inseparable Since!

EveryoneInTheChunnel

Welcome Mr Tiggs My Wife Adopted Him As His Previous Owner Wanted Him Gone. Mr Tiggs Has Made Himself Feel Quite At Home On My Bed

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This Is Wednesday, The Rescue Kitten With Only One Eye

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First Walk With Our Rescue Named “Beau”

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We Adopted This Gorgeous (Albeit, Grumpy) 15 Year Old Girl Today. Previous Owners Could No Longer Take Care Of Her. Here She Is Settling Into Her New Forever Home!

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Meet Butters. Yesterday He Was A Tough Street Kitten. Today He’s The Proud Owner Of A Queen Size Bed

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Grandma Got A New Bestfriend. “He Chose Me.”

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I Almost Adopted Just One Of These Girls But My Daughter Asked For Both. I’m So Glad I Indulged Her

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Our Newest Little Family Member. Meet Jack!

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We Saw This Pic, And 3 Hours Later Adopted Jonah The Bunny!!

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Meet Our Witchy Girl Wynne! We’re So Glad She Chose Us To Be Her Forever Home

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So, have you adopted a pet too? Let us know in the comments below.