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48 Cute Pics Of The Exact Moment These Pets Found Their Forever Homes (Best Of All Time)

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A week ago, we published our monthly showcase of the adorable pets people have adopted. If you enjoyed that piece, we’re back with another set of heartwarming photos and stories. 

This will be another all-time best list featuring endearing critters who’ve found a new home. You’ll see the usual images of cuddly cats and precious pups, which can likely bring an instant smile to your face. 

Prepare yourselves, dear readers. This might just be the cuteness overload you didn’t know you needed today.

#1 The Shelter Made A Rule That These Siblings Had To Be Adopted Together Because They Were Inseparable. They Sleep Like This Every Night

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#2 My Foster Dog Had Never Been Indoors Before. This Is Her First Nap, On A Bed, In A Home. ♥️

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#3 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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#4 I Just Adopted The Sweetest Kitten...her Name Is Olive And We’re In Love And We’re Gonna Run Away And Be Pirates Together

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#5 My Boyfriend Said Belle's Different Colored Eyes Creeped Him Out When We Adopted Her, But I Think They Are Beautiful!

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#6 Yay! I Get To Post In Here Now! Meet Zoey Everyone! My Little 4lb Peanut I Rescued From The Side Of The Road

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#7 Frankie Was Born With Four Ears And An Eye Deformity But He’s Still Purrfect

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#8 As A Single Dad, I Had To Put My Foot Down And Tell My Seven Year Old Daughter That There Was No Way She Was Getting A Dog For Chanukah, No Matter How Much She Asked. Anyway, Meet Waffle

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#9 Myself (Middle) My Brother (Left) And My Best Friend (Right) With Our Puppy Siblings We Just Adopted

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#10 Dandy Had Part Of Her Face Shot Off (Before I Adopted Her). I Love Her Two Derpy Top Teeth

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#11 These Two Were Adopted 3 Years Apart From Different Cities. A DNA Test Revealed That They Are Long Lost Siblings!

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#12 Went To Adopt A Kitten Yesterday And Her Sister Started Crying For Her As Soon As They Were Separated. So Now I Have Two Kittens. Best Decision Ever!

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#13 Before And After Being Adopted. Meet Our New Boy Louie

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#14 Rescued Tiny Dog. No More Worries Little Guy. You Will Forever Be Warm Now

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#15 The Moment I Knew I Had To Adopt Him

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#16 My Foster Kitten Is Part Domestic Shorthair, Part Vampire

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#17 He Was A Rescue. A Runt. Probably Blind, Deaf, Won't Make It Very Long, They Told Me. Well, Happy 10th Birthday, Buddy

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#18 Two Photos Taken An Hour Apart.... Before And After Adoption

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#19 Koda Just Came To Her Retirement Home From The Shelter! She's 12, Blind, And Happy As Can Be

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#20 My Wife And I Adopted Our First Dog Two Weeks Ago. Shelter Said He Was Skittish And Would Take A Long Time To Feel Safe And Comfortable With Us

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#21 My Rescue Kitten Has Bonded With My Dog And It Makes My Heart Melt ❤️

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#22 Old Man Ed's "I'm Getting Adopted!" Smile Is Both Handsome And Proud!

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#23 Meet Our Mochi. We Found Her Inside A Tree At A Turkish Market. Tonight She Sleeps With Heating For The First Time

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#24 They Said She Was A Normal Cat When We Adopted Her But I’m Still Not Convinced

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#25 This Is Nazuka, We Rescued Him A Couple Hours Ago. He Used To Live Under A Broke Down Car, We Adopted Him And He's Now My Husband's First Dog

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#26 I’ve Been Dreaming Of Adopting A Velvet Hippo For Years. The Perfect Girl Was Surrendered At My Hospital And Now She’s All Mine

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#27 He’s 12 Years Old And I’m Hoping To Make His Golden Years Brighter By Adopting Him. Reddit, Meet Charlie!

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#28 A Kitten Followed My Mail Cart For Four Blocks. Went Back Later To Find Her Huddled By A Garbage Pile. Guess I Adopted A Kitten

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#29 Someone Is Happy To Be Adopted Today

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#30 My Teenager Lost Her Beloved 13-Year Old Ginger Rescue Kitty Last Year To Cancer. We Recently Adopted A 3-Year Old Creamsicle. I Think They’re Both Gonna Be Just Fine

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#31 Was Hesitant When The Shelter Said We Had To Get Two, Think I Understand Why Now

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#32 My Cat Knor Two Weeks After Adoption From The Shelter

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#33 Went To The Shelter To Look At Dogs, They Didn’t Have Any There But Once This Lil Girl Saw Me She Started Pawing At Her Cage. Now I Have A New Forever Friend :)

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#34 Adopted A Cat But Left Her Brother So I Had To Go Back A Few Days Later And Get Him Too

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#35 It Took 3 Months, But Our Rescue Boy Has Learned That Beds Are Safe And Comfy. After 5 Years Alone In An Outdoor Concrete Run, It's Beautiful To See Him So Relaxed

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#36 This Is My New Friend, Harvey! Took This Just Minutes After Adopting Him!

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#37 This Tiny Beast Just Came Home With Me Today 😍

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#38 Went To The Shelter And Fell In Love

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#39 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

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#40 We Adopted Two Kitties Last Week. We Got Them Home And Notice One Of Them Is Covered In Hearts. Seven And Counting. Here’s River, King Of Hearts

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#41 Just Adopted A 13 Week Old Kitten, And His Big Brother (3 Year Old Golden) Is Taking His New Role Very Seriously

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#42 Since I Adopted Her She Has Been Hiding Under The Couch And Today She Came To Me For The First Time After Two Weeks

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#43 Going To The New Home. Adopted

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#44 Did We Adopt A Baby Hippo?

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#45 My Parents Adopted An Absolute Cuddler!

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#46 We Went To The Shelter Today To Look For Our First Kitten, And Ended Up Walking Out With This 9 Year Old Pretty Lady

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#47 We Adopted Sisters And I'm In Love!

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#48 Might Have Adopted A Seal Instead Of A Puppo

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