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.
#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
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#3 I Adopted A 7 Year Old Cloud. I Believe He Adopted Me Too
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#4 My Brother’s Dog, Ricky, Before And After Adoption
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#5 My Rescue Kitten Has Bonded With My Dog And It Makes My Heart Melt
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#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
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#7 Went To The Shelter And Fell In Love
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#8 The Only Thing Better Than Adopting A Black Kitty Is Adopting Two Black Kitties
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#9 Koda Just Came To Her Retirement Home From The Shelter! She’s 12, Blind, And Happy As Can Be
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#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
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#11 Adopted Our First Family Puppy Today. Found My 2 Year Old And Puppy Like This Day 1 – I Think We Found A Winner
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#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
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#13 I Might Have Accidentally Adopted A Seal
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#14 Someone Likes Being Adopted And Someone Is Not Amused By Her New Brother
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#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?
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#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
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#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
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#18 Baby Boy We Found And Rescued Outside!
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#19 Finally Over Two Pounds! I Can Haz Adoption Now?
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#20 My Parents Adopted Me From S. Korea And I Had The Pleasure Of Adopting This Girl From S. Korea. Meet Natto!
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#21 Rescued This Baby Duck Tonight. Meet Davey
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#22 Adopted This Little Fella From A Local Shelter Last Week. We Love Him So Much!
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#23 Meet Theo! She Was Rescued From A Mulch Pile With A Bunch Of Heavy Equipment Driving Around. Her Roar Was Mighty
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#24 Welcome To The Family, Pretty Boy. Adopted Him At The Ripe Old Age Of 15!
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#25 Friend Rescued Piglet Off Side Of The Highway Today
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#26 We Rescued Robbie From A Hoarding Situation Last Night. His Life Only Gets Better From Here
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#27 Rescued This 8 Month Old Doofus A Week Ago. Something Tells Me He’s Happy To Be Home
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#28 I Just Adopted This Perpetually Snaggletoothed Void. Meet Mr. Claudius Maximus Depussy
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#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
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#30 We Adopted Our Foster/Rescue. This Is Lewie, Our 97lb Alaskan Malamute!
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#31 We Adopted Indiana Bones Today. Indy!
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#32 My Newly Adopted Kitten Loves Snuggling
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#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
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#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
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#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
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#36 Adopted This Girl 2 Days Ago And She’s Already Showing Her Curls
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#37 I Think My Rescue Kitten Loves Me
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#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
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#39 First Night, Xena Fell In Love With Her Smaller Adopted Brother Watson
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#40 Baxter Is On His Way To His New Forever Home!
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#41 Wanda My Rescue Puppy! I Think This Is Her Realizing She’s Found Her Forever Home
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#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
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#43 I Had A Suspicion My Newly Adopted Boi Was Liquid. Today It Was Confirmed!
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#44 We Adopted Booley. He Will Be 13 Years Old Soon
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#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
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#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
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#47 Good Things Come In Pairs, Really Glad I Adopted The Both Of Them Together!
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#48 Picked This Little Guy Up Today And Brought Him To His Forever Home With Us
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#49 Just Adopted This Little Cutie, Pepper
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#50 Tiny Rescue
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