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Posted by Sarah Brown

A cat was not on the grocery list.

A regular trip to the grocery store turned into an unexpected kitten rescue when this little guy was spotted sleeping on the side of the road. He was dirty, hungry, and clearly had been out there for a while, but still sweet enough to let a stranger walk right up and pet him. After finishing the shopping run and sending a heads up to the family group chat, the mission became getting him home.

He was still there on the way back, although not without a bit of chaos. At one point there was crawling under a parked car involved after he got spooked and ran to hide. Eventually he was scooped up and brought inside, where he quickly settled in after some food and a wipe-down. A proper wash later on made a big difference, and he's already looking like a completely different cat. He's been spending most of his time loafing around or cuddling up with whoever's nearby.

It does look like his tail was cut at some point, which is upsetting to see, but thankfully he's safe now. He's met the other kittens and seems content to either hang out solo or find a human to nap next to. A home has already been lined up for him with someone who was planning to adopt another kitten, but this little guy's calmer personality makes him a better fit.

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Posted by Laurent Shinar

Cats are a truly unique bunch and we have captured some of their funnier behaviors and mistakes in this cute collection of silly cats being their authentic selves.

Often we try to instill our cats with a sense of hoomanity. Perhaps it is born off our desire for them to feel more like our actual children, or perhaps we hoomans simply cannot stand being around other species. But no matter what the reason the result is the same, and we end up dressing up our cats in costumes, putting them in hooman-like situations and melting on the spot the moment they decide to cuddle with us and the little spoon to our big spoon.

But we ought to remember that our cats are purrfect just as they are in their awwthentic selves and that their weird and wonderful antics are what make them the creatures we fell in love with in the first place. 
 

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Posted by Laurent Shinar

The Cat Distribution System works in mysterious ways, and sometimes like in this story it takes going against the word of others to claim the cat that is destined to be yours.

At least that is what happened to one construction worker who found himself conflicted when a cat in the neighborhood of his worksite started showing him affection. Before long he noticed that this cat was showing all the behaviors of a stray, other than the fact that it kept frequenting one particular porch. And when the man finally saw a teenager go up to said porch he enquired as to whether the cat was indeed a feral feline or if he was their pet, to which the teenager claimed the cat was hers.

However, it is hard to claim ownership of a cat when they are left to live outside, fend for their own meals and patch up their own injuries. And so this man plucked up his courage and took the cat home to help it heal and serve it up a comforting meal. Resulting in one of the sweetest CDS rescues we have seen in a while.  
 

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Posted by Bar Mor Hazut

Do you think cats know when their furever human comes along?

To say that humans are the ones who adopt their cats is quite a false statement, and cat owners would probably agree. Most of the time, the cat is the one who adopts the human, and they sure do not make it easy. We are pretty sure that cats have a very clear system they must follow before they allow themselves to get adopted, and no one knows what it is or how it works. All we know is that cats do everything to ensure that they end up in the right time and place to get themselves found by their forever humans, and they do not take that, or anything related to the cat distribution system, lightly. 

How many people do you think a stray kitten sees pass through before they select the one they want to spend the rest of their lives with? How many people do you think the tiny 4-week-old kitten in the story below let walk past him before he decided to chase the person who would later become his loving pawrent?

We will never know the answer to these questions, but at least we know that whatever calculations go behind a cat's choice, and the workings of the cat distribution system, they must be working. Because cats find a home every single day, and the kitten below found the purrfect human to take care of him and welcome him to the family. Keep scrolling to read the full story.

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RECOMMENDED: Lucky Bounce by Cait Nary is $2.99 and a KDD! Lara reviewed this hockey romance and gave it a B+:

If you’re looking for a book that will make you swoon from the giddiness of falling in love, then this book will hit the spot. Just don’t be too surprised when it ends abruptly.

“Lucky Bounce is a funny and charming hockey romance that I couldn’t put down.” – Rachel Reid, USA Today Bestselling author of Time to Shine

A single dad pro hockey player falls for his biggest fan—who just happens to be his five-year-old daughter’s teacher—in this fun, flirty romantic comedy from Cait Nary

Ezekiel Boehm is no stranger to teaching kids with famous parents. But when the pro hockey player he’s been thirsting after walks into the Rittenhouse Friends School gym hand in hand with a tiny kindergartener, he figures he must be hallucinating. Spencer McLeod is a lot of things—Zeke’s favorite winger on the Philadelphia Liberty; a menace on the ice; a mumbling, reluctant but somehow captivating-as-hell postgame interview—but he’s not a dad. Except he is. Apparently.

Zeke can be chill about this. He can.

Surprisingly, the more time he spends with Spencer, the easier this becomes. School volunteer events turn into reserved seats at games, turn into…more. And even though Zeke is 100 percent committed to ignoring Spencer’s blush, to ignoring the way he looks in that one pair of gray sweatpants, he can’t take his eyes off him.

This can never work. Can it?

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Love Interest

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Love Interest by Clare Gilmore is $1.99 and a KDD! Gilmore’s 2025 release was my best book of the year and I rated it 5-stars on Goodreads. I’ll probably pick this one up, just to explore her backlist a bit more!

Casey Maitland has always preferred the reliability of numbers, despite growing up the daughter of two artistic souls. Now a twenty-four-year-old finance expert working in Manhattan, Casey wonders if the project manager opening at her company – magazine powerhouse LC Publications – is a sign from the universe to pursue a career with a little more sparkle. That is, until she’s passed over for the job in favor of the board chairman’s son.

Alex Harrison is handsome, Harvard-educated, and enigmatic. Everybody loves him – except for Casey. But when the two are thrown on the same project, they both have something to prove. For Casey, it’s getting tapped for a transfer to the London office and fulfilling her dreams of travelling. For Alex, it’s successfully launching a brand that will impress his distant father.

As work meetings turn into after hours, Casey and Alex are drawn to each other again and again, but neither can avoid the messy secrets and corporate intrigue threatening to tear them apart. What they discover about their own company might change everything – including the dreams each of them is chasing.

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The Re-Write

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The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn is $1.99 and a KDD! This came out in August and was mentioned on Hide Your Wallet. It’s a second chance romance with some reality TV elements. (Not full one set on a reality TV program, but the hero got the villain edit on a reality TV show.)

In this lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers rom-com, two exes are faced with one deadline. Will they make it to the end?

Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other’s friends.

Then they break up. And Wale goes on a reality dating show.

Instead of giving in to heartbreak, Temi throws herself into her writing. She’s within touching distance of a book deal that would solve all her problems. But publishers keep passing on her novel and bills still have to be paid. So, when the opportunity to ghost-write a celebrity memoir arises, Temi accepts.

And, of course, the celebrity turns out to be Wale…

Will Temi and Wale repeat the patterns of their past? Or can they write a whole new story?

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Tangled Up in You

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Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren is $1.99! This is the only non-KDD. This is book four in the Meant to Be Disney retellings series. I believe I’ve heard this one has some slightly darker elements than what you’d think, specifically about the heroine’s upbringing.

She has a dream. He has a plan. Together they’ll take a leap of faith.

Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media. What she has done: read a book or two, or three (okay, hundreds). Taught herself to paint. Built a working wind power system from scratch. But for all the books she’s read, Ren has never found one that’s taught a woman raised on a homestead and off the grid for most of her twenty-two years how to live in the real world. So when she finally achieves her lifelong dream of attending Corona College, it feels like her life is finally beginning.

Fitz has the rest of his life mapped out: graduate from Corona at the top of his class, get his criminal record wiped clean, and pass himself off as the rich, handsome player everyone thinks he is. He’s a few months short from checking off step one of his plans when Ren Gylden, with her cascading blonde hair and encyclopedic brain, crashes into his life, and for the first time Fitz’s plan is in jeopardy.

But a simple assignment in their immunology seminar changes the course of both their lives, and suddenly they’re thrown out of the frying pan and into the fire on a road trip that will lead them in the most unexpected directions. Out on the open road, the world somehow shifts, and the unlikely pair realize that, maybe, the key to the dreams they’ve both been chasing have been sitting next to them the whole time.

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Posted by Mariel Ruvinsky

Another Monday, another week about to start with some purrfect cat memes! 

Mondays are hard days. For everyone. And everyone knows that. It is beyond important to start Monday properly - with the right mood, the right attitude. With a smile. And although there is not a whole lot that could make us smile at the beginning of the week, especially considering how difficult it is to get out of bed when it is still so cold outside, one thing always works. Without fail. And that is, of course, starting the day with a whole bunch if pawsome cat memes

And the purrfect cat memes that we have for you today are not just any cat memes. They are the best of the best that cat Twitter has to offer. Every single week, we put together a collection of the most viral cat tweets of the week. The funniest, the silliest, the most wholesome and strangest. Everything is right here, ready for you guys to enjoy. You don't need to go looking. You don't need to waste the precious time that you have in the morning in search of these things. We do the work for you, and all that is left for you to do is to look at these first thing on Monday morning and start your day with a smile. 

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Posted by Jesse Kessenheimer

Cats aren't kittens forever, but they'll always be your baby. 

You never know when your baby kitten will awaken a full-blown cat teenager, but inevitably, they'll surprise you one last time with a drop in their meow and a head screwed on a little tighter than before. And it's on that day that you'll wish they were smol again, smol enough to cradle in your shirt pocket, and sleepy enough to curl up in the crook of your neck. 

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February 20th, 2026: Thanks everyone who came out to Vancouver Fan Expo! I had a ton of fun and really enjoyed all the chats!!

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Posted by Sarah Brown

Your new manager works from home and sits on your keyboard.

Monday morning and your cat has been promoted to manager without consulting you. You sit down to start the week and they're already at the desk, planted on your keyboard like they have a full calendar of meetings. The laptop opens, they sit on it. The notebook comes out, they sit on that too. Oversight has begun.

Every email now has to go through them first. You try to type and they step on the keys like they're adding notes. You reach for the mouse and they rest a paw on your hand to let you know that was not approved. The staring is constant. Purrformance reviews will be based entirely on how much attention you're giving them.

You attempt to move them. They return immediately and sit down harder. You adjust your position. They adjust with you. Now they're loafed across your workspace, purring like they just wrapped up a long call. The tail is in the way, the trackpad is covered, and you are working at a speed that suggests morale is low.

At some point they curl up directly on your notes and fall asleep mid-shift. You weren't planning on taking a break, but management has made an executive decision. Monday purrductivity now depends on whether or not the boss wakes up.

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Posted by Blake Seidel

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a… miniature black tiger?

Unlike dogs, cats don't come in an alphabet of different breeds. Compared to the over 200+ dog breeds worldwide, the most any recognized feline organization acknowledges is 70 different cat breeds, but most households hold fewer than 10. You've got your puffy Persians, your tortoiseshell kitties with supreme tortittude, meowjestic Maine coons, hairless sphynx cats, your "standard issue cats" (tabbies), terrific tuxedo cats, and then you have your generic black cats and orange cats with one collective brain cell. Of course, there are others, but these are most likely the cats most people have.

However, the world of cats is much more than these select breeds. There are purrfectly rare and unique-looking cats all over the place, like the Lykoi, AKA the "werewolf cat", or the burnt orange abyssinian cats that look like they inspired pharaohs. Today, we have a cat that was found by a random passerby that, in all of our years as cat expurrts, we can't even begin to describe. It looks like a miniature black tiger, or a tabby with melanism. 

Upon uploading this pawsitively beautiful kitty with a unique fur pattern, the cat community couldn't identify it either. Purrhaps it's a variation on a tabby, or maybe it is its own unique breed altogether, but we'll let you weigh in on it with your own opinions. Either way, it's one of the most beautiful cats we've ever seen, and if we had been the one to stumble across its path, you best believe we would have taken it home that same instant.

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Posted by Mariel Ruvinsky

Everyone knows that cats are criminals, but it's still funny to see them caught in real time. 

You only need to have a cat live in your home for a little while to know that cats commit crimes. All the time. Seriously. Adopting a cat spikes the crime rate in your house to levels that you never expected to see. Of course, it is worth it, but that doesn't make it any less funny. It could be small things, like cats stealing food off your plate if you look away for just one meowoment, or cats stealing dogs' beds without any shame. Or it could be cats breaking into apartments without any fear or cats stealing from supermarkets, with their main targets being the delicious snacks inside. 

We think that this is what the cat in this story was most likely attempting to do. It must have thought that the bank was a grocery store or something, one with truly worthy snacks inside. That is why the kitty broke in. Of course, the cat wasn't expecting the door to close behind it, or the alarm to start blaring, or the panicked police officers to come running, trying to find the robber inside. What an adventure. 

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Feb. 23rd, 2026 08:00 am
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Welcome back to Cover Snark! These covers were all sent in by the community!

Her Alien Matchmaker by Melissa Riddell. A shirtless, headless man with X tattoos at his ribs and collar bone. A big planet is in front of his waist.

From Jane Buehler: At first glance (small thumbnail) I thought he was shooting out a laser beam from his chest!

Sarah: That’s an interesting place for a stigmata.

Amanda: Why is he so grainy, like his skin is the texture of a basketball.

Sarah: Wait. WAIT. Whatever this cheetah-print thing is, it is both above and below his pec. What IS that?! Why is it partially encircling his pec? Why is it shooting out pink silly string? WHAT IS THIS.

And this is only the first cover. God help me with this set.

The Satyr in Bungalow D by Joyce Wadler. An illustrated cover of a resort in the background with a pool and cabanas in the foreground. There's a woman with a 1940s style bikini, a headband, white sunglasses, and a beach bag with a towel and books. She's talking with a man sprouting tiny horns. He has a button down shirt, unbuttoned, khaki shorts, and is holding ballcap in his hand.

From Jen: My cousin introduced me to you guys a while back. We have a regular cousin chat about your Cover Snark because it cracks us up.

Recently I was at a gift shop and saw this gem. I immediately shared it to the cousin chat and they encouraged me to submit it!

Thanks for giving us all so many laughs.

Sarah: At first glance this looks unremarkable, but the more I looked the tiltier my head got. Why does his chest hair patch match the small patch of hair on his arm? I’m presuming the Yankee’s logo is backwards on purpose but also ????

And her boobs are going in very different directions – unless she’s got one of those bathing suit tops that only holds in one tit and the other is free to roam. I Hate suits like that. Also she’s reading a book called HOWL and that’s very funny.

There are a lot of stylistic choices that I really like, and also some details that I do not get.

Claudia: I have one question — why he doesn’t seem to have eyes?

Sarah: I was wondering that, too! It looks like they got blurred or something? Why does she have features while he does not?

Amanda: Why are we not talking about the fact that he’s a satyr?!

Sarah: A satyr in that shirt!

Homebound by Meredith Trapp. An illustrated cover. A man and woman are kissing in an desert with cacti in the background. He has on a red button down with the sleeves rolled up and brown pants. She has wavy brown hair, white jeans with brown caps, and a blue halter top. She's holding a white cowboy hat in front of their faces, hiding them kissing.

From Marianne: This popped up in my edelweiss+ pre-approved and I had to embiggen because what was I even looking at? Who wears light beige jeans with their chaps???

Sarah: WHAT is WITH the cowboy-hat-hides-the-faces trend? Do people not like drawing faces? Or is kissing difficult (I imagine it is) to draw?

And WHY would anyone wear light jeans with chaps. I get that it’s a Look, but also it’s a Laundry.

Amanda: It reminds me of when you’re in middle school and you draw people with their hands in their pockets or behind their back so you can avoid it.

Sarah: “Where’s your teal and white cow print cowboy hat?”

“Why?”

“I need it for reasons.”

Jace by Alisa Woods. The background is a grainy wolve face with yellow eyes. In the foreground, a man with dark hair is lifting his dirty tank top. There are smears of dirt and/or grease on his arms and torso. One hand is grabbing his pec and the other is at his waistline.

From Deborah: Is he giving himself a simultaneous breast and pelvic exam under the watchful eyes of Dr Giant Tree Wolf?

Sarah: That’s a very intimidating way to do a breast exam.

Amanda: It also looks like he’s checking his crotch. Perhaps he’s just making sure everything is where it should be.

Sarah: So many cover models do that. Should we be worried?

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Posted by Sarah Brown

You weren't planning on getting more cats, but the house feels like it's missing one.

At some point, one cat just doesn't feel like enough. You look around and think, this place could use another small creature wandering through it at random. One cat is great, sure, but two cats feels like balance. Three starts to feel like a system. Suddenly you're noticing empty chairs, quiet corners, and realizing they could all be occupied by a cat who isn't there yet.

It's never really planned. You don't wake up thinking you need more cats. It just happens over time. One cat makes you laugh, another keeps them company, and before you know it you're thinking about how nice it would be for them to have a friend. Then maybe a second friend. The logic makes sense in the moment.

You start doing the math in your head. One more litter box wouldn't be that big of a deal. There's definitely space on the couch. The food situation can be adjusted. It's all very reasonable when you think about it long enough.

Next thing you know, you're explaining that they all have different personalities, so it's actually necessary. This one is shy, that one is social, the other one is in charge of yelling at nothing at 3 AM. You weren't planning on needing more cats, but now it's hard to imagine how you ever had enough before.

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Posted by Sarah Brown

For years, Cubby was the junkyard cat everyone avoided until someone finally got close enough to see who he really was.

Cubby spent years outside as the neighborhood cat people liked to complain about. He wandered through the development, slept in a junkyard a few streets away, and built up a reputation for being mean or a nuisance. Neighbors would post about him online, but no one really stopped to help him. He was out there on his own, dealing with traffic, wildlife, and whatever else came his way. In 2023, a kind soul started putting food out for him and leaving shelter, slowly gaining his trust over time.

This winter, he made the move indoors for good. The cat everyone thought was aggressive turned out to be incredibly sweet once he felt safe. He still has a bit of attitude now and then, but he's also snuggly and affectionate in a way no one expected from a former semi-feral. Now he has soft beds, warm blankets, a water fountain, catnip toys, scratchers, and even a little sister to keep him company.

After being ignored for so long, he finally gets to live somewhere warm and comfortable. No more junkyard, no more sleeping outside. Just a quiet home where he's cared for every day and gets to enjoy all the small things he missed for so many years.

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Posted by Briana Viser

It usually goes hand in hand…

Internet culture is a vast, ever-changing web of shared language, humor, trends, and communities that exists largely online. It's the culture of a digital world where memes, tweets, viral videos, and hashtags are as influential as traditional media, shaping the way people communicate, express themselves, and even think. Unlike offline culture, it spreads at unprecedented speed; something funny, shocking, or clever can reach millions across continents in a matter of hours.

At its core, internet culture thrives on connection and participation. Forums, social media platforms, and comment sections allow people to interact in ways that were impossible a generation ago. Communities form around shared interests, from niche hobbies to global fandoms. People bond over inside jokes, obscure references, and recurring meme formats that evolve quickly — sometimes so fast that new generations of internet users barely recognize what came before. Participating in these spaces often requires understanding the subtle nuances of digital language, including irony, sarcasm, and layered humor. Cats are a particularly important part of the internet. It's actually crazy to think about how much they dominate culture today. Who knew that wide eyed, zoomie having furballs would be this popular? And what is it about them that makes us explode with entertainment? 

Cats practically represent entertainment and the internet. They're in reels, videos, memes, and basically have us all in a choke hold. If you're someone who likes the internet, then it's likely you like cats. And if you're someone who likes cats, then it's likely you like the internet. And if you like neither, then what are you even doing here and reading this? Go do something else and leave us alone. 

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Posted by Briana Viser

Thank goodness the story isn't as it appears, and the kitten isn't left to fend for itself in the end. 

What happens between roommates could be the title of any newspaper. There always seems to be drama there, even when things seem fine. Like here, when a cat owner decides to go visit her boyfriend for a few days and leaves her roommate in charge of her new kitten. Leaving someone else to take care of a kitten is a bit daring, but that's not the point. The roommate agrees, and they have a tacit understanding. But on the day the owner is supposed to arrive home, the roommate decides to go see family and stay overnight for days. This now creates tension with the owner's change of plans to stay a few days longer with her boyfriend. Instead of understanding and taking responsibility, she accuses her roommate of being selfish. Read the full story for all the details. 

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Posted by Ayala Sorotsky

There's no better meme than a cat meme.

We're serious, and we don't say it only because we're the internet's cat memes hub. We're the cat memes hub because cat memes are the best memes ever. Every meme is better with cats, because cats make everything better. Every meme, of whatever topic, is better because a cat is in it. It's already in a cat's nature to do the Fits & Sits, so they might as well do it with internet comedy - if they fit in the meme, they sits in the meme. And they always fit. It's just the laws of cats, we didn't invent them. But we sure are happy to live in a world that is run on cat laws. Because, again, cats make everything better.

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Posted by Blake Seidel

This is one litter box we don't mind cleaning out!

Having cats isn't all sunshine and rainbows. It's being woken up by the sound of a lamp crashing to the floor at 2 AM, it's constantly sweeping up cat litter and yelling "Don't eat that trash!" from across the room. The worst part, though, is cleaning their litter box. It's the closest thing we have that connects us to dog people, and we don't understand how they do with their bare hands every day. But there is one litter box that we don't mind cleaning out, especially on the weekends, and that is the litter box of laughs.

This one doesn't smell at all, in fact, it has an adorable aroma of hissterical giggles and the finest feline funnies on this side of the internet. We've got memes, tweets, threads, and pics aplenty to keep your cat-centered brain engaged and feline pawsitive all weekend! We hope that pawsitivity will last all the way through Meownday, but we can only do so much. We may be self-proclaimed meme wizards, but that doesn't make us meowgicians.

But in all seriousness, we love ending our weekends with a wholesome scroll of some purely funny cats. It's a way for us to rest and reset before we start yet another work week. It's our little pocket of joy that helps us stay sane in this crazy world we live in. It's healthy to have something to help you escape, and cats seem like a pretty harmless one to us, all things considered. So enjoy these silly slides of funny felines and we wish you a purrfectly pawsitive end of your weekend!

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Posted by Mariel Ruvinsky

Bonded pairs of cats should never be separated. 

People who say that cats are solitary creatures who don't feel the need to bond with anyone don't even know how wrong they are. When cats bond with someone, they bond hard. It could be us that they bond with. Cats love their humans in ways that words could never express, but their actions show it. Or it could be cats bonding with other animals, specifically other cats. In fact, such bonds are common enough that the internet has given them a name: bonded pairs. 

Bonded pairs of cats are something special. They are connected with one another on levels that we could probably never understand. But we see it - when they are together, they thrive, and when they are not, they are lethargic, sad and irritable. They need each other. And it is our duty to make sure that they stick together. Some shelters even go as far as to reject applications to adopt if the adopter is looking to separate one bonded kitty from another, even if it means that both cats stay in the shelter longer. Because it's better to be in the shelter together than anywhere else apart. 

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