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There’s nothing quite like that precious moment of holding your new furry friend right after you become a parent. The adventure called life is right around the corner and neither of you can hold in your excitement.
So we asked our dear Bored Panda readers to share their pictures that capture this very special moment and the posts are in! The list down below is probably one of the cutest, most heartwarming and rewarding collections ever.
We hope it will encourage everyone to become an animal's new forever family. Don’t forget to upvote your fave entries, share the post with your friends, and hit us with comments!
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#1
1 Hour After We Brought Wesley Home. Almost A Year Later And It’s Still His Favorite Position
Final score:
253points
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#2
This Was My Baby The Day I Adopted Her. She Slept For Hours. I Love Her To Death
#3
This Is Henry A Few Hours After We Adopted Him. A Mama’s Boy Immediately!
Luckily, more and more people are willing to follow the advice "adopt, don’t shop" these days.
In our previous interview with Louise Lee, the media officer at the organization Blue Cross For Pets, we found out that the stigma around so-called “‘broken’ pets is gradually changing and people understand pets are handed over for all sorts of reasons.”
#4
On The Day I Adopted The Choc Lab (Harmony) I Took Her To My Parents House To Meet Their Dog (Duke) This Is His Reaction To Her Getting On The Bed With Him
#5
Someone Threw This Baby Out In The Parking Lot Of A Gas Station From Their Car Yesterday...
People were trying to catch him and the little guy just came running out to me. I picked him up and the folks was saying well he found his home now..
#6
I Rescued A 12-13 Yr Old Dog Three Years Ago. This Is Her Being Held By One Of The Animal Shelter Employees And The Other Is About 20 Mins After Being In Her New Forever Home! Sweet Chloe
Karen Johnston 4 years ago
Bless you for taking in this senior girl! Not everyone is this kind.
The tendency to adopt became especially prominent during the recent coronavirus pandemic when, in times of crisis, many were seeking a furry companion.
Pamela Reid, the vice president of The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Behavioral Sciences Team, told Bored Panda that: "During this period of great uncertainty, one bright spot has been the incredibly passionate response from people willing to open their homes and hearts to foster and adopt vulnerable shelter animals."
#7
Precious Boy Cuddled Up To The First Sock He Found
Final score:
236points
Kathy Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
He looks like he’s praying to the sock god. (He’s a real cutie, btw!)
#8
This Is Luna. Adopted Her A Week Ago. This Photo Was Taken 2 Hours After We Brought Her Home
#9
Brought Home Our Tabby On Feb 1st...this Was A Month Ago. I Think My Fears Of My Tuxedo Cat Not Liking Her Were Squashed Officially After This Photo
Incredibly, there has been a nearly 70 percent increase in animals going into foster care through ASPCA New York City and Los Angeles foster programs, compared to the same time period in 2019.
But the adoption boom was something other shelters could have never expected. "We thought people were going to bring their animals in and then run for the hills," Katy Hansen, communications director for the Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC), told Vox.
At any given time, ACC shelters more than 600 animals and now, it's less than 100.
#10
This Is Kramer. Someone Tossed Him Out Of A Car And I Was Lucky Enough To Be Rescued By Him. Immediate Mama's Boy! Sweetest Dog I've Ever Had.
Final score:
227points
#11
This Is Faye Only Hours After I Brought Her Home. She Was Found Wandering Around In The Texas Summer Heat. Her Old Owners Were Uninterested In Taking Her Back. I Thinks She’s Okay With It
Alex Bailey 4 years ago
I will never understand how people can do that. My dogs are part of my family and I'd never, ever be willing to give them up.
#12
Fig My Lockdown Foster On His Ride Home From The Rescue. He Was Neutered Yesterday So I’m Just Waiting For The Final Paperwork So I Can Officially Say He Is Furever Mine
#13
This Was Hank In Jan 2020 When I Picked Him Up From A Transport That Brought Him To Massachusetts From Arkansas Where He Was In A Foster Home
He was super anxious. Just this month, June 2020 he started kissing me. Now he won't stop!
#14
Little Oscar, Technically, It's Our Other Cat Who Adopted Him.
Final score:
208points
#15
Lily, 15 When I Adopted Her, She Lived To 17, Most Beautiful Girl Ever Xxx
Final score:
196points
#16
Rescued This Kitten Yesterday And He’s Already Settled With My Daughter!
#17
This Photo Was Taken Right After I Adopted My Littles! Can’t Believe It’s Been A Year Already.
Final score:
194points
#18
“I’ll Never Get A Pet” To... 2 Hours After Adopting Cookie
#19
I Rescued This Handsome 15 Yr Old Siamese And He Hopped In My Lap Immediately
#22
The Most Adorable Fluff Monster Just Minutes After Coming Home From The Woods
Final score:
179points
#23
This Was Taken On Monday, An Hour After Adopting Our Sweet Little Kitten
#24
My Daughter And Our Cat Just A Few Days After We Found Him : He Was Left Starving In The Streets.
Final score:
177points
#25
This Was The Same Night We Got Her
She was a stray along with her sister that someone found in the neighborhood. Someone posted on Facebook if anyone could pick them up since it was on there property but not their cats. They were covered in fleas and bleeding all over from bites. On top of that it was summer time in Georgia so it was really humid and wet. We picked up both of the sisters and brought them home and this one has never left my side since. They seemed even more happy whenever we got the fleas removed for good. This was 2 years ago and now every night she'll curl up under my armpit and sleep with me all night.
#26
This Is My Dog Marcie. This Was Her A Few Hours After Getting Her From Our Local Humane Society. I've Never Met A Dog That's More Cuddly And Silly Than Her
#27
Rescued These Two Beasts From The Side Of The Road In The Caribbean Where We Live. Sisters
Final score:
172points
#28
This Is Ginger, We Rescued Her From The Pound This Photo Is Her First Day In Her New Home. She Has Since Lost Any Insecurity And Is One Happy Pup
#29
"New Home New Stick" Hours After Adoption
#30
Little Pawtatoe The Drive Home And Then Realizing What He Got Himself Into
Final score:
156points
#31
We Adopted This Pupper Today
#32
Found Little Marmy In The Middle Of A Road , All Alone , Scared And Meowing ..
Final score:
154points
#33
Foster Fail!
Final score:
153points
Je Cg (Submission author) 4 years ago
13.5 hours into a 14 hour drive from California to Oregon to drop Lucy off at her forever home, I realized I couldn’t give her up.
#34
About 1 Hour After She Was Adopted
#35
Off To His Forever Home
#36
Adoption Day For Dixie, The Black Pup. She Immediately Loved Her Big Brother!
Final score:
151points
#37
Sophie, An Hour After Adoption. Shelter Deemed Her A Black Lab/Huskie Mix And A Lost Case With Parvo
#38
This Is One Of My Rescues, 5 Minutes After Bringing Her Home. She Made Herself Comfortable Quite Fast
#39
This Is Us With Our Lil Teddy At The Shelter, We Are Filling Out Paperwork To Take Him Home. He Is In His Mommas Jessica Jck Dms Lap And After 3 Years That’s Still His Favorite Place To Be
#40
Our Pretty Pitty Puppy, Her First Day Home
#41
We Had Just Picked Him Up Less Than An Hour Before This Picture And Took Him To A Nearby Park, He Loves His Daddy. We Will Be At A Year Since We Rescued Him On September 21
#42
When I Took This Picture, This Baby Was A Stray Cat
Feeling his body on mine and hearing he’s purring just because he felt comfortable in my arms made me decide. Two days from that day he became mine. Officially. Now we are living on abroad and he is happier than ever... So am I.
#43
The Day I Adopted My Adult Female Cat Pepper
#44
Got Him Yesterday
#45
This Is Our Rescue Scrappy! This Is After His First Meal Home With Us. He's Such A Good Boy
#46
Less Than An Hour After Adopting Our Baby
#47
A Couple Of Hours After Bringing Our Rescue Staffy 'Blue' Home... 3 Years Later & Hes Like Hes Always Been Here.. Such A Good Boy
#48
In The Car On The Way Home From Adopting Her From Leeds Dogs Trust
Pretty Pangolin 4 years ago
"Bye! Thanks for taking care of me - I'm going with my new family now!"
#49
15 Minutes After We Got Home Foe The 1st Time
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Alex Bailey 4 years ago
So heartwarming. Such beautiful animals and all so deserving of their happy new homes. ❤
Isa 4 years ago
I Just want to say that I love all your little ones...every each one...I love this stories and how much love they get from their new family. Thank you all for your kindness to animals. The world would be a better place to live if we have more of you out there....
Rachel Spoltore 4 years ago
Ugh. I really didn't want to cry today but at least these are tears of joy!
Nicky OldfieldDesciple 4 years ago
This is our Collie mix Shilo soon after we got him from a local Border Collie Rescue. He was always full of fun and love then and 6 years later, he still is. I love him so much. BABY-SHILO...a8ffd0.jpg 
Picture Queen 4 years ago
This is our baby boy King in August of 2019, 10 minutes after Daddy brought him home. He's a Red Fox Lab & he just turned a yr old the day after Christmas. He brings us so much happiness. Our baby girl Mika (Pitbull/Min Pin 8 yrs old) & our baby boy Jack (9 yr old tuxedo cat) both love him so much too. All 3 of them cuddle together. DSC_0874-5...481a1d.jpg 
K. LNU 4 years ago
I love that people adopt from shelters, rescue groups, and pounds. People need to stop supporting puppy (and cats too) mills and "backyard breeders."
Christina Uhlir 4 years ago
Thank you K. LNU for your comment. It's incomprehensible why people still keep in business those cruel sub-human monsters who profit from animal pain and suffering.
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Sinkvenice 4 years ago
Adopting pets from shelters is a wonderful thing to do and should be encouraged much much more. However, the thing that grinds my gears is when people say they rescued their pet, instead of saying something like they adopted it. Bill Burr does a great bit about this. He essentially says that people who choose to say the word rescue, do so to make themselves feel more important. They didn’t rescue it from a burning building (except perhaps anecdotally) and they didn’t rescue it from a hostage situation, they literally just drove to the shelter and back. If a diseased stray cat was found and taken to a vet who successfully battled to keep it alive, is the person who took it home still going to say *they* rescued it, not the vet? That’s more of a rhetorical question. Adopting from shelters is terrific and all the pets in these pictures look so happy to have a nice home.
Christina Uhlir 4 years ago
That does not matter how people word the good deed of saving a creatures life. Adopting is rescuing it from the life of misery or immediate death.
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Rita Amesbury 4 years ago
This little guy was stuck in a tree for 4 days - got him down, gave him a bath, fed him - a few hours later here he is! IMG_0302-5...507e50.jpg 
Marty Sunderland 4 years ago
So many go right to sleep, as they relax and feel safe and loved.
Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
I down voted you because you state you don't care about adopting animals... Some people do not want to have children, their own or adopted. Don't understand your comment of "Post adoption documents. That I want to see and respect."? Huh? PS no one forced you to read this thread.
Load More Replies... Alex Bailey 4 years ago
So heartwarming. Such beautiful animals and all so deserving of their happy new homes. ❤
Isa 4 years ago
I Just want to say that I love all your little ones...every each one...I love this stories and how much love they get from their new family. Thank you all for your kindness to animals. The world would be a better place to live if we have more of you out there....
Rachel Spoltore 4 years ago
Ugh. I really didn't want to cry today but at least these are tears of joy!
Nicky OldfieldDesciple 4 years ago
This is our Collie mix Shilo soon after we got him from a local Border Collie Rescue. He was always full of fun and love then and 6 years later, he still is. I love him so much. BABY-SHILO...a8ffd0.jpg
Picture Queen 4 years ago
This is our baby boy King in August of 2019, 10 minutes after Daddy brought him home. He's a Red Fox Lab & he just turned a yr old the day after Christmas. He brings us so much happiness. Our baby girl Mika (Pitbull/Min Pin 8 yrs old) & our baby boy Jack (9 yr old tuxedo cat) both love him so much too. All 3 of them cuddle together. DSC_0874-5...481a1d.jpg
K. LNU 4 years ago
I love that people adopt from shelters, rescue groups, and pounds. People need to stop supporting puppy (and cats too) mills and "backyard breeders."
Christina Uhlir 4 years ago
Thank you K. LNU for your comment. It's incomprehensible why people still keep in business those cruel sub-human monsters who profit from animal pain and suffering.
Load More Replies... Sinkvenice 4 years ago
Adopting pets from shelters is a wonderful thing to do and should be encouraged much much more. However, the thing that grinds my gears is when people say they rescued their pet, instead of saying something like they adopted it. Bill Burr does a great bit about this. He essentially says that people who choose to say the word rescue, do so to make themselves feel more important. They didn’t rescue it from a burning building (except perhaps anecdotally) and they didn’t rescue it from a hostage situation, they literally just drove to the shelter and back. If a diseased stray cat was found and taken to a vet who successfully battled to keep it alive, is the person who took it home still going to say *they* rescued it, not the vet? That’s more of a rhetorical question. Adopting from shelters is terrific and all the pets in these pictures look so happy to have a nice home.
Christina Uhlir 4 years ago
That does not matter how people word the good deed of saving a creatures life. Adopting is rescuing it from the life of misery or immediate death.
Load More Replies... Rita Amesbury 4 years ago
This little guy was stuck in a tree for 4 days - got him down, gave him a bath, fed him - a few hours later here he is! IMG_0302-5...507e50.jpg
Marty Sunderland 4 years ago
So many go right to sleep, as they relax and feel safe and loved.
Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
I down voted you because you state you don't care about adopting animals... Some people do not want to have children, their own or adopted. Don't understand your comment of "Post adoption documents. That I want to see and respect."? Huh? PS no one forced you to read this thread.
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