50 Soul-Healing Rescue Pet Pics To Make You Smile (November Edition)

Contrary to popular belief, instead of cats and dogs, the first American animal activists focused mostly on horses, working tirelessly to protect the welfare of animals who were a key mode of transportation.

Then, on April 14, 1869, Caroline Earle White and a group of women established what's now considered the first American animal shelter, in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. In addition to horses, its mission expanded "to provide as soon as possible, a refuge for lost and homeless dogs, where they could be kept until homes could be found for them, or they be otherwise disposed of."

It marked a turning point. The notion of a shelter, or even a municipal pound, as a place where you could go and find a pet, according to historian Bernie Unti, really took hold in the latter part of the 19th century and then has grown steadily ever since.

So to celebrate how far we've come, we at Bored Panda are continuing our monthly series, and have compiled the sweetest pet adoption photos we could find. Continue scrolling to check them out and in case you've missed our earlier publications, we kindly invite you to catch up: October, September, and August.

For everyone who is thinking of (or has just) invited a new critter into their home, we also had a chat about making the transition as smooth as possible with the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), a veterinary charity in the United Kingdom. You'll find it spread in between the images.

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Beagle Puppy Cuddles Up To The Rescuer Who Saved Him From Euthanasia. Nice Dog Rescue Story Heard From Franklin County Shelter And Adoption Center In Ohio

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50 Soul-Healing Rescue Pet Pics To Make You Smile (November Edition)

Beagle Puppy Cuddles Up To The Rescuer Who Saved Him From Euthanasia. Nice Dog Rescue Story Heard From Franklin County Shelter And Adoption Center In Ohio

Adopted The Cutest Stray I’ve Ever Met My BF Named Her Edith (Aka Edee)

I Recently Finished Chemo Treatment And Decided To Adopt A Husky! Say Hi To Loki!

Fishtopher The Cat Finds Forever Home After His Adoption Listing Went Viral

Meet Jade, My Newly Adopted 9 Year Old Fluff Ball

Meet Leo And Luna! Even Though I Saved Them From A Sad Home They Have Ended Up Rescuing Me From Some Sad Days! #catsrule

I Went To Adopt 1 Dog

This Is Bubble. We Adopted Him Knowing He Was Feral And Probably Would Never Go Near Us! 3 Days In And We Are Already Getting Contact

From Stoic To Smiley

Lola

Just Adopted This Cat Who Sits Up Like A Groundhog

This Handsome Man Was Thrown From A Car Window And Luckily Someone Found Him, I Saw His Adoption Post And Was The First To Inquire. Meet Sushi!

Meet Smeagol! We Found Her Outside In The Rain Clinging To Some Rocks

Rescued A Barn Kitty From The Cold Yesterday

Dad Wanted To Get Mom A Puppy; She Rescued This Senior Citizen Instead. Allow Me To Introduce Mr. Kiss Kiss

Just Adopted Sylvester. He Is Showing Off His One Fang And Shredded Ears. He Has Feline AIDS And Is The Gentlest Boy

My Wife And I Adopted These Two Sisters Recently, Aka They Chose Us At The Animal Shelter. Love Black Kitties

An Update To My Update: Sir Remi Remington And His Mustache Won Me Over. I Couldn’t Part With Him After Fostering Him As A Bottle Feeder And Because He Fit In So Well With The Family. I Officially Adopted Him

Our Family Adopted A Cat Today. I Swear He’s Smiling

I Knew Adopting A Kitten Would Be Kinda Cute, But I Had No Idea What I Was In For

We Found The Best Stray

Meet Nala! We Rescued This 14 Yo Beauty And She’s Absolutely Amazing

I Rescued This Kitten Outside Of My High School! Named Her Rocket Because I Found Her During A Paper Rocket Test

Meet My Newly Adopted Cat Benson! He Was Neutered As An Adult Right Before I Adopted Him So He Has The Cutest Tom Cat Cheeks! His Eyes Are Also So Beautiful!!

So Cute

Rescued This Cat From The Cold And It Looks Like He Has Claimed Me As His Owner

Carson Spent Two Years At The Rescue - He Was Too Shy/Nervous For Everyone. Their Loss. They’ll Never Know What They Missed Out On

My Fiancé And I Decided To Adopt A New Kitten. Everyone Meet Larry!

Friend Just Adopted This Adorable Girl. Her Name Is Sadie

Was Looking Around To Adopt A Bunny And Found This Derpy Looking Bunny

I Was Adopted Yesterday By This Pretty Lady!

Just Adopted These Brothers, They Seem To Be Waiting For Me To Do Something

Our Beautiful Rescue, Pashmi

Went To The Rescue - Met Somebody. Named Him Jackson. We Are Going To Have A Blast

Welcome To The Family. Adopted A Kitty

Decided To Give The Cat My Fiancé And I Adopted Some Tuna For Thanksgiving. He Then Went Into What We Affectionately Call Goblin Mode. Safe To Say He Enjoyed It!

Our New Baby Girl

Nala Was A Little Lonely, So I Adopted A Brother For Her. Meet Aurum

Another Rescue, Crazy Lady Thought She Could Keep Kittens In A Tiny Cage Without Food Or Water. 5 Of Them Made It, This One's Name Is Marsha Marsha Marsha

Just Adopted This Kitten Yesterday. Meet Chloe!

Rescued A Dumpster Diving Kitten Last Night

Rescued Her From Being Eaten! Now She Cuddles Me No Matter What I Do

We Adopted Frankie Today!

Scared And Hissing Little Cat We Saved From The Pound. He Made So Much Progress In Just A Month

Adopted Name Alfalfa, We Call Him Alfie. Nearly 3 Years Old And He’s Just A Little Smol Boy That Shouts All Of The Time

Just Adopted A New Kitten. Decided To Name Him Koda After The Cub In Brother Bear. He Reminds Me Of A Mcflurry

Just Adopted This Smol Goblin! His Name Is Merin

I Adopted A Kitten With Three Legs And Lol

Adopted A Black Kitten, Named Him Ryuk

Winter Has Arrived A Tad Early.... Adopted This Weekend

I Adopted Nova 2 Weeks Ago And She's Definitely Made Herself At Home

We Adopted A New Cat And She Has A Lil Heart On Her Foot

My New Polish Senior Bela - He Was In The Shelter For Years

Local Rescue Group Just Adopted Out The Most Polite Looking Kitty!

Just Adopted This Absolute Cutie Cuddlebug! Everyone Meet Mika!

Meet Traffic Cone (Taffy), Our Semi-Feral Baby Adopted From A Hoarding Case

Rescued 3 Felons From The Side Of The Road This Past Weekend

Adopted Little Crow Last Night!

Brought Home This Little Girl Today

I Adopted A Senior Cat My First Wonder

Adopted This Sweet Kitty. Her Life Before Was Very Hard But I’d Like To Think She’s Pretty Happy Now. (Peep The Smile)

After Our Sudden Loss Of Our Sweet Boy, We Decided To Adopt This Little One. Meet Nala

We Named Him Doug!

Adopted This Sheltie Mix After A Life On The Run In Ky

Adopted My First Dog Ever Now I Work From Home. I Think This Means She’s Comfortable With Me

My Mom's New Rescue Kitten, Jasper

Recently Adopted This Lil’ Baby, She’s At 5 Weeks Old Now. My Small Hand For Scale

This Is Sophia From Our Shelter. She’s Almost 10 Year Old And Today She Was Adopted!!! What A Great Day For Her

My Newly Adopted Babies. Now They Won't Have To Go To The Animal Shelter

My First Night Fostering Her. She Decided She Was Home So I Adopted Her. I'm Not A "Failure". She Asked Me To Adopt Her

Picked Up From The Rescue A Little Over A Month Ago, She's 13 Weeks Now And Likes To Eat Breakfast With Me. She's My Best Buddy

Adopted This Little Adorable A**hole Today

Adopted My First Ever Dawg

Adopted Her Today

We Rescued A Sweet Little Orange Fluffball Last Weekend. It Looks Like She Likes Her New Home

Cute Little Void That My Wife Rescued

Living Her Best Post Shelter Life In Our Guest Room Which She Has Claimed As Her Room

I Adopted The Cutest Little Guy This Week!

I Just Adopted This Little Bundle Of Joy From The Humane Society