It’s estimated that more than one million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States each year. There are simply too many animals coming into shelters and too few people considering adoption when looking for a pet.
But this gruesome number could be reduced dramatically. All it would take is two things: more responsible pet owners so that fewer critters end up in shelters in the first place and more people adopting pets instead of buying them.
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When you adopt, you not only get a friend for life but you also open up shelter space for another animal who might desperately need it.
Continuing our tradition, we at Bored Panda scrolled through the subreddit r/BeforeNAfterAdoption and hand-picked the most wholesome photos that were uploaded this month, showing adorable animals enjoying their second chance at life.
If you’re done with the selection but your heart craves more, check out our earlier rescue pet compilations: December, November, October.
#1 My Grandparents Adopted A Kitten And They Sent Me This Pic In The Mail
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#2 Just Thought I’d Share My Blind Rescue Being Her Adorable Self
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#3 We May Have Adopted A Tiny Snow Leopard
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#4 This My New Pupper Sanoi! She’s About 14 Weeks Old And Can’t Figure Out What To Do With Her Ears
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#5 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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#6 Was Hesitant When The Shelter Said We Had To Get Two, Think I Understand Why Now
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#7 How Our Rescue Pup Looks At My Husband
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#8 Salem Joined Our Family Yesterday. People Seem To Like Her Ears
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#9 Rescued Tiny Dog. No More Worries Little Guy. You Will Forever Be Warm Now
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#10 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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#11 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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#12 3 Month Adoption Update: Certified Cuddle Bug
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#13 Our Foster Puppy When We Told Her We Were Adopting Her
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#14 Rescued Her From Snow
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#15 We Got A Puppy This Week From A Street Dog Rescue In Guadalajara. Meet Donatella!
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#16 We May Have Adopted A Large Frog
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#17 Wife Heard Meowing In The Bushes At The Gas Station. And Found. Lionel. Say Hi To The Newest Addition To Our Family
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#18 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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#19 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. That Has Not Been The Case At All. Wallace Is The Best, Derpiest Boy. He Definitely Feels At Home With Us
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#20 My Friends Adopted A New Puppy. Don’t Let The Poker Face Fool You; He’s Overjoyed
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#21 This Is Tuna. Our New Member Of The Family
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#22 Today My House Went From Zero Dogs To Eleven Dogs In The Span Of A Few Hours. Meet Emmy Lou And Her Pile Of 10 One Week-Old Puppies. Fostering Ftw!
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#23 Adopted This Polite Boy
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#24 Picked Up A Rescue In Alabama, He’s Been Sleeping On My Arm All The Way To Florida. He’s So Content
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#25 My Wife And I Taking This Rescue Pup To His Forever Home
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#26 My Girlfriend And I Adopted A Senior Pitbull Mix That Wasn’t Getting Too Much Interest At The Shelter. We Don’t See Why, Because She Is A 57lbs Brick Of Love And Affection. Meet Tika
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#27 Today We Adopted Toby, He Has Been In The Shelter For Nearly 6 Years. We Plan On Being His Furever Home!
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#28 Do You Think She’s Happy I Adopted Her?
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#29 Today We Rescued Him From Drain Hole, Gave Him A Sweet Name
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#30 Shelter Dog Is So Excited For His Adoption
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#31 Louis The Blind Dog Got Adopted Today!
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#32 Tried To Adopt One Loaf, Ended Up With Twin Loaves
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#33 Adopted This Boy On The Spot Today. His Name Is Stevie Wonder And He’s A Blind Cat Who Loves To Be Held And Scream
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#34 I Adopted A Cat. He Is Currently Judging Your Life Choices
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#35 Heard Crying In Our Backyard Friday Night And We Found Her
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#36 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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#37 This Is Mia. I Adopted Her Yesterday And We’re Ready To Go Into 2021 Together
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#38 I Rescued A Kitten During The Lockdown… And She Ended Up Rescuing Me
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#39 Just Adopted A Kitten And My Baby Girl Was Not Very Aware Of The New Member Of The Family. This Is When They Met
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#40 My Wife Wanted A Puppy And I Wanted A Rescue, So We Compromised And Got A Rescue Puppy This Year. Please Welcome Willow
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#41 My Lil 12 Week Rescue
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#42 This Is Toby. I Found Him At Work Under Some Pallets During A Heavy Rain Storm. I Sat In The Rain For 40 Minutes To Gain His Trust To Come Out And Now He’s Home Safe And Happy
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#43 My New-To-Me Rare Pupper, Jak-Jak! Just Brought This Sweet 12 Year Old Lab Home And He Is Already My Everything!
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#44 My New Adopted Rescue Pup: Sunnymae!
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#45 Meet Bumblebee, One Month Since I Took Him From Shelter
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#46 Adopted This Floof Less Than A Week Ago And He Already Has My Heart. This Is Gimli!
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#47 I Just Adopted A Kitten. Her Leg Was Injured So We Went To The Vet And Got It All Fixed. She’s Scared And Decided To Hide In The Shoe Rack
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#48 My Foster Socks At Petsmart. He Got Adopted!
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#49 Everyone Say Hello To My Newly Adopted German Shepherd Tyson. Happiest Day Of My Life. In Our Culture, We Put A Flower Necklace As A Token Of Welcome
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#50 Rescued This Guy From The Shelter. He Put On Some More Weight And Gets Good Pets Everyday
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#51 Rescued A 2 Year Old Doberman Today To Join My 3 Year Old Rescue Boxer. So Basically, Now I Have 2 Sets Of Disappointed Eyes That Would Like To Know Where I’ve Been And Why I Ever Thought It Was Ok To Leave The House!
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#52 Half Lab Half Great Dane Rescue. Meet Ms Bailey
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#53 My Gorgeous Red Boy I Picked Up From The Shelter. Not Sure What Mix He Is
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#54 I Was Adopted Today
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#55 2 Years Ago Today, We Adopted This Chonk! I Love Him So Much
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#56 I’m The Type Of Guy Who Never Wanted Cats, But I Promised My Girlfriend She’d Get One If She Moved To My Town… I’m Happy She Kept Me On My Promise. Meet Goku, My Buddy
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#57 The Look Of This Cute Pittie After Being Rescued
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#58 10yr Old Lady My Fiancé Adopted. Her Name Is Peach But She’s My Little Squish
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#59 Meet Harlow! Adopted Yesterday And Already Working On Her Smile, It’s A Struggle Sometimes
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#60 After Months Of Searching For A Dog, We Finally Adopted One. Say Hello To Fussel
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#61 Adopted My First Puppy Ever Today. I’m So Excited And Nervous To Start This Adventure
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#62 My New Rescue, Waffles!
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#63 Adopted Him Recently. Meet Dingo!
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#64 Guess She’s Happy I Adopted Her
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#65 After Losing My Cat 3 Years Ago, I Finally Adopted Another One. Meet Mouse, She’s A Little Weird, But I Love Her So Much Already
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#66 Just Adopted This Little Guy From The Animal Shelter. He Seems Happy
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#67 I’m Cece! I Just Got Adopted Today
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#68 Adopted This Sweet 8 Y/O Named Bella! Wanted To Share Her Favorite Sleeping Position
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#69 The Best Part Of My 2020 Has Been Adopting This Derp Queen
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#70 Adopted This Little Dude Today. Say Hi To Moose!
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#71 Just Adopted A Kitty. She Is About 8 Months Old And Extremely Shy
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#72 Adopted These Pair Bonded Boys Almost 3 Weeks Ago
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#73 Cat We Adopted Over Quarantine (Orange Cat) Came Home With A Boyfriend
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#74 My Lil Chunky Boy. I’ll Never Regret Adopting Him
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#75 With That Look, Axel Had No Problem Getting Adopted
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#76 My Fiance Caught The Exact Moment When Rusty And I Fell For Each Other. We Had To Adopt Him Right Away
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#77 I Applied For Nearly Every Pointy Eared Puppy At Every Shelter In My City. Finally Was Approved, She’s Been Home For 1 Month Today
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#78 Everyone, Meet Nova. She Is A Rescue Dog From Spain Currently Living In The Cold Country Of Sweden
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#79 We Adopted Our First Kitty, He Already Kicked One Of The Girls Off Her Car Seat
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#80 The Best Thing About 2020 Was Adopting Bug
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#81 Just Adopted This Baby Today! He’s Already Purring And Following Me Around
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#82 This Is My Derp, Lemmy. Before We Rescued Him, Half Of His Teeth Had To Be Removed. Now He Can’t Keep His Mlem In
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#83 Chippy, Our New Rescue And Best Friend, Watching The Birds Outside
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#84 This Little Lady Got Adopted This Week!
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#85 I Got Him From The Shelter, He Was Already Adopted Once But Brought Back Because He Has Anxiety Issues. This Is How He Likes To Fall Asleep
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#86 So I Adopted This Kitten And Now I’m Trying To Put It To Sleep So I Can Do My Assignments… Now How Do I Get Up Without Waking It Up?
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#87 Brought This Little Guy Home From The Local Shelter
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#88 Pup Takes A Snooze After A Long Day Of Getting Adopted. Welcome Home Grogu
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#89 Lookit Those Ears! New Mutt Puppy From The Shelter. Shelter Dogs Are The Best Dogs
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#90 We Adopted This Old Boy So He Puts Up With Our Antics
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#91 Our New Family Member, Leo, On His New Bed At His New Home. A Lot More Comfortable Than The Rescue
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