House Cat Spots Two Stray Kittens In His Backyard, And Then… | The Dodo

[@dimasakbar7668]

The fact that the community take turns trying to rescue is just heartwarming. They have good neighbors

[@UnlimitedFlyers]

Indeed. If more communities can look out for strays, newborns and feral colonies, maybe we can care for cats in a mutually beneficial way. And if we can do that, maybe... just maybe... we can dream of even further responsibilities. But right now, let's take our victories wherever we can: this community ought to get an award. :)

[@annjohnson8437]

It's lovely! ❤

[@MsKatMays]

I was just thinking that! Neighbors don't always get along, but it's nice when they do and it's especially nice when they come together for something like this.

[@karlad.8762]

Unfortunately, I don’t have these types of neighbors. 😞

[@onetwocue]

This has to be based out of detroit mi

[@sample.text.]

You know you've done a good job when your kids are compassionate to animals.

[@1JamesMayToGoPlease]

Amen!!

[@CurtisELeMay-wr5mi]

Yep. It's true about the MacDonald Triad. So, make SURE your children learn to LOVE animals & to treat those creatures with kindness, Folks !

[@briankim3579]

Facts

[@ktkat1949]

Sampletext: you beat me to it. This is the kind of thing that kids remember for the rest of their lives. Kudos to the parents and the whole neighbourhood for their kindness and compassion.

[@mrs.h2725]

So true, but I wish we had a class in all elementary schools to teach basic animal care. We’d have far fewer strays and animals in shelters if everyone had the chance to learn early on to care for animals and about the impact it has to neglect them or let them roam the streets.

[@Reoh0z]

A week before my first cat passed away, and on a literal stormy day, She led a stray kitten home. He was not hers, she had been spayed. He could not have gotten into the house without Her help. It's been almost 20 years now and he's still with me.

[@a.w.thompson4001]

Aww. That's wonderful. Congratulations on a beloved first cat, who brought a wonderful second cat whom you have clearly cared for so well!

[@tenesha3998]

this is beautiful

[@Mercury-Wells]

"I have to leave you soon my beloved hooman. Here's someone to keep you company. Love him as you loved me." ❤

[@choosehope8729]

🥹❤️

[@cybercat29]

Please accept my deepest condolences on the passing of your dear sweet girl kitty 😿😭💔 She knew that she was going to pass and wanted to make sure that you had another dear sweet kitty to love 😻😻💖💖 I hope that you have many more long and happy years with your dear sweet boy kitty 😻💖

[@jenellbarnes4231]

Did you hear that?! She loves her kitty more than chocolate!! 😻 That’s true love right there ❤️🥰😍

[@Operational117]

When you’ve fought hard for something or someone, it creates a special memory and, in the case of “someone”, a special bond. Yes, I say “someone” when referring to cats. In the context of family, cats, dogs, bunnies, hamsters… really, any kind of pet… all of them are just as valuable as us humans.

[@jodie4609]

Personally I am very proud of myself I didn't start balling like a baby till she said it lolol

[@billolsen4360]

Hmmmmm, that's a good choice. I'm glad I don't have to choose between my chocolates & my pets, tho, since I can have both.

[@dave2870]

The good news is she can have both!

[@biancabeaulieu6988]

How cute!

[@Bella-D]

That's HUGE! Loving her kitties more than chocolates 🥰😍❤️❤️

[@deborjhablackwell6162]

That one got me too! That’s super love from a kiddo ❤

[@clarisamolina740]

Agreed.

[@melodiefrances3898]

Even more than CHOCOLATE 😂❤

[@D.77875]

I came here to say this 😂that’s huge !!!

[@djm5k]

At first I thought that Chocolate was the name of their other cat. Glad it wasn’t!

[@babybuzzie7276]

These little people have restored my faith in the “younger generation”. Keep caring, keep sharing and the world will be a better place. Congrats mom and dad!

[@HUYI1]

I was delighted the kids were involved in the rescue ❤❤😊

[@aljabirxiju9475]

so 3 kids with a few seconds of screen time in a video restored your faith? do you realize that before this video, you were writing off most of humanity...does that not make you pause?

[@1Thunderfire]

​@@aljabirxiju9475Yeah, I get a bit fed up with these "X restored my faith in humanity!" comments. There seems to be an absolute insistence that 99% of people (but especially young people who are often criticised for existing) are stupid, self-centred arseholes unless proven otherwise with some particular deed. And while I can be cynical and pessimistic, I also know that are many good people out there who want to do the right thing.

[@LowEarthOrbitPilot]

S P E C T A C U L A R 🎉 Many thanks to you and the neighbors for your collective, diligent efforts in rescuing these little lives ❤️

[@clarisamolina740]

Agreed.

[@marilynfitzgerald7774]

​@@clarisamolina740 Walmart 0:52 😊😊

[@lulystalgianature2968]

I'm jealous. If only my community was this generous to animals.

[@romystumpy1197]

Unfortunately too many people are so self absorbed selfish and materialistic ,that's why these little gems of people are important in my mind's eye,

[@vetiverose128]

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[@lindseyarnold1586]

Those children are fantastic and what a great lesson in sweet humanity.

[@Mark_d_anderson11anderson11]

Hello dear, I guess you're a pets lover..?

[@sammimitsu]

I wish all neighbours and families were so kind and compassionate. My neighbours came together when we found a lost boy kitten, and found a home for him. It was so gratifying.

[@freedomofspeech361]

Great parents raise great kids.

[@thelockpickinglebowski633]

I'm impressed at how neighborly everyone seems.

[@AnthonySouls]

That's the power of living in middle-class suburbia surrounded by wealth :) Why wouldn't everyone be helpful? They living the good life, lol. Maybe unfair of me?

[@KathleenPriem-xl7lp]

Yeah, maybe; heart is heart...no matter what location it finds itself. It's just up to us to duplicate this ... gee, maybe throughout the world would be nice?! 🌝😊☺️😉

[@franhunne8929]

@@AnthonySouls You have a very sad view on life if you think poor people cannot be neighbourly! There are literally poor families outside who adopt a neighbour's kids, because said neighbour died of cancer. Or who move in a second family into their home because the home of that family was destroyed by a fire. Or who come together and help someone sort out their destroyed home after a catastrophy. Who help an elderly lonely neighbour with food or backyard work or some blankets or whatever. Poor people are not selfish. They know what it means to need.

[@kittygaillot2286]

Great teamwork among the neighbors (and Beebo) for getting this precious family of kitties off the street and into loving homes! :-). What a purrfect ending😻😻😻

[@LizzyGiggles]

Wow this is amazing. So beautiful to see so many neigbours saving stray cats and kittens as a collective. Faith in humanity restored.

[@cybercat29]

Same here 😻😻😻😻😻😻💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@LuiWallentinGttler]

Lupin really took "You got to be hard to get" to heart and ran with it. Amazing that the families came together to get these to little furballs to safety, and gave them their forever homes.

[@Lonesome__Dove]

I love love love that the young girl was the main narrator of this story. She's so well spoken and with a tremendous heart. Kudos parents.

[@adanaviles5498]

Kids like that will inherit the world

[@Cuban20]

It's so sweet that these kids love them so much, and the little Girl saying she loves them more than chocolate was just heart melting.

[@marcelmoulin3335]

Glorious! Thank you... to all of you for saving these precious felines. Your tenacity, decency, and compassion have warmed my heart.

[@takaotsu3592]

I need to get a kitten so my cat has a friend. Nothing more heart warming than multiple cats.

[@lindaleelaw5277]

As the ad goes " your pet needs a pet "...lol

[@philiptownsend4026]

I know. We started with one then seventeen more came to join her ;-))

[@takaotsu3592]

@@philiptownsend4026 18 cats? Holy moly. Then again my neighbor lives in a house with 20 cats.

[@Vanilla_Addict]

I have some kittens I'm trying to find homes for. your not close to Louisville, KY are you?

[@keawarren]

Doesn’t have to a kitten. Some older cats might do better with a new housemate who is past kitten stage and is over two years.

[@joycemckeown789]

You if more communities were like yours, what a wonderful world we would live in 🥰

[@cm9439]

Thank you so much to all who joined together to rescue these babies. It's a beautiful story. Peace and blessings.

[@leenacloudberry8049]

The children in this neighborhood are gonna be such excellent human beings!😭❤

[@Nryz]

That's if the impact of other people doesn't take effect. Most people are nice by default until years of influence of society alters their behavior, and they start acting like other people that aren't so excellent.

[@SneakyCheeseThief]

So great to see such a great neighborhood with great community spirit, engaged parents and compassionate kids. It shouldn’t be so hard to have this be the norm but it is. Great job to all these folks and thanks for rescuing these little ones.

[@AnthonySouls]

:) Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's incredibly hard to be good people in middle-class suburbia. :) Why can't everyone endeavor to be as good as them with the challenges they face? Like, everyone patrolling the neighborhood for innocent lost kittens :) They should relocate to the ghettos and teach us how to handle our lesser issues :) Life could all be like this: Everyone dropping what they are doing and scouring the neighborhood for kittens in need of help :) If you haven't noticed, I find it incredibly annoying when people cherry-pick easy lives as the example we should all thrive towards, lol. Would these same people be the same people if you totally changed their neighborhoods, like a wife swap episode, where they suddenly live in the ghettos instead of paradise? Oh, not paradise, all hedged in? Damn, I feel like the Devil now... Lol. Isn't that the wager that the Devil proposed to God? That job was protected and hedged in by God, so Satan said Job would curse God if he removed that protection. Perhaps I'm being unfair and bitter. However, it truly is annoying when people see everyone trying to rescue helpless, adorable kittens, then they pedestal them up like they remained true to themselves in the harshest climate possible, so why can't we all be like them?

[@SneakyCheeseThief]

@@AnthonySouls Let’s look at what you’re saying with the help of an extended metaphor. Assuming the basic premise your rant is correct, what’s wrong with going to a fantastic restaurant for dinner, having a wonderful meal, and then saying you wished all food could be that good. What the hell does that have to do with restaurants that eg don’t have access to such fresh produce, or don’t have a chef with such extensive training? It’s a general wish for a everything to be better, not a tacit criticism of anyone. Any person who feels the need to be negative about that is a mystery to me. As for praising a chef who does happen to make wonderful food in rather ideal circumstances, if wonderful food wasn’t praised where and when it is occasionally found, culinary guidelines or goals (regardless of the circumstances) would be considerably diminished.

[@CitDune]

@@AnthonySouls Being this bitter will only harm you. Mabe you have reasons to, but you sound like pure poison.

[@jodiadams8964]

@Anthony Souls how come you haven't noticed care and compassion for animals happens in ALL neighbourhoods? My town and region in Australia went through a flood in 2017, bushfires and drought in 2018 and 2019, covid in 2020 and 2021, then two huge floods (double the size of the 2017 one) in Feb and March 2022 that destroyed thousands of homes of the rich, poor and inbetween alike. And guess what? People from every part of that region - rich or poor, every race, every background - were involved in rescuing their animal as well as their human neighbours. Income, background and zip code have nothing to do with the capacity of neighbours to work together to help animals or each other, especially in a crisis. And likewise, income, background and zip code does not determine if you are a credit to the human race - or what we call in Australia a dickhead loser. Your choice.

[@jodiadams8964]

​@@SneakyCheeseThief see my answer below: I agree with you! My town of Lismore and its whole region north of Sydney in Australia went through floods, drought, fire and covid and the vast majority of people of every income, background and zip code helped each other and the animals around them through those tough five years. And still are.

[@Crazeyfor67]

Everyone chipping in and helping those kittens was so sweet. Thanks people. P.S. You're doing a wonderful job raising those kids.

[@blakewu1375]

"Even more than chocolate..." That's A LOT of love for a little girl (or a big one)! :)

[@judd442009]

God bless Baebo for his persistence; and bless his human family for paying attention to him.

[@claudetteking1039]

That little girl is so precious with her narration: “ soon snow would arrive.” Just the cutest!

[@debbyangenni4616]

You all are wonderful people, especially your cat that heard them. Thank you for adopting one and your neighbor too. 🥰😇

[@novembercherry4]

My dream is to live in a community like this. Very close and caring neighbors. Very nice act they did. The kids are awesome. All 3 cats are so cute. We’ll done parents.

[@khalilrazak6486]

Thank you for rescuing these BEUTIFUL furbabies.

[@lmartinyale]

Those kids give me hope for the future of animals

[@cherylnelson4259]

Love cats and kittens. Thank your kitty for his help in rescuing them. So sweet. ❤❤❤

[@joenickell6323]

Is no one gonna comment on how intelligent and well spoken the children are?

[@TheSWolfe]

Indeed. I didn't even know what an excavator was at her age, and my dad was a heavy equipment operator! Not only are they smart, but also compassionate = a winning combo. If we raise our kids to care, they most likely will. Small kindnesses make a big difference!

[@SeattleRaindrop206]

……Even more than chocolate⁉️‼️ Wow! 🍫🤣 Such a sweet, compassionate, and cute lil girl 🐾👏🫶

[@zoeydeu2261]

Thank you Baebo for help in saving the kittens ❤😊

[@curtconroy8789]

This is good stuff. When adults teach children compassion, they’re doing their most important job

[@sherryfatzinger3082]

Great rescue of two sweet fur babies. I am glad they both found loving fur-ever homes. Thank you, big guy, for crying loud enough that you brought the help the little ones needed.🩶 🐾🐱🐈🐈‍⬛

[@gora2497]

Those kids are so sweet! Bless their gentle souls! More animal lover kids will definitely make the world better.

[@gennyreese420]

Well, your little girl knows the winning formula of Life, chocolate and saving kittens! Doesn't get better than that, y'all are awesome!💕

[@katjaanderson769]

What a heartwarming story! And how lucky these people are to be each other's neighbors - the children are just wonderful, already animal lovers! ❤

[@berniecolley5524]

I so love to see the children getting involved and helping to catch the kittens . This is how all children should be taught that these precious animals need our help at times and it gladdens my heart to see this taking place

[@Y4H_Y4]

Aww, Baebo sure did save the kittens ♥️

[@jhawk3547]

Great cats...Awesome children...Even better Parents!!! 👏👏

[@tanyaohle4221]

That little girl was just so sweet and so concerned. I pray that she grows up and helps animals 🙏

[@normadom]

What an amazing, heartfelt rescue, with the neighbourhood community involved. Somewhat along the vibes of "It takes a village to raise a child." It restores one's faith in humanity.

[@dark_antihero]

Not only the kids but the neighbors who cares about animal is very sweet and heartwarming

[@StormFive]

Hearing those children react to the good fortune that the cats would be saved...that was heart melting. A testament to good parenting and character. The very best of humanity is shown in how we treat those who can do nothing for us, and these children being so joyous to help these creatures underscores they are indeed the very best humanity has to offer.

[@julesjma]

So thankful they kept them close. What a wonderful neighborhood!

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

That's the sort of neighbourhood anyone decent would want to be a part of. Fantastic people! Lovely happy ending for cats and humans too ❤

[@janemiettinen5176]

When you love something more than even chocolate, thats the purest love there is! What great kids these are :)

[@marywallace4086]

Those kittens look suspiciously like your already cat! All are so adorable and kudos to you and your neighbors for not giving up on them.

[@cortneyrens]

Lol true! Their “Already” cat gets around in that neighborhood

[@SummerofKittyLove]

Kitties and sweet children I’m overwhelmed by cuteness

[@phoebe2234]

This story is about beautiful well raised children as much as it is about kitten rescue, really lovely to watch.

[@DBZluvz]

i remember when i was a kid i said the same thing when i got my first pet........''best day of my life'' when the little girl said that she reminded me that there is still innocence in the world, a child saying that a love of an animal was the best feeling in their life, let us all appreciate that statement because those days are fleeting and soon the world will go to sh*t and the simple joys in life will be but a memory!

[@marilynsleeper8589]

Thank you all for coming together and saving these kittens. I, myself, did a huge foster fail by keeping 3 of the 6 feral I tried. The other 3 were adopted out. Best decision I ever made but I'm t makes.going on a vacation a little dicey! 😅😊❤

[@Rhesa-jc3on]

Talk about it taking a village!! What a great group of people- great role models 4 the children.

[@arianehassanpour-razavi9345]

Hope for the world! All so sweet. And the girl loves the kitty more than chocolate...nothing more to say.

[@iagnesstoltz2874]

Nothing better than a great family teaching good values to the kids! God bless you guys for being amazing humans!🙏❤️

[@NevaG2190]

The kids voices are so sweet 😊 whole neighborhood saving kittens after a house cat alerted his humans 😂 awesome

[@jenniferwilson1937]

This is a children's book ❤️😍❤️ Is got everything ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@junepearl7993]

Nice people. Wonderful things for children to learn.

[@ricoz2016]

Wonderful memories of working together to help animals, that's something to cherish all your lives.

[@kimclark4305]

Thanks to everyone who caught these kitties and to give them a real life you are the best we need more caring people ❤❤❤

[@Arielnotthemermaidd]

How can I live in a community like this? So pure!

[@celestiafanforever]

I'm gonna go cry now. Everyone pulled together to save these babies and because of them these two siblings are safe with families who pulled together to get them off the streets.

[@ktinxx]

Baebo is such a DAD! Wonderful story with a fairy tale ending! 😻

[@mariagolding9579]

Its truly amazing to see the n rd neighborhood work together in capturing the 2nd kitten!! They're so protective of each other!! God bless you angels for saving these precious little sweethearts!!💕🙏

[@DarkWarlord2024]

I wanna live in this neighbourhood. Everyone of them care so much about animals. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@obiwann785]

Lovely cats, lovely kids and lovely people

[@sharonsuddaby3473]

Aww what a beautiful rescue story and they have sister Waffles next door too. Let's hope they Lupin gets to see his sister next door too and I hope Bebo gets to meet her. I love how they all ended up together across 2 households 🏡 Good job Bebo and hoomans! Nice work and at least the cats were adopted on grounds they were familiar with since birth 😺🐈 .. that's quite rare for a cat to have 💗

[@overcomerbtboj]

Beebo is a beautiful gray tabby and he’s being a great older sibling at the end grooming the kitten 😻😻❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾

[@GlitteryPegasus]

I'm glad they found their forever homes.

[@AletheAce]

You can tell these parents are doing a fantastic job with their children. It's becoming more and more rare unfortunately. Good job parents!

[@michaelrocker9000]

The reactions of the kids was priceless.

[@scottcharney1091]

Good boy, Baebo! The licking at the end is adorable.

[@boosqueezy2418]

those kids are really sweet

[@dianetamagoglu5761]

That’s so nice of you and your neighbors adopting them. But, I just wish they weren’t separated (I wish both siblings were under the same roof). I hope your neighbor allows her cat to regularly see your cat their sibling- on a regular basis or at least sometimes. Despite the fact that they are not together under the roof -I think it’s amazing that they were rescued and I’m so grateful that they are being taken care of. Thank you for doing that!/adopting them into your family!

[@ur3749]

You are lucky to have good neighbours who wanted to help the kitten, too. And you are teaching your children to have mercy with animals in need, to help and care for them and to treat them respectfully. You are doing an excellent job as parents and human beings. Congratulations! And do give your older cat a special treat for alerting everybody that there are kittens in your yard. Not every cat would do that.

[@loribernardisunwell9663]

Learning to love, appreciate and care for animals is the beginning every child needs.

[@uncontrolledspeech1858]

I just loved all the neighbors and the cheering was so awesome. They are so cute.

[@TheSmokey999]

Thank you all for rescuing them ❤

[@debrakleid5752]

They are so adorable. Thank you for rescuing them. All of my cats are all rescues and Stormy is my black cat we rescued when she was about 8 weeks old. I was at work at one of our EMS stations when we heard a meow and after an hour searching in the rain we found her and cleaned her up and she is now 10 years old. The triplets are Russian Blues that someone was giving them away in front of our local stores. They were 6 weeks old and had she not found a home for them they were going to the pound which is a high kill shelter so I took all 3 and my now ex found homes for all 3 since we already had 9 cats. After several weeks I noticed that they were always together (many sibling cats don’t get along and grow apart which we expected in this case) so I cancelled their adoptions and they just turned 6 years old on April 8 and they still like to be together. Not enough room in the cat bed isn’t a problem because they will just sleep on top of one another. I don’t regret a thing.

[@cristinacatu3307]

So good on you for taking all the siblings, one can only imagine all the play and snuggles they get. Thank you for spreading love and compassion for our furry friends!

[@thearchedpromise3271]

Now that is a community I would love to live in!! Hooray for the kittens, kitty 🐈‍⬛, family and neighbors!!!

[@youngraines851]

Such a beautiful family that practices compassion and love for the homeless furbabes. And caring neighbors too. Miracles happen when good deeds and love are present.

[@boogermaiden]

What an awesome neighborhood

[@AnimalsCryToo]

Thank you to everyone who help those babies ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ellebenenati7787]

I could hear the light in these young 1ones voices being the bestest day in their whole life!!... seems as though the next generation of animal rescuers has arrived n they are neighbors!!...

[@pdxjarred]

Absolutely beautiful ❤️ thank you everyone for caring. Praise God 🙏

[@vanierstreetcats4929]

They say it takes a town to save a life, or one very CONCERNED Kitty, thank you for saving the kittens and for making the world change for all the ones that won't be born to be unwanted. BRAVO good job, love the kids, they are the future for pets.

[@shadow92992]

Thank you for saving these beautiful kittens. Your neighborhood seems to a little corner of happiness with neighbors helping neighbors. All of the children were sweet beyond words, too.

[@stephencurry8552]

I needed to see something like this to start my day! So many good hearted people out and about. Doing the right thing.

[@dipanwitadasgupta5221]

U guys have the best community with the correct values - beautiful & unforgettable example of good work by everyone. This should be emulated at schools & neighborhoods globally

[@amyvelasquez5540]

You have done a beautiful, wonderful job with your children. So empathetic. Beautiful job mom and dad. Kudos. 🎉❤❤😍🥰😇 thanks for saving babies as well. ❤

[@SaintTunaTTV]

These videos make me so emotional. Sweet kitties, I hope they live a long and happy life.

[@Reina.Nijinsky]

So precious & powerful to watch the next generation love and care for animals ❤

[@georgianapunea546]

You are a great family👍❤️😻thanks for saving and helping them all👏❤️😻👏

[@ΦΡΑΝΣΟΥΑΖΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΙΔΟΥ]

I love how the kids wrre involved into the rescue!! Good job parents!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@barryspurr9577]

Wonderful - teaching children to love and care for vulnerable animals. Thank you.

[@pawwalker3492]

TY Baebo for getting the ball rolling on this amazing rescue and rehoming 💞💕💗

[@caroynsmith3909]

Loved this successful rescue of cute fur babies. Wonderful humans who didn't give up until the kitties were safe. ❤❤❤😸😸