Animals,Cats,DogsOCT 29, 2021

45 Wholesome Rescue Pet Pics To Heal Your Soul (October Edition)

Mindaugas Balčiauskas and Jonas Grinevičius

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October, the spookiest month of the year, is full of frights and chilly weather, so we need to balance things out with some heart-warming, soul-healing photos. Don’t you think? Our animal-loving team here at Bored Panda knows exactly what’s going to do the trick. Prepare to have your hearts melt, Pandas, because it’s time for our monthly feature of the most wholesome, cutest, and most adorable rescue pet pics of the month.

There are, quite literally, millions of companion animals up for adoption around the globe. The United States alone has around 6.5 million new animals enter shelters yearly, around half of which are cats and half are dogs. Roughly 3.2 million animals get adopted each year, which is around half the total. However, the ASPCA notes that, sadly, 27 percent of cats and 20 percent of dogs that enter shelters end up being euthanized.

Those people who choose to open up their hearts and homes and rescue a pet are worthy of a medal (chocolate or gold, depending on their preference). Scroll down to meet the heroes and the pets they adopted. Upvote the pics that made you smile and let us know which ones you’re planning on sharing with your friends. You’ll find Bored Panda’s recent lists of the cutest rescue animal pics here: September, August, July.

Meanwhile, Bored Panda wanted to learn more about how to tell if our beloved pets are feeling fine and how to help them keep them fit for years and years to come once they've settled in at their new forever homes, so we reached out to the PDSA vet charity, as well as certified cat behavior consultant Ingrid Johnson.

#21 Adopted This Sweet Pea Yesterday

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Meanwhile, certified cat behavior consultant Ingrid Johnson, the founder of Fundamentally Feline, gave Bored Panda some insights into how cats age and whether there’s anything that we can do to help them stay fit as kittens as time goes on.

According to Ingrid, we shouldn’t have any illusions that our beloved pets will always stay young. The reality is that we all get older, pet and human alike. “Everyone ages and cats are no exception,” she said that we have to face facts. However, the quality of our pets’ lives and whether they age gracefully is still up for grabs.

#22 I Found This Gorgeous Female Cat Today At Work. I Put Out Lost Animal Adverts But I'm Kind Of Hoping No One Claims Her... Because I Want To Adopt Her!

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#23 I’m A Trapper For A Cat Rescue And Sometimes You Just Can’t Say No. World, Meet Ranger

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#24 Here's My Rescue Dog Named Princess, It May Be Hard To Tell, But Her Ears Are Cut Off

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#25 I Adopted A One Eyed Dog, Everyone Said He Must Be A Pirate For Halloween

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#26 My Rescue Bunny I Adopted This Friday. She’s A Sweetheart

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#27 Mommy Just Got A New Pup. She Asked Me To Post A Picture On "Feddit" And Ask For Name Suggestions

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The main focus should be on keeping our cats’ “brain stimulated” and helping them be as active as they can, both physically and mentally. This way, “they can stay well-muscled and conditioned to maintain their stealth well into their senior years,” Ingrid said. “Twenty-year-old cats can still really move if they need to!” the cat behavior consultant added. This means that with the right care and attention, any pet that you rescue can keep your heart and your home full of light for many years to come. But it takes a lot of effort and energy on the owners’ part. I think they’d say it’s all very worth it.