There’s a new celebrity in town, and this one has four legs and fur (or not). Pets have been steadily gaining in popularity over the past few years, to the point where they are now bona fide celebrities. Just take a look at some of these furry or feathered stars and you’ll see what we mean.

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Shootout lead to lost puppy rescue, family has happy ending in San Diego

A family experienced a holiday miracle while watching a televised shootout in San Diego. Salina Hurtado’s 9-month-old pitbull puppy went missing shortly after Thanksgiving. She searched their Oceanside neighborhood, suspecting that Catalina had been puppy-napped.

Princess Fiona at the Cincinnati Zoo the Hippo smooches adorable little girl

Fiona the Hippo’s cuteness level was already at 100 before she smooched an adorable fan. One lucky little girl shared a kiss with the hippo princess through the glass of her enclosure. Credit: @cincinnatizoo IG The hippo was born prematurely in January 2017.

Buttermilk the escape artist pup scales chain link fence in video!

Buttermilk isn’t your average beagle. She can leap tall buildings in a single bound! Well, not really.

Party possum commits B&E, hits the sauce and gets arrested in Florida

Just when we thought Florida couldn’t get any wilder, an opossum goes and proves us wrong. An opossum in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa Island County broke into a liquor store the day after Thanksgiving and decided to keep the holiday spirit going. She knocked over a bottle of 21-year-old bourbon and helped herself to a couple of drinks.

Instagram’s doing their part to save the animals, bans harmful hashtags

Remember the 2017 baby dolphin selfie-tragedy? To recap, a group of tourists took a baby dolphin out of the water at a Spanish beach and passed him around for selfies. The traumatizing incident caused the baby dolphin to pass away.

Jack the Husky: Bad-To-The-Bone Doggo Banned From Six Us States and a Federal District

You may have gotten into some trouble as a youth, but have you gotten into banned from any state that borders on Virginia trouble? Jack is a Siberian Husky who has been up for adoption for over a year in a Delaware shelter. His adoption bio caught the attention of the twitter user Historian Cole when she noticed that he is specifically not allowed back into Maryland.

Hamster Things Cuter Than Stranger Things? You Decide

It appears that Savage Cuties wasn’t the first TV show spoof that Mashable’s put together in the last little while. Check out Hamster Things, a reimagined Stranger Things. This isn’t the first incident we can recall with Stranger Things being re-cast with much furrier actors.

Patrick Stewart finds home for foster pitbull, starts rescue dog fundraiser

Last time we wrote about the amazing Sir Patrick Stewart, he had taken in a lovely foster pitbull named Ginger when he was promoting the film Logan with Hugh Jackman. His wife Sunny Ozell and him fell in love with Ginger right away. He said after not owning a dog in 50 years, Ginger really changed his outlook on dogs and life.

Charles Dance AKA Tywin Lannister Narrates Savage Cuties

If you can’t quite wait until the next season of Game of Thrones comes out (mainly to get a peek at Jon Snow and Daenarys Targaryen’s weird-but-hot incestuous love affair) fear not. Charles Dance, aka Tywin Lannister narrates this equally epic tale. Betrayal, death and family feuds drive the adorable-but-ferocious story of Savage Cuties.

Pom Pom Chewy’s half-pomeranian, half-fox and full-cute

Pom Pom Chewy is a Foxeranian, that is half-fox and half-pomeranian. He’s an Instagram sensation with over 66k followers. Living in Toronto, Canada with his mom, Nicole, Pom Pom Chewy passes the time by dressing up in some too-cute-for-words outfits.