--- title: Hug Your Cat Day Photos description: Cutest videos of cats hugging in honor of National Cat Hug Day. canonical: https://time.com/2821922/hug-your-cat-day/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-04T14:52:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:37.968Z og:title: 6 of the Cutest Cat Hugs og:description: To celebrate International Hug Your Cat Day og:url: https://time.com/2821922/hug-your-cat-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 6 of the Cutest Cat Hugs twitter:description: To celebrate International Hug Your Cat Day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 6 of the Cutest Cat Hugs for International Hug Your Cat Day  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 4, 2014 2:52 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 4, 2014 2:52 PM UTC ### Cat Hugs Baby Chick ### Mom Hugs Kitten Having a Nightmare ### Cat Hugs Like a Human ### Cat Hugs Man ### Cat Hugs a Stuffed Animal ### Baby Hugs Cat ### The Grumpy Cat Hug  David Livingston / Getty Images Pshh, you wish. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2821922/hug-your-cat-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2821922/hug-your-cat-day/"},"headline":"6 of the Cutest Cat Hugs for International Hug Your Cat Day","datePublished":"2014-06-04T14:52:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:37.968Z","description":"The most devoted cat lovers honor June 4 as Hug Your Cat Day. Below are some of our favorite viral cat hugs.","url":"https://time.com/2821922/hug-your-cat-day/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2821922/hug-your-cat-day/","name":"6 of the Cutest Cat Hugs for International Hug Your Cat Day"}}]}] ```