You have the right to remain cute! Hunky cop is inundated with marriage proposals after he just rescued and adopted kitten

  • Baltimore police officer Jon Boyer, 26, regularly drops off stray cats and dogs he finds to the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter
  • But when he brought in an adorable kitty last May, the animal shelter posted a heart-melting picture of the pair on its Facebook page
  • The image received more than 4,000 likes and several hundred comments praising his selfless work -- and handsome looks
  • Now the officer features in the BARCS ad campaign 'Show Your Soft Side' and he has his own Facebook fan page, 'I love Jon Boyer'
  • He adopted the kitty in the picture - Lilly - and has two other cats at home

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 17:34 EST, 30 March 2014 | UPDATED: 07:21 EST, 31 March 2014

A hunky Baltimore police officer has been inundated with marriage proposals after a photo of him cuddling a stray kitten he rescued and then adopted went viral.

Jon Boyer, 26, has always had a soft spot for animals and regularly drops off stray cats and dogs he finds around the city to the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter. But when he brought in an adorable kitty last May, his good deeds became an internet sensation after the animal shelter posted a heart-melting picture of the pair on its Facebook page.

The image received more than 4,000 likes and several hundred comments praising his selfless work -- and handsome looks.

Internet heartthrob: Hunky Baltimore police officer Jon Boyer, pictured, has been inundated with marriage proposals after this photo of him cuddling a stray kitten he rescued and then adopted went viral

Internet heartthrob: Hunky Baltimore police officer Jon Boyer, pictured, has been inundated with marriage proposals after this photo of him cuddling a stray kitten he rescued and then adopted went viral

Now the officer features in the BARCS ad campaign 'Show Your Soft Side' and he has his own Facebook fan page, 'I love Jon Boyer.'

Comments on the Facebook page include 'Nothing sexier than a man with his rescued animal!' and 'OMG!!!!! HE IS HOT!!!!' Other Facebook users wrote: 'My future husband,' and 'Is he single??'    

 

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'It was kind of weird. I hadn't been expecting that attention at all,' Boyer told Today.com of his rise to fame.

'(Rescuing animals) was kind of a thing I'd been doing a little while before that. It just happened to blow up with that picture.'

He said he's always had a love for animals, particularly cats.

Star: Now the officer features in the Baltimore Animal Rescue Care Shelter's ad campaign 'Show Your Soft Side,' pictured, and he has his own Facebook fan page, 'I love Jon Boyer'

Star: Now the officer features in the Baltimore Animal Rescue Care Shelter's ad campaign 'Show Your Soft Side,' pictured, and he has his own Facebook fan page, 'I love Jon Boyer'

Cute: Boyer, who's been an officer with the Baltimore Police Department for three and a half years, had six cats at one point, and all but two are rescue kittens

Cute: Boyer, who's been an officer with the Baltimore Police Department for three and a half years, had six cats at one point, and all but two are rescue kittens

Longtime love: 'I used to hang posters in my room of cats, because I loved them,' he said

Longtime love: 'I used to hang posters in my room of cats, because I loved them,' he said

'I used to hang posters in my room of cats, because I loved them,' he said. 'My parents always wondered why I didn't like dogs. I love dogs, but cats are kinda my thing.'

Boyer, who's been an officer with the Baltimore Police Department for three and a half years, had six cats at one point, and all but two are rescue kittens.

Now he has three cats, including Lilly, the kitten in the photo that made him a heartthrob.

He said he gets why the picture went viral, telling Today.com 'the whole guy in a police uniform with a kitten makes people melt'

Hero: Boyer, pictured, has always had a soft spot for animals and regularly drops off stray cats and dogs he finds around the city to the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter

Hero: Boyer, pictured, has always had a soft spot for animals and regularly drops off stray cats and dogs he finds around the city to the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter

Teasing: While he's fielding a steady stream of marriage proposals from his female fans, he said his fellow officers have responded to his newfound fame by jokingly nicknaming him 'cat man'

Teasing: While he's fielding a steady stream of marriage proposals from his female fans, he said his fellow officers have responded to his newfound fame by jokingly nicknaming him 'cat man'

However, he insisted rescuing stray animals was just 'one of the million things' he and his colleagues' do on a daily basis.

While he's fielding a steady stream of marriage proposals from his female fans, he said his fellow officers have responded to his newfound fame by jokingly nicknaming him 'cat man.'

This was worth it if it meant bringing a greater awareness to the cause of helping stray animals in need, he said.

'If (the media interest) is giving animals a chance to get rescued that wouldn't have had a chance to before because someone sees my story, that makes me happy,' he said.

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I have always believed you can tell whether a person is kind hearted or horrible and selfish by asking them whether they like animals. Those that do always turn out to be giving, caring people who you would want to make friends with. Those that don't, in my experience always turn out to be utter selfish ar$Eh&!@s. Try it if you don't believe me.

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men who love pets are better in bed and more romantic! ;)

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He just found him some pu**y .

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so these women proposed marriage knows three things about this cop. his appearance, he is a cop and he likes cats.

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It shows his character and I would have to say he has great character.

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Homeless kitten: get 5 Star treatment. Homeless man: get 5 bullets in the back.

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Ridiculously Photogenic Cop!

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Work it dude.....real men don't have male breast enhancement surgery, they lift weights, so the whole cat thing works.......

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These are the type of officers America needs. Not these trigger happy cops that will shoot you for not having a bus ticket.

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If I were considerably younger and much better looking, this man wouldn't stand a chance. It's not that he is so handsome, either. That is only the cherry on top. Any man who loves animals and has an especially soft spot for cats is as good as it gets for me! Purrrr.

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This guy's kindness as a human being is being overrated because of his job title. Many a man love cats and do similar things. I think this article, and the reaction to it, is more status symbol worship than anything else.

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The problem is your thinking. That's all.

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I doubt that most people (men & women) risk their lives on a daily basis like police officers do, dealing with dirtbags and other people who can't cope with life. You can hate police all you want, but you can't deny that no one calls the cops when good things are happening.

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