Someone abandoned a malnourished mother dog, and her young puppies, in a cardboard box which was left in the middle of a field in Missouri. The heartbreaking situation was recounted by the Wright-Way Rescue Admission & Medical Services Campus on Thursday morning.

Two German shepherd puppies unable to use their back legs were found in a dumpster in Houston, Texas on Thursday. The shelter reached out to local rescue organizations asking for help:

In Boynton Beach, Florida, the dog seen being punched on a viral video has moved onto her new home. Addison, a two-year-old pit bull/Labrador retriever mix wiggled in delight on Thursday as she became reacquainted with the person who fostered her when she was a puppy.

A senior dog is terribly confused after her family decided to surrender her to a shelter in Texas. The dog, named Eda, is in Weatherford and her advocate writes:

Fifteen sick puppies rescued from a cargo service area at O’Hare International Airport were scheduled to be returned to their point of origin on Monday. The Chicago French Bulldog Rescue, the organization that has been caring for the puppies after they were discovered in a warehouse with no food or water, defied a court order out of concern for the dogs’ “health and welfare” and refused to take them to the airport to be boarded on a plane for an extended flight.

Dogs make such great foster parents. And that is exactly what one German Shepherd did for a couple of lion cubs at a Russian wildlife park. The two cubs were rejected by their mother and the dog took them in as her own. The two cubs had been born to their mother, a lioness named Sirona.

It’s not easy being a mail carrier. Not only do you have to walk for miles carrying loads of different mail and packages, but you need to do it in various weather conditions. Rain, extreme heat or cold, snow, etc., people still need their mail. But there is one perk of the job, and that is the friendly animals that you might meet along your route.

We could all use a helping hand in life, and it seems as if that is also true for our furry friends. Arnold is a perfect example of this. He is a 2-year-old Weimaraner, but when he was a little puppy, he was mauled by a German Shepherd.

When most people think about genetic mutations, they don’t necessarily get the best mental image. For one dog on Instagram, however, a genetic mutation has resulted in something adorable. In fact, people are falling in love with this dog’s lovely black patch.

Most people who have dogs want to do what they can to share their lives with the animal in every way possible. It is especially true when the holidays are involved, and Halloween is no different.

Cherry Jenkins is a big believer in second chances. This conviction has led the Texas woman to devote her life to rescuing and retraining shelter dogs to become service animals for veterans struggling to cope with the effects of PTSD.

A shelter dog name Splash discovered the phrase ‘third time’s a charm’ to be true. Puppies are irresistible but aren’t for everyone. They can be mischievous, energetic, and defiant, but are totally worth the trouble.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so perhaps that is what Kiki the cat is going for as she pretends to be just like her three Shiba Inu buddies: Saki, Ibuki, and Hazuki. The adorable little feline is an American Shorthair cat who lives in Japan alongside her family which includes the three canine siblings.

Eugene animal welfare officer (AWO), Ted Carlson, saved the life of a male husky that was locked inside a hot car in a mall parking lot.

There is only one thing worse than going to see the doctor, and that is going to see the dentist. Everyone hates the dentist. No matter how great your dental hygiene routine is, or how nice your dentist is, no one likes going to see the dentist.

A puppy in Nassau County, Florida, is lucky to be alive after someone threw her from a bridge. The 10-week-old terrier mix pup, dubbed Queso, survived with the help of a good Samaritan who pulled her from the swift water beneath the bridge along the Florida/Georgia line.

In Sorrento, Louisiana the owner of a sweet bulldog pleaded guilty to animal cruelty, yet her dog was returned to her. Nearly one year ago, the dog named Opie had been described as “skin and bones and horribly mistreated.”