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New Year: Neglected Stray Learns Compassion from Strangers
Just a few hours after the New Year started, animal lovers from Cartagena, Colombia, were shocked and saddened to learn the story of a stray – now named Saori – who was rotting and starving to deat…
Dog Nearly Hanged to Death Now Lives Pampered Life
Sunny got adopted to a loving forever family that treats her like royalty. However, her story could have been very different if someone hadn’t found her when they did and rescue her. She’s go…
Dog Insistent on a Walk Leads Owner to Missing Elderly Woman
Rebecca Burley was about to go volunteer at an animal shelter on Tuesday when her dog, Roxanne, demanded to be taken for a walk. As fate would have it, an elderly woman had gone missing, and th…
FBI’s New Animal Cruelty Classification Program Begins Today
Beginning today, the FBI will initiate a new program targeting animal abusers. Cruelty cases will be categorized and tracked, with the aim of cracking down on abusers.
Back in 2014, we told…
Dog Leads Rescuers to Sister After She Fell Through Ice
Senga and Mishka are sisters, and are very close. When Mishka fell through some ice that had formed on Notched Pond which is in Raymond, Maine, her sister Senga led a neighbor to her sister so…
When She Rescued This Husky, She Had No Idea He Would Be Saving Her
When Kyro the Siberian husky was born, he and his littermates were in trouble. Their mother wouldn’t feed them for some reason — and they only survived because a kind soul named Amanda Tromp b…
Born With Birth Defects, Derby The Dog Can Now Live Life To The Fullest!
Dog & Girl Who Survived Siberian Wilderness Honored with Statue
Last year we shared with you the story of Karina and her dog Naida, who dutifully protected her when she spent nearly two weeks lost in the vast wilderness of Siberia. Naida only left the girl…
Weather Dog Totally Steals the Show!
If you were hoping to get the forecast in the Edmonton area last week, you might have had a difficult time – Ripple the rescue dog, who was visiting the studio, was far more interested in playi…
Boy Carries Dog through Flood Waters
With the recent devastation in Colorado due the destructive rain storms and floods we can only look for signs of hope.
So far there are more than 1,000 people unaccounted for and authorities hav…
Dog Who Lost Foot in a Bear Trap Fighting for a Better New Year
This story comes from Second Chance Rescue:
Wooly was abandoned over a year ago in Dallas, TX, and was finally captured in November of this year. He was frozen with fear and in absolutely ho…
Two Dogs Meet at a Hospital and Become Best Friends
Olaf was surrendered to an NYC shelter just before Christmas, and little Mariah was abandoned in a parking lot. Both needed emergency treatment, but what they got was so much more!
A ve…
Man Sacrifices Himself to Save Stranger’s Dog from Abuse
An altruistic man made the ultimate sacrifice when he stepped in to help a dog being kicked in a parking lot. He lost his life, but spared the dog any further abuse.
On December 11th, David…
Senior Home Oldest Four-Legged Resident Dies
Bob, a 16-year-old Black Labrador from Somerset, England, had a good life. His first ten years of life were spent happily with his owner Harold Pursey in their home, and the last five years were sp…