Francis was a.ban.doned in a cardboard box on the side of the road. They thought he was d.e.a.d, but then this miracle happened…
On a freezing Winter night, a few saw a cardboard box by the side of the road near a dumpster in their neighborhood.

It’s remarkable how a single photograph has the power to change lives, like the way it did for two shelter dogs. In 2015, Kala and Keira found themselves bunking together as shelter-mates — and with nothing but each other, they soon became joint at the hip.

Jimmy was heartbroken after his service dog disappeared on New Year’s Eve in Sherman Oaks. Feeling desperate, Jimmy Nicholos was pleading with the public to bring his best friend Boots back home for a $10,000 reward (which was funded by the public and the Start Rescue Resale Store’s owner where Jimmy worked at) even after the police report was filed.

When Hurricane Ida swept through New Orleans, many people and pets were impacted by the category 4 storm. One of those dogs was a pit bull named Bubbles, who was chained up outside by himself to brave the deadly storm, then spent days trapped in the rubble — hungry, thirsty, frightened, and desperate for help.

Recently, heart-breaking photos of a mother dog rescuing her 10-day-old puppies from a house fire have gone viral on the Internet. The mother dog risked her life multiple times to get all her puppies to safety after the fire broke out.

If you’ve ever heard the term ‘animal instincts,’ it perfectly describes one mama dog and her puppies. The poor puppies were stuck in flooding waters, but the frantic dog mom knew what she had to do.

Us humans should understand that trust is not something given for free it’s earned, especially for stray dogs they find it difficult to trust and believe humans after their traumatic experiences.

Having pets is a blessing. They are always there for you, they love you unconditionally and they are just adorable. Oftentimes, just like a human, dogs can have certain mental issues. Like separation anxiety.

The world isn’t perfect. Though everyone deserves love, care, and a sanctuary, not everyone gets these things. Some get these necessities, but even then it might still end someday. And no matter what we do, we can’t fix these problems altogether.

Coco was surrendered to Main Line Animal Rescue (MLAR) in 2019 after his family moved from Connecticut to Pennsylvania and no longer had any time for him. The shelter hoped they could find a new family sooner rather than later, as they hope for with all of their animals, but unfortunately that didn’t happen for Coco.

Last week, Maria Isabel Benites Chamba was laid to rest at age 95 in Ecuador. Chamba’s family and friends were in attendance to pay their respects at her funeral — but one attendee in particular insisted on doing even more.

It was over 90 degrees (32 C) in St. Louis when the call came in that a nursing dog and her puppies were hanging around a waste area of Midwest Waste in St. Louis.