Most everyone is aware that the United States has myriad servicemen and women serving in the Middle East, but fewer are aware of the dogs that often serve alongside. And while some are deployed along with our soldiers, others meet up with them along the way, injecting brightness and love and companionship into tours that can leave a person lonely, stressed, drained.

When two Army servicemen — Sgt. Christian Cox an Spec. Michael Fenton — reached out to Guardians of Rescue for help in bringing two such animals stateside to forever homes, the organization gladly stepped in.

“We realize how important these dogs are to the health and well being of the soldiers who have been caring for them and working alongside of them,” explains Robert Misseri, president of Guardians of Rescue. “We are excited that we will be keeping these two dogs with the men who mean so much to them and vice versa. It’s a small gesture that we do for our soldiers that has a big impact.”

Cox is awaiting the arrival of Ghost, a stray with whom he formed a special bond. Fenton will be adopting Amigo, a service dog now headed into retirement.

Plans are in place to bring the dogs to the States, where they will live with the soldiers’ families until they come home from their duties abroad. Guardians of Rescue will send one of their members, who is retired military, to escort the animals to America safely.

“We are very honored to be helping the military and these dogs,” adds Misseri. “But we need your support to accomplish our goal of raising $10,000 – which is the funds required to get the dogs out of the Middle East and into their forever homes in America.”

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The friendly stray suffers from Bilateral Entropion, which means his eyelashes folded inward. This condition not only makes him very uncomfortable, but it keeps him from opening his eyes and seeing the world.

Because the dog’s eyelashes are constantly rubbing against his eyes, Stevenson’s corneas are irritated. If he doesn’t get surgery to fix them soon, he could have permanent damage and even go blind.

Entropion is usually cause by genetic factors and if not corrected in time, it can lead to scarring of the eyelid or nerve damage.

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In China, there is a two-legged, female stray that has given birth to puppies, and even with her disability she still cares for her family and makes sure none of her puppies are in harm’s ways.

The momma is known as Shi Bao, and she wasn’t always homeless. Her owner abandoned her and she took refuge near Kouguan railway station in Datong, Shanxi Province. Unfortunately the abandoned pet lost her hind legs in an accident. Locals believe she was either hit by a car or run over by a train, but either way, she survived and has been fending for herself ever since.

Shi Bao gave birth to healthy, beautiful puppies, all have their four legs. Every day, the two-legged momma guides her babies around the train station while they scavenge for food. The heroic mom makes sure her children are always near her and far from harm.

We know animals in China are not as well protected by laws as other animals in other countries, but we hope that Shi Bao and her babies find a Good Samaritan or animal rescue organization that would take them in put an end to their lonely and harsh days on the streets. All animals deserve a loving home and Shi Bao has proved she is worthy of true love and a happily ever after.

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When the senior dog was found on the streets of the Mexico city, he was paralyzed. Rescuers carried him to their veterinarian and learned the dog not only had suffered various fractures in the past, but he was also fighting testicular cancer.

The rescue organization shared Pablito’s story on Facebook and when Raúl Julia Levy learned the dog’s story, he immediately offered to fly the dog to California and pay for the cost of all cancer treatments.

Pablito, arrived on Jan. 7, 2016, and is being treated at UC Davis Medical Research Institute. The dog requires chemotherapy session and dialysis. The treatments have an approximate cost of $30,000. Everyone hopes the therapy prolongs his life and Pablito gets to live his remaining days surrounded by love.

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Rescuers saved the mom and six puppies they found living in the bushes. Statistically, only one puppy per little born on the streets survives to adulthood, but thanks to Lucky Dog Animal Rescue all puppies will get a chance to grow old in a loving home.

The stray mom and her six babies were rescued off the streets and the following day a seventh puppy was found. All dogs are being cared for and when ready, they will be flown to the mainland for their happily ever after in loving forever homes.

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Animal Control workers found a foster home for Lily (the were calling her “Roo”) while they launched a campaign to get her the ideal forever home. They put together a press release package with pictures and information on the dog. A local news station ran a televised news story of Lily/Roo and her owners Katera Williams and husband Jermaine McCorvey recognized their pet and went to claim their dog.

Williams told AZCentral she had gone out of town and left her dog with a friend,. On an outing to a dog, Lily was left unattended for a few minutes before vanishing. Williams believes a passerby saw the dog all alone and thought she had been abandoned. The person took the pet and turned her in at an animal hospital.

Lily joined her family in Dec. 17, 2014 after she was found in a dumpster. McCorvey adopted the dog after a veterinarian examined the pet.

In the past, Williams and her husband tried to raise funds using GoFundMe to get their disabled dog a doggy cart, but the donation page had been unsuccessful and Lily simply had to learn to mobilize as best she could with just her hind two legs

After the Maricopa Country Animal Care and Control launched their campaign, many animal lovers offered to help Lily. Cheryl Hintzen-Gaines and her husband from Phoenix, stepped up to pay for prosthesis or a wheel cart.

“I saw her on TV and she was [a] beautiful animal,” said Hintzen-Gaines. “I felt very sad to see this very active dog have to go around on her little stubby appendages. If prosthetics is what the dog needs, and/or little cart, we will do that.”

Thanks to a large community of animal lovers, Lily reunited with her loving family and is getting a wheel cart to help improve her quality of life.

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It took seven days for the swelling to go down, but it took 38 days for Winnie to heal completely. Watch this video and see Winnie’s amazing recovery.

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Andrey Pinzón Trujillo told the BBC he and a group of co-workers do this every Thursday night. They always plan to spend about to hours walking the streets and feeding the homeless and sick dogs, but most Thursday nights they walk until close to midnight.

This service started about a year ago when Pinzón Trujillo volunteered in a pet health fair. During the event, local area dogs (including the homeless) received vaccines. While volunteering, the officer came across a young stray dog he fell in love with and the little dog became the officer’s inspiration to do something more to help pets in need.

Pinzón Trujillo was thinking of buying a pure breed dog, but when he met the young dog the idea of buying a pet went out the window and instead the officer decided to save the stray by adopting it.

The dog is now named Beto, and he too comes along each Thursday night to walk the street with his humans and other police officers to feed the strays. Some of those strays are Beto’s street friends.

The officer might not be able to take every single dog home, or find homes for all the strays, but he at least is inspiring people to come out and help those in need. While not all dogs find a home, they at least get a good meal.

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Click HERE to sign a petition to help put a stop to the Yulin Dog Meat Eating Festival

To celebrate this disturbing “event” thousands of stray dogs (and sometimes even owner’s dogs!) are captured and served up as meals for festival goers to feast on. Shocking, heartbreaking, cruel… so many words can describe this unethical treatment of man’s best friend. But for this sweet woman who takes her love for animals to what some people would consider extreme, she used her own money to rescue over 300 animals last year from being slaughtered and served up as food at the festival. And she’s determined to do it again!

Yang Xiaoyun began her work rescuing stray dogs and cats shortly after retiring from teaching, and if it wasn’t for these animals she doesn’t even know if she’d still be here. After Yang’s husband passed away she became very depressed, and she feels as if these rescue animals that needed her so badly actually rescued her from taking her own life.

Watch this video below of her previous efforts, showing the safe haven she has created for her precious pets that she loves so dearly:

https://youtu.be/0zYnQCw9gYY

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