"Scared, but this little pup survived" Oklahoma County Sheriff shared the picture of the dog on Twitter on Monday, just hours after a deadly tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma.  A tornado 2 miles wide (3 km wide) tore through the Oklahoma City suburb on Monday. The storm killed at least 51 people including 20 children and destroyed entire tracts of homes and two schools in its wake.  The Animal Resource Center is taking in pets misplaced...

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  Bridget Evans' service dog Hero was on hand for her recent graduation and both dressed in cap and gown for the special occassion. She writes, "This is my service dog, Hero, after we graduated with our Master's degrees at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign." "Hero knows over forty commands to assist me. He loves to retrieve objects for my like envelopes, pens, my crutches, etc. He also turns off the lights, opens doors,...

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Barbara Garcia, a survivor of the massive tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb yesterday, found her dog buried alive under the rubble during an TV interview. "Well I thought God just answered one prayer to let me be OK, but he answered both of them...because this was my second prayer," Barbara said.

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"Scared, but this little pup survived" Oklahoma County Sheriff shared the picture of the dog on Twitter on Monday, just hours after a deadly tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma.  A tornado 2 miles wide (3 km wide) tore through the Oklahoma City suburb on Monday. The storm killed at least 51 people including 20 children and destroyed entire tracts of homes and two schools in its wake.  The Animal Resource Center is taking in pets misplaced...

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Bruce is a Bull Mastiff/Great Dane mix available for adoption at the Humane Society of Durham Region. The shelter received a generous, anonymous donation this week. A Canadian animal shelter was surprised this week after a young man came by the shelter and dropped off an envelope that contained a $25,000 donation. Ontario's Humane Society of Durham Region said the mystery man came by and gave the money. He did not want a tax receipt...

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"Dogs weren't meant to fly, but he had an angel with him," said Jerry Shuttlesworth. Jerry is speaking about his dog Junior, who was ripped from his arms after a tornado touched down over his mobile home in Grandbury, Texas earlier this week. His mobile home is gone, but he is grateful to have his bull-terrier mix back in his arms. Jerry, 53, broke his foot and got a nasty gash in his forehead. He...

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  Bridget Evans' service dog Hero was on hand for her recent graduation and both dressed in cap and gown for the special occassion. She writes, "This is my service dog, Hero, after we graduated with our Master's degrees at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign." "Hero knows over forty commands to assist me. He loves to retrieve objects for my like envelopes, pens, my crutches, etc. He also turns off the lights, opens doors,...

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When Marine Sergeant Ross Gundlach and his K9 partner, Casey, served in Afghanistan last year, Ross made a promise to the dog that he would do whatever it took to find her when he returned home. Ross worked with Casey sweeping roads for explosives in Helmand Province and the pair bonded while overseas. They successfully completed 150 combat missions together, and Ross credits Casey for saving his life and several in his unit. "About midway...

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  An orphaned badger found his way to safety after following an animal lover and his dog to safety. The lost badger cub was found in the Welsh countryside by David Adams and his Springer Spaniel pup Cindy. David said, "Cindy was obviously curious and ran at the badger and it made a fuss. I pulled her away and carried on with our walk." When they returned 20 minutes later, the cub was still there....

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http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/22264918/2013/05/15/bystanders-help-coyote-pup-who-got-stuck-in-cactus   SUN CITY, Ariz. - It was a tough day for a little coyote pup who went head-first into a cholla cactus. The little guy was covered in cholla clumps when he was found by a Sun City woman who was walking through her neighborhood. We talked to the woman who spotted him. "There he was rolling around and around, he was covered with cholla cactus," says Gwen Maxwell. "It was so distressing to...

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dompet-violence Authors: Núria Querol Viñas MD MSc BSc 1, Àngel Cuquerella MD MSc BSc  2 ,  Frank Ascione PhD 1 , Sònia Pujol 3, Angelo Puccia 4, Anthony Pinizzotto PhD 5, Federica Gradante BSc 4, Stefan Bogaerts PhD 7 1 Founder of GEVHA, Fellow IHAC University of Denver, Colorado, USA, Ass. Researcher Chair "Animals and Health", Dep. Psychiatry and Legal Medicine UAB, Comission Against Family and Gender Violence, University Hospital Mútua Terrassa, American Society of Criminology, The National Link Coalition...

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A homeless man is asking for help after someone stole his beloved dog. "The dog was all that was important to me," said James Bryant. James lives in Hudson, Florida and Handover, his 5-year-old Pit bull was a gift from his late wife. She died last year from breast cancer and had given Handover to James to keep him company. "He's my life. He was the only thing I had left over from Jane when...

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