The majority of rescue groups are started by extremely caring and conscientious people, with great intentions to help their animals. However, there is no national regulating body to monitor rescue groups and shelters to ensure that universally acceptable standards are met. Unfortunately, this enables problems such as abuse to occur. In some cases, the abuse arises when well meaning people get in over their heads, to the point where they can no longer properly care...

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A heroic stranger risked his own life to save a dog from a car just seconds before it burst into flames. Ciara Hartley was returning from an outing at Beecraigs Country Park in Scotland with her baby daughter and her Jack Russell Izzy, when the brakes in her car failed. Smoke started to come from the engine and into the car through the vents. "I managed to stop the car and get Amber out and...

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A Golden Retriever who got caught up in the currents of the Merrimack River was rescued by firefighters as his anxious owner looked on. Steve Soba was walking his dog Sam in Arms Park in Manchester, New Hampshire, when he let Sam off his leash for a minute and the dog ran down the steps by the riverside and jumped in for a swim, only to be swept away by the current. Soba and spectators...

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Katy Hudson and Courtney Clerico are no stranger to animal rescues, working with several rescue groups in Kern County, California. They got a telephone call about a puppy who would not leave the body of his mother, after she was hit and killed by a car. Hudson and Clerico went to rescue him. The puppy had been at his mother's side for days and was dehydrated and scared. The two women captured the rescue on...

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https://www.facebook.com/countysheltersanbernardino.dogsdayinn?sk=wall   05-06-12 Tao has received an urgent plea ( week ago ) this baby was found off of 820 . The lady that found him contacted AC , but no response . After waiting for someone to help and no luck she contacted Fred Pit who then went to get this baby . After going to the vet the vet determined he had been burned with cigarettes . Someone literally put out cigarettes on...

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Thirteen-year-old Paige Jansen and her 4-year-old brother Grant plan to participate in the upcoming national Lemonade Day children’s event to raise money to help bring home a litter of stray puppies and their mother from Afghanistan, so the dogs can be adopted by the Fort Hood soldiers who are currently looking out for them. The soldiers are deployed at a remote outpost in Pakitia province in Afghanistan and in a cold winter night in February,...

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I *heart* firefighters! Look closely at the photo below or you'll miss seeing the precious package the firefighter is holding. A person walking their dog early Friday morning noticed a Chihuahua trapped in a drain filled with water and called the local fire department. Firefighters were able to free the tiny dog, who is now doing fine. The dog was found on Pleasant Valley Parkway in Providence, Rhode Island. They are currently searching for the...

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A woman was driving home and passed by Bell Crossing in Montana when she noticed the river was rising. She thought she would take a moment to look at the wild ducks. Instead, the animal she found was completely unexpected. On a little island in the river was a pug. "I walked through the trees a little bit and staring at me from a little island was a pug," said Melissa Hamre. The pug was...

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A team of firefighters thought a dog stranded in a canal in Phoenix, Arizona was a stray, but that didn't stop them from working extra hard last week to rescue him. Thanks to their heroic efforts, Meredith Hedghes has her "baby" back at home where he belongs. When rescuers arrived at the canal the dog was swimming, trying to find land. Police tried to lasso the dog from shore but had no luck. Then firefighters...

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Colin White was rescued from drowning in the sea because his German Shepherd dog refused to go back to shore and ended up alerting the coastguard to his whereabouts. White was out walking his dog at the oceanside at Earnse Bay at Walney Cumbria in the UK on Friday when he hurt his leg and got into trouble. A passerby saw the pair around a half mile out and surrounded by water at the top...

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Susan Swaim at Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary received a call from Rowan County Animal shelter recently. "I have two special American heroes here," Swaim remembers hearing. "I think you're going to want to see them." Swaim is operation manager at the North Carolina based-rescue and mother to a U.S. Marine corporal who served in Afghanistan. She listened to the story of Sgt. Woody and Sgt. Raka, a pair of retired Army dogs, and knew she...

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