A stray German Shepherd was given a second chance at life thanks to the efforts of one man and a shelter who refused to give up on the dog. Heiko was found wandering the streets in July and was brought in to Genesee County Animal Shelter in Batavia, NY. He arrived at the shelter seriously…
Mike Nuanes was confused when he received a call from an animal shelter saying they had a dog who was his. His girlfriend immediately went to check on their four dogs, and all were accounted for. He was even more confused when they said they were calling from a shelter 1,400 miles away. When he told…
As a stray Pit Bull darted through traffic towards an abandoned home, a Good Samaritan in the neighborhood spotted her and noticed the deep gash around her neck. Shortly after, Stray Rescue of St. Louis received a phone call from Sheila, the woman who had seen the injured dog. Donna and the rescue dispatch team…
Love Furry Friends rescue received a call about a litter of puppies dumped on the side of the road. Although their shelter overcrowded and they couldn’t take them right away (given limited resources available to them in Ukraine) they left food for the puppies with plans to come back the next day. But they noticed…
A joint report from USA Today and Investigate Midwest is questioning the safety of one of the most popular flea collars on the market. The news article has noted that the Environmental Protection Agency has received 75,000 complaints from pet owners about the Seresto Flea and Tick collar in the past few years. The report…
A Bernese Mountain Dog who had been missing on a mountain for nearly two weeks was dramatically rescued. Two-year-old Ohly was being walked with another dog and a friend of his family on a snowshoe trek in an area of the mountain called Suicide Gully in North Vancouver, British Columbia in the middle of November….
A Border Collie/Pointer cross named Snickers, was honored for his heroism in saving his owner’s life after he took desperate measures to save Gregory Gould’s life and succeeded. It was early morning in March, when Constable Rob Garnett and his partner responded to a call about Snickers, who was pacing in a resident’s driveway in…
Rescuers were surprised when they found a tiny puppy living among a cat colony that is home to hundreds of feral and abandoned cats. Love Furry Friends routinely feeds and sterilize the hundreds of cats that have live in a park in Ukraine. On this particular feeding day, they spotted a new face among the…
An abandoned and frightened dog was spotted on the roadside by rescuers at Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac, Serbia. Although she was tentative as he approached at first, she soon became excited and wagged her tail. Her emotions moved quickly from scared to happy, to scared again and soon her rescuer discovered why. There, in the…
Dog rescuers revisited an abandoned warehouse they had been using as a shelter to save a stray puppy. A young man who spotted the puppy running in the garbage-strewn area gave DAR Animal Rescue a call. The Greek rescue knew the place well. It was the location of their former shelter, which was recently destroyed…
An elderly Golden Retriever who had fallen into an icy pond and nearly drowned, was rescued by Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Larry LaVallee spotted the distressed dog one Thursday morning from his bathroom window overlooking the pond in Kippens, Western Newfoundland in Canada. He said he had first thought the object stuck in the ice…
A Pit Bull named Hank showed a remarkable will to survive and return home to his family after he became caught in an animal trap in the woods. Hank returned home on Christmas day after being missing for 20 days in the forest having taken extreme measures to free himself. His owner, Logan Langley, suspects…
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