It was a surprising start to the new year for one Wisconsin woman after she found a stranger in her home, sleeping on her dog’s bed alongside her 150-pound mastiff, Benton. Benton is a Boerboel, a breed known for being fierce guardians. But on this occasion Benton seemed to sense the drunk man in his…
An animal rescuer on route to his shelter made an unexpected stop to save a dog abandoned on the side of the road. Dogs in Serbia are commonly abandoned on the street or in the woods and the founder of Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac is often the one rescuing them. That’s how this beautiful two-year-old female…
An abandoned Shar-Pei mix puppy had been left outside in the freezing cold, chained and forgotten. Malnourished and suffering from a severe eye infection that was threatening her vision, the dog desperately needed help. When rescuer volunteers arrived to save her, they found the water in her dirty bowl frozen solid. They took her to…
A Good Samaritan first spotted the sweet Beagle/Hound mix at a construction site. The remote location turns out to be a popular dumping spot for dogs. This particular dog, however, couldn’t stand up and the Good Samaritan learned she had been out in the cold lying in the dirt for a few days. He went…
A woman in California refused to give up on a large stray dog, spending three years trying to rescue her. While out for a walk with her dog Kristine Munir spotted a gigantic dog in the canyon out back of her home. She immediately put food out for the dog every morning and every evening,…
A stray puppy who got himself stuck in a life-threatening situation is alive today thanks to rescuers. When they arrived they found the poor puppy stuck to the ground by tar. He was stuck so badly that he couldn’t move. “The look of utter terror on his face broke our hearts,” Animal Aid Unlimited, India…
His rescuers can’t quite believe he’s so happy considering all he’s been through but little Wyatt has proven himself a “little warrior” after a harrowing ordeal. The Shih Tzu mix was found inside a garbage bag in a cardboard box left outside a Costco parking lot in Edmonton, Alberta in November and taken to the…
A police dog who served with the Jackson Police Department for nine years was recently discovered at an animal shelter after his handler abandoned him there. Ringo the Labrador Retriever retired this past October, so his former trailer was shocked when he learned the dog was at the animal shelter in Madison, Mississippi and up…
A pair of beagle mixes are on the mend after authorities say someone threw them out of a moving vehicle on a snowy New York highway. The dogs were rescued by a passing trucker, but one was so badly mangled that a front leg had to be amputated. Two beagle mixes are alive and recovering…
Bebé, Nick, Niña and Tico — four dogs who are looked after by a homeless man in Brazil — stood waiting patiently at the entrance of a hospital after he was rushed there to for treatment. A photo of the loyal dogs at the hospital went viral on social media, prompting news media to find…
Dogs of all sizes and breeds crowded the pews and halls of an Irish cathedral for a very special Christmas carol service just for them. The 2018 annual Peata Therapy Dog Carol Service in Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral was packed with the canine carolers to celebrate the therapy dogs who help comfort people in caring…
Germany’s biggest animal shelters are banning adoptions for the Christmas season. Berlin’s Bremen animal shelter, the largest in Europe, was the first to announce a moratorium on adoptions after December 18th. The shelter houses around 500 homeless dogs and cats. It seems counter-intuitive, but the shelter says it’s for the good of the animals. Shelters…
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