When Gateway Pet Guardians received reports of a dog with a bucket stuck on his head they didn’t know it would become one of the “wildest” rescues in their history. The animal rescue, based in East Saint Louis, Illinois, was told that the dog had the bucket on his head for at least the last…
A Pit Bull living on the streets with her puppy is so grateful to be adopted. Nixi had been trying to survive in Houston, Texas, during the winter. Normally, the weather wouldn’t be a serious threat, but temperatures were expected to drop below freezing. An animal rescuer named Andrea heard about the mama dog and…
Stray Rescue of St. Louis never turns away a dog in need. This past week, they received a photo of a Shar Pei mix along with a plea for help. The dog had been attacked by other dogs and was covered in bite wounds. She had lived outside her entire life. The animal rescue organization…
A dog abandoned to die on a road is now safe and loved. When Milan with Dog Shelter Rescue, Serbia, got a call about Albert, they were told he was running back and forth across the road in search of food. He was very skittish and unsure of Milan and barked when he got close….
Meet Peanut. When the Pit Bull mix puppy arrived at an Arizona shelter she was very sick and in desperate need of help. Nadine Sipos Swart was at the Willcox Animal Shelter when Peanut was there and learned the poor puppy would be put down if no one stepped forward to help. Nadine advocates for homeless animals in the Arizona and photographed…
“My dog found a kitten, brought it home and now thinks it’s her baby.” That’s how Kristy described how her Basset Hound reacted when she found a stray kitten in the bushes. Kristy and Shea adopted Maggie the Basset Hound from a shelter in April and explains that Maggie has a soft spot for other…
A stray dog found wandering alone in the desert and blinded by porcupine quills is on the mend thanks to the kind people who rescued him. A woman found Willy in desperate shape in a rural eastern Utah area. He was “barely hanging on for life, dehydrated, emaciated, covered in fleas, and with severe injuries…
When Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac saw an abandoned and frightened dog wandering the snow-covered streets they drove out to help him. The young dog was ready to be rescued and lay down in the snow by the side of the road when his savior approached. But he was even happier when he arrived at the…
Meet Mary, a pregnant Pit Bull who was brought to a shelter with a very high kill rate. “My fiancee saved her from shelter that was a day away from putting her down, puppies and all,” Aaron Colby, Mary’s foster parent, explains to DogHeirs.com. “Her time was up at the shelter and she was so…
A stray dog barked furiously out front of a woman’s home, scaring her. But just days later, she was showing a softer side thanks to a caring animal rescuer and two puppies. A woman called Takis, an experienced Greek dog rescuer who founded and runs Takes Shelter. She told him the aggressive dog was barking…
When Stray Rescue of St. Louis spotted a dog with an injured foot they set about to rescue her. But when they noticed she had milk, Donna and her team of rescuers headed straight into the underbrush where she was living to find her puppies. Scrambling through the branches Donna crawled through the bushes until…
When Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac got a call that there was an abandoned puppy in a remote area in the countryside they didn’t expect what they found. Milan, who runs the shelter, traveled with a friend 10 kilometers away from his animal shelter to a desolate road with no home in sight. When they arrived…
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