As a stray Rosie was scalded after people threw hot water on her because they thought she was a pest. Sidewalk Specials came to the Cape Town neighborhood to help her but she didn’t want to be caught.
But they managed to get her and bring her to a vet and learned they had rescued her just in time as she had cancer – advanced TVT (transmissible venereal tumor) – in addition to her terrible third degree burns
Thankfully, Sidewalk Specials’ donors helped support Rosie during her recovery over many months. And what a transformation! She looks like a different dog now. She’s also got the best new family who take such good care of her!
An abandoned puppy just rescued from a chain can’t stop showing how grateful he is to the woman who saved him. Reportedly, this poor abandoned dog went days without food, water or shelter, and was dying from dehydration and starvation in the hot summer weather. He was tied up on a long, heavy chain, unable…
A young stray dog on the streets of a town in Serbia was starving and sick when Milan with Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac received a call from a concerned Good Samaritan. He immediately drove out to rescue the poor hound. Milan extended his hand and called the skinny dog to him. The dog approached him…
A dog used for backyard breeding was abandoned by her owners after she proved unprofitable for them. Solari was cast aside by her owners after they couldn’t sell her last litter of puppies. They kicked her out of their yard and let her roam the neighborhood to fend for herself. Neighbors Lisa and Grant had…
Dozens of animals, including 17 dogs, got a helping hand from a man who went to help a friend rescue his animals from the California wildfires and ended up saving a whole lot more. Dan Sauvageau is a developer from Roseville, California. He drove to Magalia in Butte County in a heavy-duty truck with a…
A man is relieved after reuniting with his dog just hours after he was stolen from the family’s front yard in broad daylight. The dog guardian managed to track down the thief and retrieve his dog with help from police. Dog guardian Brandon Kecser said his 7-month-old Pyrenees, Polar, was stolen just before 5pm on…
Some young men who are diggers in Novosibirsk, Russia, put their talents to work to save a puppy trapped in a tunnel. Diggers are urban underground explorers who explore the underground systems located under cities – like underground bunkers, tunnel systems and abandoned metros. “It was a very hard rescue operation,” writes one of the…
