Blimpie had been waiting for 523 days at the Kent County Animal Shelter for a home. But that wait is finally over. When Blimpie arrived at the Kent County Animal Shelter in Michigan no one thought he would end up becoming a longtime resident. Blimpie was picked up as a stray in March 2022 when…
Recently, a dog named Rio miraculously survived a dangerous landslide while out on a hike with his human, Dín Medina Torres near their home in Peru. The pair were hiking in the mountains as they regularly love to do. Torres was filming Rio sniffing a tree when he noticed the ground beginning to shift. Torres…
A senior Romanian dog who lived in a small wooden box for seven years in the dark had given up hope until a group of animal lovers rallied to help her. “Seven years in Adjud public shelter, in the dark inside hall. Never seeing the sun, never feeling the grass,” Victoria Pombeiro with Pawprints to…
A police officer from the Greenville Police Department in North Carolina is being hailed as a “real life hero” after he rescued a Pit bull “inches from drowning” in the rising floodwaters that hit the city after tropical storm Ophelia arrived on early Saturday morning. In the video shared by the police department, Officer B….
For the past three days two dogs endured the cold rain after they were abandoned on the streets in Pennsylvania. Neighbors fed the dogs over the fence and when the dogs were offered blankets “they snuggled into them right away,” says Speranza Animal Rescue. The dogs were cold, scared and exhausted. Knowing the two dogs…
Petra Justine Corneliussen has seen a lot of chained and neglected dogs over the years but Destino stood out as one of the worst she had ever seen. The dog was chained to a stone hut in a rural town in the mountains. He was emaciated and his ears were bloodied. She suspected Destino was…
A 7-year-old rescue Whippet Rat Terrier mix dog went on an unwelcome adventure after she escaped from her family’s yard and found herself trapped along the river bank in Wellesley, MA. The poor dog named Maggie had gone over a waterfall and was on a ledge when the Wellesley Police Department and the Newton Fire…
A tiny dog suffering grave injuries is alive thanks to his fighting spirit and the heroic efforts of a team of animal rescuers in Houston, Texas. When Lola’s Lucky Day received a plea for help to save Tony, they immediately sprung into action. Samantha Zimmer, a foster coordinator with Lola’s Lucky Day, wrote in a…
“Moe-Moe was literally put out with the trash.” That’s how the 4-year-old American Bulldog mix came into the care of the Hoke County Animal Shelter in Raeford, North Carolina recently. The animal shelter shared that on September 7th, sanitation workers on their route spotted the dog by the curb along with the garbage. “Moe-Moe was…
A terrified stray puppy went from fearful of being hurt to wanting to be loved just a few hours after her rescue. A family found the small bully mix curled up on the doorstep of their house so they reached out to Stray Rescue of St. Louis for help. “We received a call that a…
A mama dog and her puppies who were living in a tent outside have brand new lives thanks to a team of dedicated animal rescue volunteers. Laurette, a dog foster mom in California, got an emergency phone call saying that a mama dog and her seven newborn puppies were living in the tent on a…
A family who had been feeding a skinny street dog called rescuers for help after the dog appeared at their doorstep severely injured. “A family said she showed up at their house a few weeks ago, emaciated,” Stray Rescue of St. Louis explained on how they came to rescue the dog. “They started leaving food…