A dog found buried alive was miraculously saved. Star was found by chance by animal welfare officers who happened to be in the area. When they found her, she had been bound, shot and buried in the ground. Her story touched animal lovers around the world. Star’s former owner, Alfred Vella, was located and confessed…
Over several weeks, Stray Rescue of St. Louis received began receiving many calls about a mama dog wandering in a neighborhood. People in the neighborhood knew the dog had recently given birth but no one knew where her puppies were. But Stray Rescue of St. Louis says during the weeks they searched for her pups,…
Poor Tumbleweed! The 5-month-old Great Pyrenees puppy was found stuck on a cactus and rushed to hospital at the Arizona Humane Society recently. Nina, an emergency animal medical technician with AHS, spotted the puppy while out. The poor puppy was covered with burrs and spines from the nasty cactus. But thankfully, Nina managed to free…
A California lifeguard came to the rescue of a panicked Bichon Frise in danger of drowning in the sea. The sweet dog named Tofu escaped her family’s yard and was spotted by a Good Samaritan running loose through a parking lot before plunging into the ocean and swimming out to sea. Lifeguards with the Long…
A tiny dog found under the rubble of the Turkey earthquake has found a loving family to look after him. A man named Umut lives in the Turkish city of Adiyaman. It was heavily hit by the devastating earthquakes that destroyed Umut’s home in February. Umut and his kids were driving through the ruins of…
A senior dog who almost froze to death in a ditch has been reunited with her family thanks to a diligent deputy from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office in Maine, USA. On the evening of February 25, Deputy Mark Anderson responded to a report of a dog laying in the road. He went to the…
Zelda lived as a stray dog in a field for 7 years. “It was not easy, considering the harsh Romanian winters, but she had her little ‘house’ there and a kind man brought her food regularly,” wrote Romanian dog rescue Howl Of The Dog. Zelda had other dog friends there and whenever people came to…
Asher was rescued after he passed from home to home and experienced untold trauma along the way. Now his work is saving thousands of lives. When Claire Guest rescued Asher, it was clear to her the spaniel had a traumatic past. He had had many unsuccessful rehomings and used to run away. His experiences left…
While out on their daily routine feeding the stray dogs in Greece, Valia and her fellow rescuers with DAR Animal Rescue noticed a dog lying under a tree. When Valia stopped to feed him she looked into his eyes and immediately knew that he was sick and needed help. Valia quickly ran out to him,…
Nurse Amber Streid was among the Good Samaritans who stopped to try and save a puppy running on a Los Angeles freeway recently. In harrowing video, the dog is dashing down the highway. One pickup truck slows down on the shoulder to try and get a hold of the dog and another car pulls up…
A six-month-old puppy is one lucky dog after she jumped out of the family’s car and into the path of an oncoming semi truck! The accident occurred when Ryan Cramer and his family were driving on a Los Angeles freeway and their puppy, Sophie, was sitting in the front seat. He rolled the window to…
Meet Ollie, a stray dog rescued in Greece that loves ever person he meets. The young dog lived among a pack of strays by the seaside in a Greek village when Valia with the Orphan Pet first laid eyes on him. He ran over to her with a big grin on his face and his…