When Annie McHound arrived at Stray Rescue of St. Louis she was covered in hundreds of fleas. And what her rescuers thought was motor oil on her fur turned out to be dry blood from all the insect bites! The dog had wandered into someone’s backyard for help and they called the Missouri-based rescue. Thank…
When Eleanor first stepped into a home, the puppy-mill dog was so overwhelmed by wide open spaces that she sought out the smallest room in the house. Having been kept in a tiny cage her whole life had left her afraid and uncertain. Her foster mom, Jill, said Eleanor was too afraid to even walk….
A stray dog found in blistering heat by the roadside by a Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper has been adopted by him. Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Pumpy Tudors helped rescue the dog (now named Princess) after he received an alert from a Good Samaritan and saw her next to the side of an interstate. Princess had…
Rescue, recovery and adoption of abandoned dog with a painful wound on the neck. A Pit Bull was lying alone by the side of the road in the middle of nowhere when rescuers with Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac, Serbia found him. He had a painful gash on his neck. But despite his injuries, the friendly…
“I couldn’t believe someone would just come up to a park and push their dog out of a car and leave him.” That’s what Carl Anderson, an Air Force veteran, thought when he saw the Pit Bull dumped at night in the park across from where he lives in Colorado Springs last month. Anderson went…
With soaring temperatures in many States, over 100 million people have been cautioned to keep indoors and out of the heat. But what happens if you lose power, your air-conditioning and have dozens of dogs to look after? That’s the scary situation that faced the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center in Colombus, Ohio…
Toy dog breeds are tiny, agile and adorable. But fit for police duty? It doesn’t spring first to mind, but in Japan small breeds have been part of Japanese police departments for 21 years! A toy poodle named Hannah recently joined police in Okayama, western Japan after passing a rigorous test. She joins other small…
A dog stolen 11 years ago from his home gave his family a welcome shock. A few months ago, Michelle Carlos, Animal Control Officer with Stoughton Police Department in Massachusetts, spotted a tiny Yorkshire Terrier running loose on the street. She picked him up and brought him back to the shelter for care. “Animal Control…
Oaty is not “just your average sweetheart with mange” says Animal Aid Unlimited, India. The little dog was very scared when they arrived to rescue him, but the “second he was in our arms on that treatment table” Oaty was so grateful. The moment they began to give him treatment “Oaty’s tail started to wag…
A well-known animal rescuer in the community of Columbia, South Carolina has been charged with multiple counts of ill treatment of animals after deputies found 30 animals decomposing in her home. WIS reports that 47-year-old Caroline “Dawn” Pennington was arrested after deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department responded to a caller who told them…
A trapped dog was desperate to get out of a derelict home but rescuing him wasn’t without its challenges. “These abandoned houses are so dangerous. Donna fell through the floor but thank God she wasn’t hurt,” Stray Rescue of St. Louis writes of their long-time rescuer Donna Lochman, who went into the house to save…
When Katlin Pardy first spotted Rosy, the mama dog lead her up a road, onto a dirt path, and to an abandoned shack. There, Katlin found two puppies. Fortunately, rescuing the dogs was easy and Rosy followed Katlin to her car as she carried her puppies. Katlin found fosters for the puppies quickly, but finding…
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