Animal rescuers with Lucky Dog Refuge found an abused and abandoned Pit Bull curled up in a ball on the verge of dying. The emaciated Pit Bull had been left in the woods and was in such poor health and spirit that they could tell she was ready to give up on life. Rescuer Stacey…
Dog lovers are applauding a judge’s sentencing against a woman accused of horrifically abusing a puppy in Detroit. The suspect was accused of beating a puppy and attempting to throw him into a river before police arrived to stop her. Luckily for the dog, police and detectives with Utica Police Department managed to stop the…
A trio of sick puppies are on their way to better lives thanks to a veterinarian who pulled them from a shelter. The three pups were found as strays at around 9 weeks old. Dr. Karri with Vet Ranch was able to take them in for medical care. The pups all had terrible skin infections…
Buying or adopting a dog from overseas has just gotten harder for Americans. U.S. health officials have announced a one year ban on importing dogs from 113 countries effective on July 14, 2021. The ban comes after an increased number of falsified rabies vaccination certificates have been used to bring dogs into the United States….
Rescuers had a heart-pounding experience trying to rescue a dog from a highway in St. Louis after the dog darted across the freeway. Donna with Stray Rescue of St. Louis pulled up alongside the dog, who was hugging the freeway wall. But just as she was about to exit the truck, “Dodge” ran across the…
Chris Larocque, said he would not be alive today had it not been for his Bernese Mountain Dog Bella’s act of bravery. Bella was honored for her courage, determination and fearless devotion, after being inducted into the Purina Animal Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada. One afternoon in November, Chris was home alone and while…
A mother dog and her newborn babies were found huddled in a small cardboard box under a car when Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac, Serbia arrived to help them. The dog had wandered by a shop seeking refuge and the kind shop keepers put the box next to the car for her because it had been…
He had one of the worst tick infestations they ever had seen. Korengo was roaming the streets of Phuket, Thailand when rescuers with Soi Dog Foundation spotted him. At only four years old, Korengo was in “heartbreaking condition.” His rescuers knew they had to save him. Korengo’s body was weak due to severe kidney disease…
A friendly stray Pit Bull who jumped on a school bus for a ride has been rescued off the streets. It was Monday when the white and tan dog followed some high school kids to a bus stop and then followed them on board. Kids on the bus said he acted like one of them…
A dog in Russia grabbed a reporter’s microphone and ran away during a live broadcast. Nadezhda Serezhkina from Mir TV was giving a report on the weather in Moscow when the dog suddenly appeared and stole her microphone from her hand! Serezhkina shouted at the naughty dog to stop as he ran away and chased…
An abandoned dog spent a week in a parking lot waiting for her owners to return. They never did. Instead, she wandered around the Brundage Walmart parking lot in California scrounging scraps of food from Good Samaritans and looking for her family. People posted pictures of the dog on social media and wrote “Like a…
A stray German Shepherd was given a second chance at life thanks to the efforts of one man and a shelter who refused to give up on the dog. Heiko was found wandering the streets in July and was brought in to Genesee County Animal Shelter in Batavia, NY. He arrived at the shelter seriously…