A very sick Rottweiler was rescued off the streets in Taiwan and nursed back to health. His transformation was so remarkable that he not only won over his rescuers, he won the hearts of dog lovers overseas and earned recognition for his amazing recovery. Poor Tiny was first saved by a local rescue group in…
A former street dog came to the rescue of a litter of kittens abandoned in a trash heap. Banzé (or “Scamp”) found the kittens when he was out in a neighborhood near São Paulo’s Jardim Aeroporto (Garden Airport) in Brazil. Banzé sniffed out the kittens in a cardboard box. As soon as he found them,…
A stray dog helped firefighters in Turkey save her puppies after they became stuck in a drainage canal in the town of Bodrum in the Turkish province of Muğla. A local named Erhan Erol called the firefighters after he noticed the puppies stuck in the hole, which was slowly filling with sea water. The firefighters…
From the DogHeirs archives comes the dramatic rescue of an elderly dog named Lucio, bound and dropped in a river to perish. Given how he was found, his recovery is remarkable to see. A blind and elderly dog named Lucio was saved from a river by kayakers who spotted him drowning in the water. The…
Galgos del Sol Animal Rescue comes to the rescue of galagos – Spanish hunting greyhounds – dogs who are abandoned or killed by the thousands each year at the end of hunting season in Spain. The dogs are not seen as potential pets so they end up either in kill shelters or more often dumped…
Rescuers found Scooch under an abandoned home at the end of a gravel road surrounded by other abandoned houses. It was pitch black but they could see the tan Pit Bull with their flashlight. He was crouched in a corner and as Donna with Stray Rescue of St. Louis crawled over to him he let…
A man in New Mexico came to the rescue of a dog he heard barking from a hot car. But he says he hesitated at first, not knowing if it would be better to wait for law enforcement or break the window. Gerasimos Klonis was leaving a restaurant with his girlfriend when he saw the…
A street dog who was made fun of for being morbidly obese has travelled halfway around the world for a better life. Mercedes began life as an abandoned dog – dumped from a Mercedes Benz at a Bangkok market in Thailand. She was adopted by a kind-hearted food vendor who looked after her for several…
Staff with the Richmond SPCA in Virginia are calling it one of the “most appalling” neglect cases they’ve seen in decades. A dog, kept under a bed for two years, could barely walk or eat, when he was surrendered by his owners three months ago. “The owner told us he had Lionheart under a bed…
A puppy is lucky to be alive after rescuers pulled her from the hot sand after she was buried alive on a beach in West Oahu, Hawaii. The pup now named Leialoha (which means “beloved child”) was baking in the hot sun, their abuser threatening her with a machete, when PAWS of Hawaii received an…
A young Vizsla named Haarlem was caught “red handed” trying to escape her kennel at a doggy daycare much to the surprise of her human and caregiver. Andrew Koehler’s wife took a photo of the moment and it was posted to Reddit with the caption, “Went to pick up dog from kennel and found her…
From the DogHeirs.com archives comes this heartwarming rescue story of a Weimaraner who survived not only a life-threatening tumor but also a high-kill shelter thanks to a group of kind rescuers determined to save him. When Tickled Pink Weimaraner Rescue was called about a Weimaraner on death-row at a high-kill shelter, they immediately went to…