Covered with sores and scabs from prolonged mange, this street dog in India was terrified of being touched. As soon as rescuers from Animal Aid Unlimited approached the dog he ran away. They had to resort to catching him with a net, but thankfully he wasn’t aggressive. Once he was back at their shelter and…
A man celebrating his birthday took heroic action to rescue a drowning dog he spotted in New York’s East River. Gabe Castellanos left his own birthday party when he saw the dog in trouble. The dog was struggling to stay above water and had no one around to help her. So Gabe grabbed a life…
When Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac got a call that there was an abandoned puppy in a remote area in the countryside they didn’t expect what they found. Milan, who runs the shelter, traveled with a friend 10 kilometers away from his animal shelter to a desolate road with no home in sight. When they arrived…
A bus driver saved a family dog from being stolen after the would-be dog thief got on his bus. Portland bus driver Mike Thomas is a bus driver with TriMet in Portland, Oregon. From the moment he say he saw a man walking a yellow Labrador Retriever in the middle of the street, at night…
Harris was found wrapped in a blanket by the side of a road. The sweet pup was skin and bones and his right side was covered in open wounds. Thankfully he was spotted by a Good Samaritan who brought him to Stray Rescue of Saint Louis on March 16, 2019. His condition was so dire…
A dog abandoned near the border between California and Mexico was getting sicker and sicker until Hope For Paws came along to save him. Pax was suffering from skin infections and malnutrition, but thankfully a man living in the area gave him food, otherwise he would likely not have survived. Eldad Hagar said he drove…
Workers on an oil rig far out at sea came to the rescue of a dog swimming in the water. The crew with Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production had no idea how the dog ended up 135 miles (220 kilometers) off the coast of Thailand, but knew they had to save him. The dog was…
A stray Pit Bull peered down from the top floor of an old, abandoned house at his rescuers from Stray Rescue of St. Louis. Trapped for two weeks, the only way in and out of the boarded-up home was through a basement window with no stairs. No doubt the dog had sought refuge but was…
When a young German Shepherd named Posse was first spotted at the shelter he was in terrible shape. “To say this young boy was neglected would be an understatement,” wrote lunderscoreo of Coastal German Shepherd Rescue O.C. Posse had open wounds up and down his legs, he was terribly underweight, his ribs visible on his…
Alfonso Galindo didn’t know what to make of the strange stains on his patio or his dog’s strange behavior and red eyes. But when he checked his recently installed surveillance camera he felt like throwing up by what he saw – his dog Pupa in agony on the ground shortly after the postal carrier dropped…
Buzu was living his life on the streets of Romania trying to get someone to notice him. Someone had taken pity on him and set up a cardboard dog house with a cushion inside. When Howl of A Dog spotted him, they noticed that he would follow after people, trying to get their attention. They…
It’s not every day a dog becomes an unexpected hero, but this Australian Shepherd became one when she saved a small dog from being run over. In a video shared by a dog owner in Canada, the big dog grabs the small dog in her mouth just as a car is backing up in a…