A mass dumping of dogs around Houston has mobilized Texas animal rescues into action to save their lives. A whopping 120 dogs have been found abandoned on the streets of Houston in the past week, according to Apollo Support & Rescue for Abandoned Dogs, leading rescuers to believe an animal hoarder or puppy mill breeder…
A woman wearing an eyepatch brought a senior bulldog in to The Secret Garden Pet Resort in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts for a grooming and never returned. “William Katz” is supposedly his name, but all other information on the intake form the woman filled out was fake. Staff discovered this after they took in “Willie” and…
An animal rescue group says a dog placed in a program that pairs Ohio inmates with foster dogs was found dead in a cell, beaten to death. Joseph’s Legacy, an animal rescue charity in southwestern Ohio, says one of its dogs, Evie, was found dead at Warren Correctional Institution late last month. The sweet 4-year-old…
A dog’s love of bacon got him in a spot of trouble when he ended up crashing his owner’s truck. The 13-year-old black Labrador Retriever named Elvis was on his way camping with his human, Paul Shearn, when they made a quick stop for last-minute camping supplies. Shearn left the truck running with the air…
A pregnant dog who was abandoned by her owners and waiting day and night by the front door is in safe hands thanks to rescuers. Tania Cappelluti teaches yoga in Costa Rica and helped establish Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue Costa Rica (CAARCR) after she saw how many stray pets lived on the streets in terrible…
Seven puppies have been rescued by a passer-by after being left to die in scorching summer temperatures. Sebastian Bushey, 28, was in disbelief when he found not one but seven abandoned puppies lying near the road on his way home from work. The construction worker from Washington, US, quickly began filming the puppies as he…
Miss Willie the dog was kept chained outside in North Carolina for 12 long years, according her rescuers. Until the day one of the staff of PETA found Miss Willie too weak to stand and suffering from advanced heart worm disease. Miss Willie’s owner finally agreed to give her up, and that’s when one volunteer…
“Cindy Lou just sat on the sidewalk, kind of hopeless, unsure of her future,” writes Hope For Paws. The sweet, small dog was sad and scared, abandoned on the harsh streets with no certainty she would survive. But help was on its way. “When Loreta Frankonyte and I arrived, we knew exactly how to save…
A young Kansas woman has been reunited with her lost dog 19 days after a tragic car crash killed her mother and flung her dog through the window. Samantha Orr, 21, lost her mother Jennifer, 43, when their Jeep plunged 600 feet down a mountain road near Pueblo, Colorado on August 7, 2018. “We were…
A small stray dog was abandoned on the streets of Los Angeles and living day by day when Hope For Paws received a call to help her. “When we received the call about Ocean, it was already after midnight,” explains Eldad Hagar. “I asked Loreta Frankonyte to join me even though we already had a…
When rescuers with Animal Aid Unlimited, India arrived to save Almond, he was bleeding profusely from a huge gash in his leg. The street dog didn’t know it, but his wound was life-threatening and needed to be treated immediately. Given how dangerous a situation Almond was in, and the fact that he was likely in…
While Sidewalk Specials, a dog rescue group in South Africa, was signing up dogs for sterilization, they were approached by an owner and were asked to euthanize an old, sick dog on his property. Unicorn barked and ran under a house, afraid as they approached. But after some gentle persuasion, they got Unicorn in their…