Dogs cannot get autism, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warned, after the “anti-vaccine” movement is spreading to pets. ‘Anti-vaxxers’ believe that immunizations and vaccinations have harmful side effects – ones that they believe cause autism in children. The beliefs have been widely debunked by the medical community, but it seems the ideas are now…
When a uniquely bonded pair of dogs were surrendered to the Richmond Animal Care and Control shelter after their owner became homeless, the shelter wanted to have them adopted together. The dogs were, but their would-be happy ending took a dramatic turn that no one was expecting. OJ, a 12-year-old blind Dachshund, relies on 6-year-old…
Hope For Paws received a call about a dog who had given birth in an industrial area. The mother didn’t respond to food, but instead kept a close eye on her puppies, prompting them to have to try and enclose the large area, filled with many nooks and crannies for puppies and their small mother…
Stray Rescue of St. Louis spotted a stray, dirty white mama dog living on the side of the road. They knew she had recently given birth because she was engorged with milk and roaming and looking for food. They were following her when they heard a shrill cry. Investigating, they discovered one of her puppies…
Firefighters weren’t sure why a dog they were called to help decided to stick his head in a sewer pipe, but they were sure he was very stuck. St. Louis Fire Department responders helped free a dog who had got himself in quite a predicament. They wrote, “Not sure what was inside this sewer pipe…
Animal Aid Unlimited works tirelessly to save the many neglected animals in India that live on the streets and face terrible circumstances because of the harsh environments in which they live. In this video, the animal rescue highlights 10 of their most dramatic rescues. From a mother dog with a container firmly stuck over her…
A group of Border Collies are putting their high energy and drive to work to helping the planet. When wildfires in central Chile destroyed over a million acres of forest land last year, the ecosystem was in desperate need of reforestation. That’s where dogs Das, Olivia and Summer come in. The dogs have been trained…
It was “all hands on deck” for the BC SPCA when they came to the rescue of 45 Havanese dogs living in terrible conditions. The humane society was alerted to the dogs’ plight by a person who called in to their hotline. They arrived at the residence of a former breeder in Victoria, British Columbia…
Queen Elizabeth is mourning the loss of her beloved dog, Willow, the last remaining Corgi descended from Susan, the corgi given to the Queen by her parents when she was just 18-years-old. With the passing of Willow, a 14-generation canine dynasty has come to an end. Queen Elizabeth is reportedly been hit “extremely hard” by…
A woman tried to get some people to not dump their dogs after catching them red-handed on her street in San Antonio, Texas. But disturbingly, they chose to ignore her and abandon the four dogs anyway. “I was getting ready for work when I spotted a car at a dead end road removing collars from…
A six-week-old puppy was left paralyzed after she was thrown from a moving vehicle and left to fend for herself on the side of the road. The puppy, named Banky Brewster, is being helped in her recovery by Second Chance Rescue NYC Dogs. The rescue shared photos of the puppy on April 10, 2018 writing,…
A stray dog was huddled in the bushes with a horrific injury and would have died had rescuers not gotten a call when they did. Animal Aid Unlimited writes, “We got a call on our helpline that a dog had just been hit by a car and was badly injured. When our ambulance arrived, we…