Hope For Paws got a call just before Christmas that a father and son needed rescuing. The mom had been struck by a car and killed and the two dogs were holed up at an apartment complex. When they arrived, the son was friendly, but his dad was frightened. He watches tentatively as his son…
A Kelpie Labrador mix who was stolen from his home staggered back 24 hours later nearly dead and with horrific wounds covering his body. Alfie had been snatched from his backyard in Melbourne, Australia in broad daylight on Thursday. When his owner, Sheena, found him on the doorstep a day later, she was shocked at…
A motorcyclist saved the life of a dog being dragged behind a car in Pereira, Colombia. The dog was running behind the car and his paws were bleeding when Wilder Rios Impata saw the dog. Wilder maneuvered his bike and managed to stop the the car. When he confronted the woman driver, he said she…
A dog waiting to see her deceased owner will remain at the Siberian hospital where she kept vigil for over a year after a recent adoption attempt failed. Masha the dog has waited patiently for her beloved owner at the Novosibirsk Regional Hospital Number One in Koltsovo where he was admitted and later died. Before…
This touching story from Chicago’s Trio Animal Foundation shows the devastating losses and lucky new beginnings shelter dogs experience when someone is willing to open their homes and hearts to abandoned animals! On October 29, a Pit Bull named Mira was handed over by her owner to the shelter. Trio Animal Foundation shared Mira’s story…
What Kevin Smith wrote here touched me to my core and brought tears to my eyes. Any dog lover will tell you a dog’s life is too short and that the pain of losing a beloved pet is almost unbearable. When the day comes to say goodbye it often helps to share the experience with…
“Meet Baby, the dog with the saddest cries you’ll ever hear.” That’s how Montgomery County Animal Services & Adoption Center introduces this heartbreaking video of Baby at their shelter. The white and brown American Pit Bull and Dalmatian mix was dropped off by the owner recently, and has taken on a nightly ritual that’s heart-wrenching…
Angie Laymon and her family came home from church only to find their beloved dog, Bruno had been shot. He was waiting faithfully for them on their porch as he bled out. They had no idea what had happened until they found a note on their door from Rogers County police as way of explanation….
Beauty is one tenacious dog, who refused to give up, despite nine long years at a shelter. But it hasn’t been an easy journey for her. Found abandoned as a puppy in Mani, Greece, Beauty was taken in by a local charity. There, she lived with 150 other dogs. Fortune did not smile on her…
Ozzy, a grey goldendoodle, has been Sergeant Lori Bilyou’s lifeline since 2015 when she returned from a tour in Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder and a brain injury. So when he went missing a few months ago, Lori has moved heaven and earth to find him. She’s spent thousands of dollars, refinanced her home, and…
An abandoned 8-week-old Labrador Retriever mix snuck into an animal shelter at night when the shelter was closed and was discovered in the morning snuggled next to an 85-pound Great Pyrenees. Employees of the Humane Society of North Texas found the puppy curled up asleep with the big dog. The puppy, now named Rudy, was…
A dog owner’s vacation was cut short when he witnessed his dog being abused at the dog daycare he left his dog with. Mike was vacationing in Mexico when he decided to check in on his rescue Pit Bull, Leo, through the live feed at the Tails R Waggin location in Tallmadge, Ohio. What he…