Under all the dirt and grime, he was a beautiful color. Under all the mistreatment and abuse he suffered, he was a gentle soul. Hope For Paws received a call about Duncan after the senior, blind Pit Bull, after he crawled into a junkyard and a Good Samaritan was concerned the owner was going to…
Hope For Paws were called about a homeless young poodle wandering the streets of Los Angeles. Matted and grey with dirt, Paddington was scared and reluctant to be rescued. But the moment they leash him, he seems to know he’ll be safe from now on. Watch his heartwarming rescue in the video below.
Hope For Paws was called about a mama dog and her puppies living in a junkyard and headed out to find the family. A Good Samaritan had been feeding the mother for over a year and told them the dog had been skin and bones when she first met her, and had only let her…
Beaming a flashlight into a dark corner of a back lane, Hope For Paws spotted a small black dog hiding behind a car. A scared, abandoned dog wedged himself tightly between the car and a wall, making it virtually impossible for Hope For Paws to reach him safely. The dog didn’t know what was going…
When rescuers were notified about a very sick stray dog, living in a sewer drain somewhere in the outskirts of Athens they found a feral and aggressive dog who never had been around people. However, Save a Greek Stray refused to give up on him. They caught Monty with the help of a tranquilizer and…
When Howl of a Dog found an old dog roaming near a railroad station he was limping and his left eye seemed injured. It was too risky to attempt a rescue there, as they were worried that he could run and get hit by a passing train. So, they followed him and tried to redirect…
This video from Animal Humane New Mexico has a simple but important message for the holidays. In the video, we see a shelter dog being selected by a new family. He gets a round of a applause as he exits the shelter and he’s on to a wonderful new life filled with happy memories –…
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…
“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…
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…
A woman who struck up a friendship with a man at a dog park is now trying to find his dog a new family after he revealed he was dying. Mona Ahmed noticed Harold was not coming around the dog park where he had been bringing his dog, Rowdy, for 8 years. She says she…
Jenny was found by a woman in a small town in Greece, hiding behind a car, with a huge spear penetrating her skull. She was one of the millions of stray dogs who try and survive on the streets every day. Jenny appears to have recently given birth, but her rescuer could not find her…