A dog put in a suitcase and dumped at wintery park is in good health despite the cruel way she was abandoned. Joggers in a Toronto park spotted a suitcase lying on the ground and when they saw it move. The joggers were on a little-used trail in Lambton Park in Etobioke when they unzipped…
After a Pit Bull was abandoned by her former owner in an apartment in New York she was taken to a shelter. The dog named Cathy had been used for breeding and been badly abused. Although her future looked bleak, she was rescued and recovered thanks to her new family. Her new guardian wrote this…
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…
A dog who was found severely beaten and abused was likely the victim of a gang initiation rescuers say. The young Pit Bull was found tied to a fence with electrical cord in an alley in Los Angeles, suffering horrific injuries. Rescuers at the Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation were called to pick up the…
Rescuers on the East Coast of the United States are working hard to save stray and abandoned dogs at risk of succumbing to the harsh winter cold that has hit the region with full force. Among them is Detroit Pit Crew Dog Rescue. Within just the past week they’ve taken in a handful of stray…
Alarming footage of a large dog in the trunk of a small car has emerged from Russia. The dash cam video, recorded on January 13, 2019, shows a large dog, possibly an Alabai (Central Asian Shepherd Dog), struggling in a trunk of a car. Even more alarmingly, the dog is seen jumping out of the…
Germany’s biggest animal shelters are banning adoptions for the Christmas season. Berlin’s Bremen animal shelter, the largest in Europe, was the first to announce a moratorium on adoptions after December 18th. The shelter houses around 500 homeless dogs and cats. It seems counter-intuitive, but the shelter says it’s for the good of the animals. Shelters…
A shelter dog who survived the gas chamber and went on to change animal welfare in St. Louis and across the United States has passed away. Quentin was 1-year-old when he survived the gas chamber at a city pound in St. Louis in 2003. The Pit bull Basenji mix became the face of Stray Rescue…
“It is beagle-mania here right now.” That’s how humane society police officer Barbara Morgan described the influx of 71 beagles into a shelter in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Lehigh County Humane Society rescued the dogs from a hoarder who inherited the dogs from his deceased partner, who had been breeding and selling beagles without a license…
America’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell is well known for his love of dogs. Recently, he helped rescuers save hundreds of dogs from a dog meat farm in South Korea by making a sizable donation. “We are excited to announce that Simon Cowell has just donated a HUGE £25,000 to HSI to help us close…
Animal rescuers in Greece ventured to a Greek island that was not like the islands publicized in tourist magazines. This small, uninhabited island was a “piece of dry land in the middle of the Aegean sea.” “There are some sheds there, where goats and chickens live, and there is a building of some sort, probably…
People in a Scottish town are being warned to be vigilant after thieves posing as Scottish SPCA officers are stealing small dogs and are suspected of using them in illegal dog fighting. A person on the Newarthill Community Council raised the alarm after receiving complaints from people in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The Newarthill Community Council…
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