While visiting her family in the mountains near her family’s village, Sara Ortin hiked by two dogs chained up to a hut. One day she decided to approach them. One dog was very friendly, but the other would cower and snarl when she approached. “She would try to bite me all the time,” she revealed….
Sweet Violet arrived at National Mill Dog Rescue badly matted and with bad eyes. Fortunately, for the senior Pekingese she has a loving home waiting for her with Peggy, her new mom. Peggy traveled hundreds of miles to meet this special girl and fortunately has experience with special needs dogs. She saw all of Violet’s…
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…
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…
Animal shelters can be a noisy place. Dogs often barking in fear and confusion, sometimes barking as they eagerly await a “fur-ever” home. That’s why animal shelter volunteer Jeff Molenda wanted to do something to help relax and destress the animals. He began a fundraiser to get a sound system installed at the shelter. Studies…
A video posted to a popular Facebook group for residents in Guelph, Ontario, has dog lovers upset. The video posted on “Overheard at Guelph” by Connor Beebe and a woman shows them helping a panting dog from what Beebe says is a hot minivan parked in a Canadian Tire parking lot. The owner returns to…
A disturbing online ad came to the attention to an animal rescuer, prompting her into action. Lori Silva Joseph, the founder of Forever Friends K9 Rescue in Texas, spotted the ad on a Houston Classifieds and immediately reposted it to get help. “HEADS UP! This is what we are up against in rescue. Make this go viral…
Gus Kenworthy and his boyfriend Matthew Wilkas have welcomed a new puppy into their home. The Olympic skier announced the news when he shared a photo of his new puppy, Birdie, on Instagram. He adopted Birdie two months after his beautiful Beemo, died of a heart condition in May. Birdie comes from the very same…
These former addicts are helping rescue pit bulls as part of their recovery in a unique program in Alberta, Canada. The program pairs men enrolled in a year-long addiction recovery program at Our House. They volunteer to help the rescued Pit Bulls at Pit Bulls for Life Foundation of Alberta, as part of a joint…
A dog given away for free on Facebook turned up two weeks later at a shelter with facial injuries much to the alarm of a rescue group. Happy Tails Animal Rescue shared Trixie’s heartbreaking story to caution dog owners to never advertise their dogs for free online. The Australian rescue wrote: “THIS IS WHY YOU…