A dog abandoned to die on a road is now safe and loved. When Milan with Dog Shelter Rescue, Serbia, got a call about Albert, they were told he was running back and forth across the road in search of food. He was very skittish and unsure of Milan and barked when he got close….
Meet Peanut. When the Pit Bull mix puppy arrived at an Arizona shelter she was very sick and in desperate need of help. Nadine Sipos Swart was at the Willcox Animal Shelter when Peanut was there and learned the poor puppy would be put down if no one stepped forward to help. Nadine advocates for homeless animals in the Arizona and photographed…
“My dog found a kitten, brought it home and now thinks it’s her baby.” That’s how Kristy described how her Basset Hound reacted when she found a stray kitten in the bushes. Kristy and Shea adopted Maggie the Basset Hound from a shelter in April and explains that Maggie has a soft spot for other…
A stray dog found wandering alone in the desert and blinded by porcupine quills is on the mend thanks to the kind people who rescued him. A woman found Willy in desperate shape in a rural eastern Utah area. He was “barely hanging on for life, dehydrated, emaciated, covered in fleas, and with severe injuries…
When Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac saw an abandoned and frightened dog wandering the snow-covered streets they drove out to help him. The young dog was ready to be rescued and lay down in the snow by the side of the road when his savior approached. But he was even happier when he arrived at the…
Meet Mary, a pregnant Pit Bull who was brought to a shelter with a very high kill rate. “My fiancee saved her from shelter that was a day away from putting her down, puppies and all,” Aaron Colby, Mary’s foster parent, explains to DogHeirs.com. “Her time was up at the shelter and she was so…
A stray dog barked furiously out front of a woman’s home, scaring her. But just days later, she was showing a softer side thanks to a caring animal rescuer and two puppies. A woman called Takis, an experienced Greek dog rescuer who founded and runs Takes Shelter. She told him the aggressive dog was barking…
When Stray Rescue of St. Louis spotted a dog with an injured foot they set about to rescue her. But when they noticed she had milk, Donna and her team of rescuers headed straight into the underbrush where she was living to find her puppies. Scrambling through the branches Donna crawled through the bushes until…
When Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac got a call that there was an abandoned puppy in a remote area in the countryside they didn’t expect what they found. Milan, who runs the shelter, traveled with a friend 10 kilometers away from his animal shelter to a desolate road with no home in sight. When they arrived…
Harris was found wrapped in a blanket by the side of a road. The sweet pup was skin and bones and his right side was covered in open wounds. Thankfully he was spotted by a Good Samaritan who brought him to Stray Rescue of Saint Louis on March 16, 2019. His condition was so dire…
A dog abandoned near the border between California and Mexico was getting sicker and sicker until Hope For Paws came along to save him. Pax was suffering from skin infections and malnutrition, but thankfully a man living in the area gave him food, otherwise he would likely not have survived. Eldad Hagar said he drove…
A stray Pit Bull peered down from the top floor of an old, abandoned house at his rescuers from Stray Rescue of St. Louis. Trapped for two weeks, the only way in and out of the boarded-up home was through a basement window with no stairs. No doubt the dog had sought refuge but was…