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…
A tiny dog, smaller than a cat, was found living among the chickens in a chicken coop. He was not faring well. Underweight, riddled with mange and suffering from leishmaniasis – which is common in Greece – Feathers was almost blind from his neglect. Thankfully Save a Greek Stray was notified and they came to…
Stuck in the basement of a condemned home for over a month, Mia’s barking was heard by a stranger passing by. The rescue that followed was both uplifting and heart-wrenching at the same time. Nick Scydick happened to be in the neighborhood when he heard a dog barking from an abandoned home. He called Stray…
A puppy’s mournful, frightened howls broke his rescuer’s heart when she came to save him from an icy cold lane. The puppy was huddled against a pole, shivering from the icy snow and was in pain from injuries. When Donna from Stray Rescue of St. Louis approached him he began to howl. “This poor soul…
John Roussety wasn’t expecting to rescue a dog when he and his friends were caught in a summer rain storm. But that’s exactly what happened when he spotted a small dog huddled in a doorstep. He shared his rescue story with DogHeirs.com and it’s as heartwarming a story as can be. From our “Rescue Dogs…
Hope For Paws got a call from Good Samaritans who were running a garage sale when they say they saw a dog be hit by a car and the dog walked to their table. The moment they arrived he fainted right in front of them. Eldad Hagar knew Tux was in very bad shape and…
Mimi the Maltese was left at the shelter when she was pregnant, unwanted and alone. Given her situation, if Mimi had given birth in the shelter it was most likely many of her puppies would not have survived. Fortunately, Mimi had a guardian angel looking out for her and she was saved by Brandie with…
A group of bicyclists in Portugal came across an abandoned dog tied to a tree and saved her life. The video, shared on Facebook by the Spanish animal welfare group, Asociación Animalista Libera (Free Animal Association), went viral after they posted it. They wrote [translated]: “It takes a very bad person to leave a defenseless…
When Pia first saw Hercules lying in the street his eyes weren’t shining – he had given up on living. He was so skinny and frail that she cried, she couldn’t believe no one had stopped to help him. She didn’t think he would make it through the night, but she brought him to a…
An animal rescuer on route to his shelter made an unexpected stop to save a dog abandoned on the side of the road. Dogs in Serbia are commonly abandoned on the street or in the woods and the founder of Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac is often the one rescuing them. That’s how this beautiful two-year-old female…
An abandoned Shar-Pei mix puppy had been left outside in the freezing cold, chained and forgotten. Malnourished and suffering from a severe eye infection that was threatening her vision, the dog desperately needed help. When rescuer volunteers arrived to save her, they found the water in her dirty bowl frozen solid. They took her to…
A Good Samaritan first spotted the sweet Beagle/Hound mix at a construction site. The remote location turns out to be a popular dumping spot for dogs. This particular dog, however, couldn’t stand up and the Good Samaritan learned she had been out in the cold lying in the dirt for a few days. He went…