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…
An abandoned 8-week-old Labrador Retriever mix snuck into an animal shelter at night when the shelter was closed and was discovered in the morning snuggled next to an 85-pound Great Pyrenees. Employees of the Humane Society of North Texas found the puppy curled up asleep with the big dog. The puppy, now named Rudy, was…
A plea to find a terminally ill Beagle a forever home for Christmas has been answered. Griswold, an 8-year-old beagle battling lymphoma, will spend what might be his last Christmas with a loving family. Richmond Animal League (RAL) put out the call to find Griswold a home after they learned there was no long-term treatment…
Peanut was adopted after spending 12 days in a kill shelter. The Beagle, who is about 1 year old, was deathly afraid of everything when she got to her new home. But it didn’t take long for the pup to become “daddy’s little girl”. Her new parents write, “In the first two weeks she quickly…
What this dad did so his son could get a shelter dog is so wonderful! Robert Lucas brought his 5-year-old son to Spotsylvania Animal Shelter to pick out the dog he wanted. His son picked out a homeless dog named Gibbs and had his heart set on getting him. No other dog would do. But…
This video demonstrates why fostering animals is such an important part of the adoption process for shelter animals! Cameron, a Galgo Espanol, was scared and alone at an animal shelter in Spain. Fortunately, Galgos del Sol Animal Rescue came to his rescue. The 7-year-old dog wasn’t getting along with the other dogs there and was…
A dog’s family came up with an unbelievable reason as to why they surrendered her to a shelter – she had gotten depressed after their other dog died and they wanted a happier pet. But even more heartbreaking was when Zuzu lit up after she spotted her owners at the very same shelter only to…
When a two-year-old Chihuahua named Bobby arrived at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in London, he was so badly behaved that the rescue quickly ran out of options on how to reform the “bad-boy” dog. The little dog bit everyone, and he was so fiercely aggressive that his chances of ever being adopted were growing…