Ricardo Marinello is an opera tenor who won Germany’s Got Talent. As a tenor he sings all over the world and eats in restaurants all over the world too. Recently, he dined closer to home visiting a McDonald’s restaurant in Essen, Germany. While eating, he suddenly starts singing and gives a free concert much to…
Meet Patches. He’s a shelter cat with a lot to love. And by “a lot” we mean he’s a lot of cat. That’s because he’s the largest cat Virginia’s Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) has ever seen at their shelter. The giant cat was recently surrendered by his owner because they could no longer…
Scotch is one very adorable dachshund puppy but even his incredible cuteness doesn’t mean he always gets the belly rubs he wants. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t figured out a way to persuade his mom otherwise. When Scotch’s mom walks past him without giving him belly rubs, the puppy decides she must not have understood…
Maria found a day-old sparrow lying on the sidewalk. The chick was pecking at something on the street but he had hurt his head and it was bleeding. He also had a big scab on his beak. She took him to a wildlife rehabiltator who told her that the bird couldn’t be released and would…
Two of the cutest K9 officers have reported for duty at Colorado’s Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. Labrador Retrievers K9 Otis and K9 Bear will be serving as therapy dogs at local schools. At just 8 weeks old they’ll be our youngest members and ready to begin their therapy dog duties,” the Sheriff’s Office posted to…
It was just a few days away from an anniversary no one at Seminole County Animal Services wanted to celebrate. It would be a year since a dog named Sophie arrived at their shelter. But thanks to a heart-tugging video the shelter shared of Sophie waiting in her kennel she has found a home. Sophie…
Nanook is lucky to be alive. New York City police found the husky dumped in a garbage bag in a parking lot. The dog was so emaciated and injured she was hanging on by a thread. She could barely lift her head and was covered with infected wounds when AMA Animal Rescue was asked to…
A curious sight greeted a naturalist recently. Perched high in a tree, a family of Great Horned owls was nesting in a laundry basket. The green plastic basket was filled with twigs and branches and peeking out from it were two owlets and a mom and dad owl. But how did a laundry basket get…
Adopting a dog wasn’t on her “to-do” list for the day. But for Danielle, a TikTokker, dog mom and podcaster, that’s exactly what happened when one of her followers sent her a message about a dog at the Maryland SPCA that looked exactly like her rescue dog, Barkley. Barkley is a rescue dog and a…
A rescue dog broke out into the most adorable zoomies when she headed out of the shelter for her new forever home. Joy Bastow, co-founder of animal rescue service Healing Hearts Rehab, shared the cute video on TikTok and shared how delighted she was that Betty had found a home. Betty was delighted too, as…
A sweet video of a woman reacting to her horse’s blanket trauma has touched animal lovers around the world. The compassionate way the horse owner interacts with her abused horse has people not only moved by her kindness but emotional about how the horse responds. TikTokker @lugosthepalomino is trying to put a blanket on her…
Recently, Josemar Milli made a surprising discovery when he noticed his rescued parrot, Louro, spending time over at a hollowed out fencepost on the edge of his farm in Brazil. Louro’s behavior was strange for the bird as she always slept at home but for three nights she was sleeping elsewhere. Milli went to investigate…
A skinny stray dog with a jar stuck over her head didn’t have much time left. For weeks, Winnie was wandering around unable to eat or drink. Bonnie Flight Project, a dog rescue in Guam, knew they had to hurry to save her. Thankfully, their volunteers successfully caught her with a net and she was…
An adorable video of a dog prompted to howl by his mom is capturing the hearts of dog lovers. In the cute clip, Leo the dog is sitting on the couch contemplating something when his mom, Cass Downey interrupts his reverie to ask “Leo, do you need to howl?” He seems momentarily confused, as if…
An emu that escaped from home led police on one wild “emu chase” through the town of Harriman, Tennessee. Meemu the Emu jumped his enclosure’s 7-foot-tall fence after getting spooked by the sounds of a nearby logging crew, says his owner Harry McKinney. He tried to get a hold of Meemu after the bird escaped…
David Oppenheimer was enjoying a pleasant moment outside his home when he got an unexpected visitor that gave him a real fright. David was lounging on a chair and scrolling through his phone on a nice sunny day in his Asheville, North Carolina, yard when he received an alert from his home camera system that…
Gidget endured a loneliness no horse (or animal) should have had to endure. The Suffolk Punch mare spent 17 years living in the basement of a barn by herself. She hadn’t seen people or other horses for at least 10 years. Her elderly owner would dump oats down a feeding chute into her feed bin…
A large wolf dog named Dakota has not only changed his attitude he’s changed the canine dynamic in his neighborhood. Recently, Kim with Arctic Fox Daily Wildlife Rescue got a call from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation saying they were about to confiscate a group of wolf dogs from a hoarding situation and…
Bayley the dog is winning the hearts of the Internet for her uncanny resemblance to Snoopy, the beloved Peanuts cartoon character. Bayley isn’t a beagle like Snoopy is in the comic strip. She’s actually a mini “sheepadoodle,” which is a cross between an Old English Sheepdog and miniature Poodle. But her black and white fur,…
A homeowner in British Columbia recently learned that a bear that wakes up from hibernation can be very thirsty. That, and he is a sweet tooth! Sharon Rosel woke up around 3 a.m. on April 13th after her dog began barking at the window. When she investigated she spotted a large black bear breaking into…
An Alaskan family is overjoyed to be reunited with their 1-year-old Australian Shepherd after the dog took an epic trek across 150 miles of frozen Bering Sea ice. In March, while visiting relatives on the island of Savoogna on the Bering Straight, Nanuq, an Australian Shepherd, ran off and couldn’t be found. Unsuccessful in finding…
A male bald eagle that is a permanent resident at a bird sanctuary in Missouri has become a foster dad and couldn’t be happier. Murphy has injuries that prevent him from being released back into the wild. But that hasn’t dampened his parenting instincts. Last month, a caretaker at World Bird Sanctuary (WBS) noticed Murphy…
The 11 puppies were huddled together in the dark. They hid under the furnace behind broken glass and surrounded by garbage, pipes and little else. There were no people around so there was no-one taking care of them. Their mother was nowhere to be found and they had been left in the abandoned home with…
A dog who tragically lost his owner to a hit-and-run and walked himself home will be trained to be a service animal. On March 22, Patch was walking with his mom, who was visually impaired, in a Nashville Tennessee neighborhood when a driver of a Ford F150 struck her and drove off, according to NBC…
A shelter was surprised and delighted when a new mama dog took an abandoned kitten under her care. And it wasn’t that they asked her to do it, she demanded it! In late March, Kela, a “very pregnant” Great Dane mix, came into the care of Jackson County Animal Shelter in Michigan. She had arrived…
Never has there been two dogs who miss each other more than Sadie and Rollo. Their deep friendship has captured the hearts of dog lovers around the globe when their moms recently filmed them talking with each other via Facetime. Sadie and Rollo’s love story began when they met during the pandemic when their moms…
Recently, a college in South Carolina spotted an animal peeping at their students on campus. It wasn’t some creep. Although, at first glance, it does look a bit freaky. Rather, it was a baby animal in need of some help. The feathered-visitor was an owlet that had fallen out of its nest and wandered over…
When lambs at Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre in Scotland are rejected by their mothers there are two main things they need – warmth and a mother figure. Staff at the farm provide the lambs sweaters so they won’t get too cold. As for the mother figure? That’s where Milly comes in. She’s a giant rabbit that…
When Tanya first brought home Mighty Smols the bunny rabbit her Golden Retriever, Bear, got so excited he could hardly wait to be introduced. A week later the two were sleeping next to each other. Tanya knew then the two were already special friends. Bear is very gentle with Mighty Smols and even picks apples…
Laura Chapman and her family were on holiday to visit their family ranch in Texas when they noticed a “fluffy head in tall grass.” It was a dog in the middle of nowhere! “We had to go back. On the side of the highway we found him abandoned,” Chapman explained on her TikTok channel. Her…
Kane, a newborn American bully puppy, was born with a cleft palate, a bad eye, and was rescued when he was just a few days old. NorCal Bully Breed Rescue knew the little pup would need ’round the clock care if he had a chance of surviving so they asked Leslie, one of their foster…
Boys never grow up! Some men in West Virginia were curious what would happen if they dropped a rock down an abandoned coal mine. The videographer wrote, “My dad, some friends, and I dropped a rock down an abandoned coal mine rescue shaft on March 4, 2023, in West Virginia. Here’s the result: The video…
A cow and goat that fell on hard times are now living a peaceful life at an animal sanctuary. Sid the goat and Rem the cow were rescued from a dairy farm. “Sid the goat is 17 years old and has raised Rem the jersey steer since he was a tiny baby,” says Mockingbird Farm…
When this man recently lost his dog of 14 years, his family decided to help ease his heart by getting him not one but two puppies. His family explained that Kobe was their father’s best friend and his death hit dad hard in no small part because “Kobe was an Angel on earth.” “My father’s…
A family came to the rescue of a pelican after spotting it choking on a fish. The distressed bird was in the water at a dock in Englewood, Florida with the fish stuck on its beak. In the video shared to YouTube, a young girl can be heard crying out, “He’s choking. Save him!” That’s…
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