Bertha Komor waited a long time for her wish to be realized. Ever since she was a young girl, the 104-year-old has wanted to meet and hold a penguin. She never thought it would happen, but thanks to her caretakers at the Village Gate Farmington retirement community in Connecticut, the Mystic Aquarium and the Twilight…
A man recently revealed a secret bar that he created in his house in Nashville, Tennessee that cleverly hides behind a bookcase. The R Bar, as he calls it, is only accessible through the secret door which is “equipped with a magnetic lock and biometric scanner that is hidden in a fake book!” Once the…
“Sometimes it’s not medicine that does the trick. It’s hours of work, a pinch of luck, blended in love,” writes Animal Aid Unlimited. They are talking about the rescue of Little Suri, a baby goat that was covered from head to toe in hardened tar. Suri had been cruelly abandoned by her owner and left…
When Avellana was rescued by Galgos del Sol in Spain she could barely lift her head. Her owner, a hunter, didn’t want her any more because she was paralyzed. But her rescuers refused to give up on her. At the vet, they learned she had inflammation of her nervous system due to a rare immune…
It’s a decades old question, what is in Queen Elizabeth II’s handbag? Well, Paddington Bear helped answer it while he shared a tea with the Queen for her Platinum Jubilee. The Royal Family shared the video revealing the Queen’s love of marmalade sandwiches and just where she keeps them. The pre-recorded video is a charming…
A harpist got a surprise audience when a wild deer came out of the woods and approached her while she played outside. The white-tailed deer is seen off in the distance behind the harpist, Naomi SV. The deer’s tail wags back and forth in curiosity and seems enchanted by her playing, getting closer and closer…
A few years ago, Elly Albers with Bonaire Wild Bird Rehab took in a baby flamingo for the very first time to rescue and rehabilitate. The baby flamingo’s parents had left her behind but she quickly attached to Elly and would follow her around. But when she was able to fly she took off and…
Jonathan had an old junk closet that he wasn’t using and decided would make the perfect doghouse for his Golden Retriever, Teddy. So, he set to work and after a few weeks of constructing it during his free time, “Teddy’s House” was ready. A custom-made made, a ‘fireplace’, a TV, the place is pure coziness….
A 5-year-old boy saved his puppy’s life after the 2-month-old dog accidentally fell into a swimming pool in Argentina. In the surveillance footage video that has gone viral and that was posted after the puppy’s rescue, a German Shepherd Dog is seen at the edge of the pool and looking in. But the puppy loses…
A mama raccoon got into a tough spot when trying to get back to her babies. But thankfully, this story has a happy ending. Wildlife Emergency Services in California received a call from a concerned homeowner in the Santa Cruz Mountains after the homeowner discovered a racoon had chewed through their roof and gotten herself…
Nicolas the rescued mink escaped from a fur farm in Utah and has become a beloved family member with his rescuer. His mom Megan says that “Nico” was found by a Good Samaritan who picked him up and he was brought to Megan with Mustelid Madness Rescue in Sheridan, Wyoming. The mink and ferret rescue…
An unfortunate circumstance could have threatened a lifelong friendship between a dog and a pig if not for their kindhearted rescuers noticing their bond. A Chihuahua named Timon and Pumbaa, a pig, ended up at the Arizona Humane Society (AHS) earlier in May after their owner was arrested. Thankfully, the owner’s arrest did not have…
A 4-month-old Chihuahua is lucky to be alive after being shot with an arrow in California. Police rescued the puppy, a victim of the shocking act of animal cruelty, after a woman in Desert Hot Springs called the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department saying she had been awoken by a “screaming” dog. An officer with the…
A driver in Stewart, British Columbia, Canada got a surprise when out driving on the highway when he spotted a grizzly bear walking by the side of the road. The bear wasn’t just walking along the Cassiar-Stewart highway, he was walking on top of a thin meridian! The man marvels at the bear’s balancing skills…
Alyssa Hewlett was boating off the coast of Nipper’s Harbour in Newfoundland, Canada when she and a man spotted a moose on the cliff’s edge. In the video she filmed of the moose, the large animal is peering down at the water as if trying to get his footing on the jagged rocks. That’s when…
An English Setter in West Yorkshire, England has a morning routine that will melt the hearts of dog lovers everywhere. “Pebbles the English setter goes to check on her tiny human Henry every morning,” says Pebbles’ and Henry’s family. “She knows how precious he is and can’t start her day without sticking her nose through…
Dog Rescue Shelter in Mladenovac, Serbia got a call about a little puppy living in a bird cage in someone’s yard. The bird cage was set up outside and contained the one-month-old puppy and a filthy water bowl. As soon as the puppy spotted her rescuers she began to cry and her tail began to…
A 5-year-old T-ball player unexpectedly went viral around the world after his walk-up to the batter’s box was filmed by his mom. Ben Sadlowski from Manteca, California, doesn’t just walk over to the plate, he has his very own goofy walk-up dance that is as original as it gets! His mom, Monica Sadlowski, captured her…
Evan Pender regularly freedives off the west coast of Ireland and regularly meets a wild wild dolphin he has named “Dusty.” And it was on one of his dives that Dusty did something unbelievable! Evan had to adjust one of his fins and took it off while Dusty watched on. The next day, when Evan…
Leah Menzies experienced a moment “straight out of a movie” when she uncovered a photo in her boyfriend’s photo album of her late mother. The South Australian woman revealed on TikTok that her mother had died when she was seven years old and therefore would never get to meet her “future boyfriend.” But it turns…
Some dogs just aren’t cut out for a life of service, but that’s okay. Take Ryker for instance. The dog was training at Double H Canine Training Academy to be a service dog but he flunked out spectacularly. The dog training school shared video of Ryker’s “epic service dog failure” in a hilarious compilation of…
Toby may look like a grumpy old man cat, but he’s really not. Toby has a rare genetic condition known as Ehlers Danlos syndrome (EDS). The condition weakens the connective tissues in his body. The condition also makes the joints loose and skin thin and he can get easily bruised. Toby was found hiding together…
When Maria learned from a neighbor that Belle, a tiny Chihuahua, was being beaten by her owner she stepped forward to help. Maria’s neighbor had told the owner that she should not be treating her dog that way and the woman then surrendered Belle. That’s how Maria ended up fostering the senior dog. Bella was…
A woman was shocked when she looked out of her window and spotted a bright pink pigeon. Kelly Lunney was visiting her mother in her apartment in Nelson, Lancashire in the UK when she saw the unusual bird. Lunney believes it could be a pink pigeon – Nesoenas mayeri – native to Mauritius. But other…
A K-9 police dog lead sheriff’s deputies right to a missing Florida woman with dementia, saving her life. The dog sniffed out the woman in a wooded area, where she had fallen to the ground. She was severely dehydrated when they found her. “Deputy Lariz and K-9 Toby tracked her to a wooded area about…
A New Jersey family got an unexpected surprise when a giant snapping turtle visited their backyard. Frank’s wife alerted the family to the turtle’s arrival and they all watched as the turtle wiggled into the mulch in their garden. She stayed for a while and then left. The following day, after a rain storm, Frank…
When Julie Thornton Johnson woke up in the middle of the night in her Tennessee home she noticed a dog snuggled up in bed with her and her husband. That is a pretty normal occurrence in her household as they have three dogs. Except the dog cuddling with them was a complete stranger! That fact…
Rollins College’s 2022 Valedictorian Elizabeth Bonker recently gave an inspirational speech at her graduation ceremony even though she can’t speak. She is affected by non-speaking autism but communicates through typing. During her wonderful speech, she urges her fellow graduates to “see the worth in every person we meet” and to be of service to others,…
A sperm whale at risk of drowning was saved thanks to the efforts of a brave diver. Hugues Vitry heard that a sperm whale was in trouble 8 miles off the coast of Mauritius. The whale was dragging an anchored rope that disappeared more than 2000 metres to the Indian Ocean floor. When Vitry arrived,…
An Alaskan dog walker is taking the Internet by storm for her adorable videos of her furry passengers on her dog minibus. Mo Thompson and her husband Lee Thompson run Mo Mountain Mutts, a dog walking and dog training business. The couple from Skagway, Alaska, are busy every day taking care of the dogs in…
After a baby kingfisher slammed into a window, wildlife artist and rehabilitation Robert E. Fuller came to the bird’s rescue. He shared a video of how he rehabilitated the injured chick and released it back into the wild. He began by hand feeding the one-month-old fledgling chick and it started to feel so much better….
Eliana went to spend a few days in Italy with her mom when she spotted a fluffy white puppy living under a trailer. The puppy was being neglected by the farmer who owner him so Eliana took him. Just like that Eliana’s vacation was put on hold to take care of the dog. She soon…
“The rattiest city in America” is getting some help from feral cats. Chicago is known to have a rodent problem. But an innovative program by Tree House Humane Society aims to reduce the rat population and help feral cats have homes. People in Lakeview have said that the rat numbers are so bad that they…
Faa Mai is a kind and generous elephant. When she noticed a flock of birds having a hard time opening her food she decides to share some with them. The elephant notices the birds huddled around some neatly packed pockets of rice and banana. She comes over and squishes them with her feet and is…
A stray mama dog helped rescuers save a litter of puppies that were not her own. The Spanish Galgo had been spotted as a stray and rescued by Galgos Del Sol Animal Rescue. When they rescued Alejandra, they didn’t know she was pregnant. But a few weeks after she had given birth to nine puppies,…
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