Is there any good reason for texting and driving? SummerBreak asked a group of teens why they text and drive and their reasons ranged from not wanting to miss what their friends are saying to just sheer boredom. While being interviewed, the teens all seemed jovial and considered it no big deal. Then they are…
Volunteers arrived in a neighborhood in Athens, Greece, to rescue a dog they thought had been run over a car. What they found instead sent shivers down their spines. “The puppy was chained in a field right outside the owner’s house,” Orphan Pet Greece writes. “Her neck and legs had been tied with a wire…
Kasey Simmons tries to go out of his way to make people happy. But recently, he was the one made happy when someone unexpectedly left him a $500 dollar tip on a 0.37 cent purchase for a small gesture of kindness that he had made to a stranger the day before. The 32-year-old waiter who…
As Sean Maehrer was preparing for his first day of high school, his family grew concerned that the young teen who has Down syndrome might be teased or bullied. They reached out for help and support on Facebook and word quickly spread about the family’s worry that Sean could get picked on on his first…
For dogs cooped up at a shelter, having a chance to get away, even if it’s just for a short time, is a great way for the animals to decompress and have some fun. The staff and volunteers at Washington’s Kitsap Humane Society try and give each of their tenants some one-on-one attention. Recently, they…
Cayden Taipalus was getting lunch at school one day when he noticed the kid in front of him put down his lunch tray because he didn’t have enough money to pay for it. It made Cayden sad, so he went home and told his mom and asked her if there was anything he could do…
When Animal Aid Unlimited in India received a call that a dog had fallen into a deep, abandoned well in a village outside of Udaipur, they found a heartbroken dog desperate to be helped. The moment she noticed the men were at the top of the hole she barked with a mixture of distress and…
Sara and Ingrid were rescued from the backyard of a drug dealers house in South Florida. A young man adopted these two puppies and had them in a small cage in his backyard. While he was in jail on drug charges for a week, the puppies were trapped in their crate. They were laying in…
Four police officers went beyond the call of duty recently when they responded to a call after neighbors reported hysterical cries coming from the home of an elderly couple in Rome, Italy. Michele, 94 and Jole, 89, have been married for almost 70 years but they became distressed after watching upsetting news on the television….
St. Joseph Athletics cross country running team went to the dogs, literally. The California school kids took dogs from their local animal shelter on a morning jog recently and everyone had a blast! The dogs from Santa Barbara County Animal Shelter were paired up with a teen and had a short run. “I am not…
Shannon had always dreamed of meeting the right person one day, and that day came when she met Don. Don was kind, caring and also a loving father of two young boys. They fell in love and got engaged and Shannon couldn’t wait for the moment her father would give her away on her wedding…
One humid morning, Joyci was on her way to work when she spotted a very sick dog, who was skin and bones and scavenging through the wet garbage with only a few strands of hair covering his back. This isn’t an unusual sight in Iquitos or in most places in South America, where strays roam…
A vet technician was working on her birthday, but little did she know she would be taking home a puppy that day in an effort to save his life. “I took him on knowing that he might not live,” the vet tech wrote. That’s because the chocolate Lab puppy was born with a cleft palate….
Jason Haney was working on a construction site next door to the Memorial Children’s Hospital in South Bend, Indiana when he had a brilliant idea to help cheer up the kids. With the help of his daughter he created an 8-foot-tall cut out of “Where’s Waldo” and began hiding it on the site every day…
A dog missing for nearly a month in the Australian bush was found by a family out for a walk and returned to her grateful owner. The family was visiting Mt. Glorious National Park near Brisbane in Queensland, Australia when they noticed an animal along a creek. “My husband and I took my dad to…
18-year-old Kristopher Hudson is working at Walmart in Bryant, Arkansas five days a week while saving for college. Recently, Walmart began running a back-to-school drive to make sure families that are struggling to afford school supplies don’t go without. That’s when Kristopher decided to use his paycheck to make sure children in his area are…
When officers in Barnseville, Georgia, received a report of someone camped out at Gordon State College they weren’t expecting what they found. They asked the occupant of the pitched tent to step out and Fred Barley emerged. The 19-year-old told the officers he had biked 6 hours to the nearby college in the scorching heat…
When it comes to finding shelter dogs homes photographs are often a key part to attracting potential adopters. The San Francisco Animal Care & Control regularly takes sweet photos of their adoptable dogs, but when it came time to take photos of a young chihuahua named Carpe Diem, they were in for a wonderful surprise….
Lost pets, abandoned animals and shelter dogs are all becoming the unlikely benefactors of the hugely popular mobile game Pokémon Go. The gaming app that has rocketed in popularity in the weeks since its release and is getting plenty of media coverage about how it’s getting many people to head outdoors. Players explore their neighborhoods…
Not every adoptable dog who arrives at an animal shelter finds a home. Sometimes it takes a long while for a sweet dog to be noticed. That was the case with Drove, who arrived at the Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby (HSM&S) after being found tied up in an abandoned home. Soon after arriving…
Trying something for the first time can be scary until we have a chance to go through it and realize everything will be okay. Five puppies recently got to try something they had never done before when they got taken outdoors to feel the grass under their feet for the very first time. The puppies…
What would you do if you saw a six year old alone in a public place? Would you stop and help? Would how she looks make a difference to you? That’s what UNICEF asks in their provocative social experiment, which calls into question how we treat children based on appearances. Anano is 6-years-old and a…
Dog siblings Shelby And Buddy were kept outside 24/7 in the dirt in a small gated area before help came. They had no toys to play with, no space to run around in, and no real food to eat. There was only one dirty little dog house for both of them to share. Then they…
Just over six months ago, a Golden Retriever was inside a dog meat farm in South Korea. Meanwhile, half a world away, a young woman wanted to get a dog. That’s when her sister, who follows the Humane Society International (HSI) called her and told her that the organization was closing a dog meat farm….
Do you remember your kindergarten teacher? Many people do, even as adults. One teacher who made a strong impression on her students was Lorly Schick. Now 90-years-old, Schick still remembers many of her students too. That’s why when she turned on her television recently, she was surprised by who she saw on her screen. “When…
For three decades, Lindon Beckford has transported patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He tries to make their brief time together memorable by singing to them as he chauffeurs them to and from operation rooms and testing procedures. It’s his small way of helping them feel better and make their trip easier….
Two police officers in Cedar Hill, Texas, were on lunch break and had just sat down at a table at a local diner when they were approached by a 5-year-old girl named Chloe. Chloe wanted to ask the officers something. Could she pray with them before they ate? The gesture touched Marshals Herron and Wallace…
Gabe Adams was born in Brazil without any arms or legs. As an infant, he was abandoned by his mother and ended up at an orphanage and that’s when his life took yet another dramatic turn. Word of a limbless baby travelled to North America and reached Janelle Adams in Utah. When she saw Gabe’s…
Dogs from all over the United States arrived in Orlando, Florida over the past few days to help comfort people in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The comfort dogs are specially trained to help people in times of crisis, by fostering communication and healing by letting people open up and…
When passers-by spotted a dog stuck in the middle of a dangerous river, they did something that restored my faith in humanity. A man dropped down the steep incline to reach the dog trapped in the middle of the fast-flowing water. He carried the dog over to the edge of embankment but was then faced…
Sheriff’s deputies were leaving a call at a home in Fort Pierce recently when they heard a dog whimpering. Searching for the sound, they made a startling discovering in the vacant lot next door. A poor little puppy had fallen into a collapsed septic drain. “Scared and exhausted, they pulled him out, gave him several…
A man who was having a hard time finding a job because of a medical condition and his dependence on a service/ dog got a welcome piece of good news. When hardware and home improvement retailer Lowe’s Canada heard that the man needed a job they decided to hire him and his dog, Blue. They…
16-year-old girl named Anita Valkova admits to always being scared of dogs. But when no one came to help a sick stray dog who was being pelted with rocks by the kids in her schoolyard, she decided to act. She posted how she rescued Alfeiya on Imgur in hopes to encourage other people to step…
Friends Sonia, Marla and Monica were out for a drink at a nice restaurant in Santa Monica, California when they saw something that was “no joking matter”. Monica noticed a man at another table holding a vial and dropping some liquid into his date’s drink when she had gotten up to go to the bathroom….
When Officer Jeremy Laurich with the Tustin Police Department first saw Bubba, the puppy was living in a drug den and had been exposed to the illicit chemicals because of his owners. Vets later found heroin, methamphetamine and nicotine in the terrier mix’s system. Officer Laurich took Bubba to Orange County Animal Care, where they…
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