The power of kindness should never be underestimated and Leon Logothetis is out to prove it. Leon used to be a banker but he gave up his career in order to travel the world and help people. He recently visited Denver, Colorado, and met a single dad who was struggling to keep his family together….
A Siberian Husky riddled with mange was rescued from Sacramento streets and taken to Front Street Animal Shelter for care. “Sick, starving but finally safe,” Front Street Animal Shelter wrote when she first arrived. “With all she has been through, we are amazed to see her kind and gentle demeanor with our staff.” Her sweet…
Apparently, there’s a new trend among car thieves that people should be on the look-out for. I knew there are cheap $5 hacking devices that can easily unlock car doors for thieves, but some thieves are now breaking into cars by simply using a penny or nickel. While your car is locked and unattended, either…
Kyler Bradly has just turned 10, but it was with a heavy heart that his family recently learned he had brain cancer. The tumor is inoperable and there is no cure for it. His family is completely devastated by the news and are doing their best to keep him positive. When Local 12 News went…
John Wright, 81, has shopped at garage sales around Kansas City for around 10 years. He goes to them, hoping to find old wedding dresses, which he and his wife use for a special purpose. His wife, Diane, takes the wedding gowns and cuts them apart and sews them into tinier ones that are called…
Hope For Paws received a call about a dog who had been hit by a car and was taking refuge under a shipping container. The small Chihuahua had survived for weeks with a serious injury and when Eldad Hagar first saw her he could see the blood on her injured leg. She was wedged in…
Christy the West Highland Terrier has just arrived in Florida and is exploring her new home when she makes a very exciting discovery. The home has a swimming pool! Watch what happens the second the screen door is opened for her… That’s one happy puppy! If you have trouble viewing the video below, continue scrolling…
Lana is a 1.5 year old Labrador mix who is looking for a home, and is currently housed in a boarding kennel and not doing well. She is depressed and will only come out of her kennel for two people, who make sure she gets walked, fed, and has some time to de-stress every day….
Kenneth Shinozuka is an incredible young man, who loves his grandfather. When his grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s, began wandering away from home, Kenneth wanted to do something to help him. He developed a sensor that fits in a sock and sounds an alarm when this grandfather begins to roam away. The alarm sends a discrete…
It’s not every day that street dogs in Mexico are shown compassion, but after one dog was given some much needed TLC, he decided he had enough of life as a stray and decided to get himself rescued! Compassion Without Borders filmed a video of a dog trying to get into the sliding doors of…
It’s not easy for Pearl Zambrano to look back on the days as homeless. Pearl is a single mother of two kids and with no job and no way to pay the bills she was feeling helpless and that she had nowhere to turn. But when she ran into her former landlord on her birthday…
When Sergeant Tony Marshall went to visit the Star and Garter nursing home in London he was there to talk about scams and crime prevention. A serious topic, but the visit was lightened because he also brought along five police dogs with him. The police dogs, including 11-week-old Daisy, stole the hearts of residents and…
This dog rescue really pulled on my heartstrings! Dahlia Ayoub, a certified professional dog trainer and part of a well-connected dog rescuer group, had heard about a stray dog living around a local car wash in Etobicoke, Ontario. The Azores Cattle Dog had been left to fend for himself for 7 months and was almost…
We all grow old but we don’t often picture what our life will be like when we’re elderly. At 98, Mary Tony has lived a long life and can still walk on her own and has her health. But, as this touching video reveals, she often struggles with loneliness. Mary lives alone, and does not…
Not only does this stray dog have smarts, he’s got a police officer looking out for him too. In this video, a cop in India notices a street dog wanting to cross a busy road. What does the officer do? He signals the dog to wait and the dog patiently stands by his side and…
For many years, Louise Edlen has waved to the students riding on Bus 7 in Arlington, Washington every day. The 93-year-old is known to the kids and bus driver Carol Mitzelfeldt, as the “grandma in the window”. So when they noticed the window was empty one morning this past September, the students on the bus…
Going through a traumatic ordeal is a difficult, painful process, but many victims must relive the event when they enter the legal process and must confront the defendant in a court of law. Witnesses, especially children, often struggle under the pressure of such situations. That’s why Courthouse Dogs was established. Ellen O’Neill Stephens and Celeste…
Like any kid, the grocery store is one of Beatrice’s favorite places to go. But grocery store trips haven’t been easy for 2-year-old Beatrice and her mother Melody. That’s because Beatrice’s cerebral palsy prevents her from being able to fit in a standard grocery cart. Melody would have to get creative, but it was difficult…
When the Tunica Humane Society (THS) received a call about a group of dogs abandoned in rural Mississippi they had no idea they would find 19 animals dumped and left to die in an abandoned home. The dogs were roaming the countryside and all of them were thirsty and starving. They were also frightened running…
Meredith Vieira decided she wanted to shed light on a very real problem – homeless and abused dogs. She and her film crew decide to visit Savannah, Georgia and Animal Aid USA, a group working tirelessly to rescue dogs that they find in terrible situations and finding them homes throughout the country. During their visit,…
When a stray dog named Monk was rescued off the streets, he was like a raw, open wound. The Great Dane/ Pit Bull mix had such a serious case of mange that veterinarians in Memphis, Tennessee treated him like he was a burn victim. Street Dog Foundation rallied support for Monk and thanks to their…
Bailey and Meyers Leonard are two brothers who are extremely close. Having lost their father when they were very young, the boys grew up treasuring each other and rarely leaving the others’ side. Only 22 months apart in age, Meyers and Bailey did everything together. So when Bailey joined the Marines and was sent overseas,…
After Ellen Degeneres posted the video of 4-year-old McKenna singing Martina McBride’s song “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” to her mother who’s battling cancer, the touching video quickly went viral. McKenna’s sweet serenade to her mom, Diana, brought tears to everyone’s eyes. A week later, Ellen decided to invite the mother and daughter on…
With at least one in three kids experiencing bullying at school, UP TV asked the question “who will stop the bullying?” They set up a hidden camera at a bus stop and had three children act out a bullying scenario. They then watched and waited to see how adults would respond to what they overheard….
When this motorcyclist was waiting at a busy intersection, she noticed what she thought was a leaf blowing in the intersection. But then she realized it was a kitten and she couldn’t stop shaking! She had to watch as cars and trucks zipped within inches of the cat, praying it would not be hit. Luckily,…
If you see something like these candy-like pills in your child’s Halloween bag this year, the police want to warn you that these are not candy. Jackson, MS Metro Police Department shared the photo of the bright-colored pills on Facebook and identified the tablets as drugs, with the following warning: “If your kids get these…
K9 Argo spent his life serving the Texas community of Hidalgo County, but with his health ailing, the dog was given a touching farewell by his family and fellow police officers. The Czech German Shepherd had a distinguished career sniffing out narcotics and tracking down dangerous felons. Recently, the K9 was diagnosed with bone cancer….
Kenny is a Doberman Pinscher who was left at a shelter after his owners decided he was not aggressive enough. He waited at the shelter for THREE years until a rescue took him in. It was to be the start of his happy ending, but his story took a tragic turn. An accident injured Kenny’s…
The crew from Chicken Soup For The Soul’s Hidden Heroes set up a bulletin board with $1 bills pinned to it and the note “Take what you need. Give what you can.” They brought the board to Mission Beach in San Diego and placed it on the boardwalk where people could see. Then they set…
For four months, animal rescuers had been trying to rescue a white German Shepherd who was living in the desert outside Los Angeles, California. After exhausting all the options they could think of, they reached out to Hope For Paws for help. On the day Eldad Hagar arrived, the dog was staying close to the…
A dog is lucky to be alive after she was heartlessly tossed over a highway overpass and into an alligator-infested swamp in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to the call and officers saw the Pit Bull was alive on a small piece of land in the swamp below. With…
For all of their misfortune, Dill and Pickles have been lucky to have a lot of guardian angels looking out for them. The two small dogs were spotted on top of a garbage pile by a woman who took a video and sent it to Hope For Paws. The rescue quickly found the pair and…
When Dallas firefighters were called out to a house fire that they suspected was arson they were approached by a female Pit Bull desperately in need of help, but not because of the blaze. After firefighters had extinguished the fire and were searching the home, the dog approached the firefighters asking for help. They began petting…
In Serbia, stray dogs are estimated to number in the tens of thousands. They live in the streets of cities and roam rural areas, and are often subjected to abuse and starvation. But there is one place that is a haven to 450 dogs, thanks to animal rescuer Sasha Pesic. At his sanctuary, dogs are…
Who knows what would have happened to a dog named Smokey if a kind stranger hadn’t dropped everything to rescue him. Darlene is an animal lover, not an animal rescuer, but a chance conversation with her manicurist would prompt her to save Smokey’s life. Darlene was visiting the nail technician she liked a lot when…
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