When K9 Angels learned that 650 dogs were dying of starvation and disease in the Odai Shelter in Bucharest, Romania they partnered with other rescues to help raise much needed funds to help save the dogs. Although they made some headway in their fundraising, they were falling far short of their goal until they received…
Two dogs on the brink of death began their journey to a new life when Trio Animal Foundation received a call from the Chicago Police Department. The police had just rescued two starving dogs from an abandoned building and the dogs needed help urgently. The rescue rushed to pick up the two dogs, who they…
Thirteen-year-old Bradley North was leaving school with his friends when he noticed a French Mastiff alone in a hot car with no windows open. Concerned, the teen started to walk toward the dog to check on him. What happened next has people calling Bradley a hero! The big dog was so relieved to see Bradley…
This wedding dance is so loving it’s beyond words. When Kristeena Rheault’s new husband Luke danced with his mom at their wedding, everyone began to cry. Luke’s mother was suffering from ALS and was wheelchair bound. But that did not keep her son from wanting to dance with her. As Mariah Carey’s “Hero” plays, Luke…
This is a wonderful story of paying it forward. When waitress Liz Woodward was serving breakfast to firefighters Tim Young and Paul Hulling at the Route 130 Diner in New Jersey, she overhead them talking about a warehouse fire that the two had worked on during their overnight shift. Moved by this, she decided to…
There’s a reason that the recent video Coby Persin did to educate parents and young girls to the dangers of using social media went viral. It’s become very easy for child predators to target and prey on children and teens using fake social media profiles. Coby decided to do a follow-up experiment to show that…
“There is little that saddens us more than seeing a dog in distress,” Roswell Police Department wrote after officers responded to a call about a dog in a hot car. The temperature in the Georgia town was around 97 degrees outside, making the temperature inside the car sweltering hot. “Today, officers were called out to…
During a high school football game between Parkway High School and Captain Shreve High School, the audience had some very special honored guests. Veterans from World War II and the Korean War were in attendance. The veterans are all residents of Northwest Louisiana War Veterans Home in Bossier City. They enjoyed front-row seating at the…
Everyone who arrives at the Duffield & Pastrick Family Funeral Home in Coloma, Michigan is greeted with a smile and a wagging tail. Seger is a chocolate Labrador is there when people are going through a hard time dealing with the loss of a loved one. Seger was supposed to be a service dog for…
Alone in his kennel, Dozer had been waiting for almost a year at the Agoura Animal Care Center in California for someone to pick him and take him home. But no one came. The Pit Bull mix grew so depressed that he stopped eating. Volunteers took notice of Dozer’s failing health and wanted to help…
This scary message about the dangers of Facebook has been widely circulated and is a powerful anecdote to remind parents of the potential dangers of social media. “So, you just checked your Facebook and a random guy has sent you a friend request. you don’t know him but his profile picture is kind of cute…
An auction became the setting of an emotional gesture when a rancher handed over the keys to a car to a young man he had never met. Tanner Brownlee was 15 years old when his dad, Weld County Deputy Sam Brownlee, was killed in the line of duty after a police chase in 2010. This…
Seven out of every 10 women in the United States say they are unable to escape abusive relationships in part because the abuser threatens to harm the family pet. Two out of five women say they don’t leave because they worry about what will happen to their dog. That’s why this story of a heroic…
Many families treasure their visits to Disney World, but for one mother, the trip will be one she will never forget after her son met “the fairest of them all”. As Amanda Coley explained: “This is my 2 year old — Jack Jack. He was having nothing to do with any of the characters on…
David Sharpe returned from duty as an Air Force security guard in the Middle East suffering from PTSD. One day, the veteran found the comfort he desperately needed in a puppy he rescued from a shelter. He named her Cheyenne. As he spiralled downward into depression, Cheyenne ended up turning his life around. Although he…
Karridy Askenasy was waiting in line at his neighborhood Walgreen’s  when he was told by the young clerk behind the counter that there would be a slight delay as the woman ahead of him went to her car to get the rest of the money she needed for her purchase. However, Karridy noticed that she…
Over the past five years, Ridge Quarles has worked at Qdoba Mexican Grill in Kentucky and gotten to know a few of his customers personally. How he treated one particular customer so impressed Dr. David Johns that he recorded it on video and shared it with some of his friends. Note: this was filmed prior…
An elderly street dog who had almost given up on living, is back on his feet again thanks to the kind rescuers at Animal Aid Unlimited in India. They were notified about the dog after he was pulled out of a sewer by a kind-hearted Good Samaritan. The dog was so exhausted and defeated that…
Sometimes a photo is worth a thousand words. And sometimes a photo will save a life. That’s what happened recently when The High Plains Humane Society (HPHS) visited the City of Portales Animal Shelter in New Mexico and took this photo of a female dog looking sadly out of her cage. The group shared the…
In 2016, Rio de Janeiro will host the Paralympic Games. In anticipation of the event, organizers hid cameras in some gyms around the city and sent in several para-athletes to see what the reaction would be. In one instance, visually impaired Lucia Teixeira joins a judo practice. In another gym, Vinicius Rodrigues, who has a…
It makes me happy seeing young kids doing great things! Thirteen-year-old Jonathan Flatt was making his way to the school bus stop in Albuquerque when he heard an odd sound coming from the field along the road. He went to investigate and made a shocking discovery. There, stuffed in a trash bag, were six puppies!…
Vinny Desautels was only 5 years old when he grew out his hair for two straight years in order to help children with cancer. He did it because he wanted to “help people so they don’t have to go to the doctors to fight cancer”. For two years he endured teasing and was often mistaken…
Hope For Paws received an urgent call from Waste Management in LA about a homeless Pit Bull who had wandered into a very dangerous location in their recycling facility. The terrified dog was found hiding inside a huge trash heap and wouldn’t come out! The Waste Management team assisted Eldad Hagar by using a bulldozer…
A police officer wrote this letter explaining why he won’t be performing his duties today. The reason why gave me pause and made me think twice about the job cops do every day. “Today, I will not answer the radio call that your boyfriend has come home drunk and is beating you again. Today I…
Dr. Matt from Vet Ranch drove a couple of hours to pick Ginger up from the pound to keep her from being euthanized. “We have an overpopulation problem in my area, so any dogs with ailments are the first to be put down at the pound, and Ginger had a baseball sized tumor on the…
A tiny sick stray puppy found herself help when she walked into the East Cleveland Fire Department. Firefighters took one look at the desperate 5-month-old Pit Bull mix and knew she needed medical help. She had open wounds all over her body from severe mange. The homeless pup followed one firefighter around for hours while…
Precious’ rescuers were actually rescuing another dog when they received a call about her, but she would become one of their most amazing rescues. Love That Dog Hollywood dog rescue was told that she had been used as a bait dog and she was bleeding out. When they found her, she was bloody, her ears…
Mario Sciorrotta was walking her group of daycare kids near a park when they began excitedly pointing to the policeman driving by. Mario told them to wave to him and that caught his attention as he drove by. West Des Moines Police Officer Aaron Swenson pulled over and immediately asked them a question. “You want…
No one would have known if Millie the dog died in the garbage dumpster. In fact, if she had been there one more hour, San Antonio Animal Care Services (ACS) most likely would have been taking her to the morgue and not their shelter. Fortunately for Millie, someone noticed her and immediately called for help….
Howl of a Dog was driving back home after delivering a rescue dog to her new family when they spotted a homeless dog at a rest stop. The friendly and affectionate stray just wanted someone to save her. Luckily the right people stopped and they brought Maya back to their rescue to find her a…
When rescuers from Take Me Home Pet Rescue first saw Norah, she was lying lifeless in the grass. They thought she might be dead until she lifted her head. People in the area said they had been feeding the stray dog for years and that she had been living in a drainage ditch. Over the…
When Morgan Wheeler pulled into a Walmart parking lot in Fayetteville, West Virginia, she had no way of knowing that she would meet a man that would make a lasting impression on her and millions of others. The 21-year-old saw a man in a wheelchair struggling and asked if she could help him into the…
It’s amazing the difference a random act of kindness can have on one person’s life, and this story exemplifies that. It begins with a man taking a lunch break when he notices a homeless man sitting on the curb with his dog. This story was shared on reddit some years ago and has been circulating…
When Marine Sergeant Ross Gundlach and his K9 partner, Casey, served in Afghanistan, Ross made a promise to the dog that he would do whatever it took to find her when he returned home. Ross worked with Casey sweeping roads for explosives in Helmand Province and the pair bonded while overseas. They successfully completed 150…
Sometimes the most rewarding experiences come when you least expect them. Just ask YouTuber HeyFletch, who was hesitant to film this video at Meadowbrook Senior Living facility at first, but was certainly glad he did because otherwise he would not have met some wonderful new friends. He writes: “My friend asked me to direct a…
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