Just a stone’s throw away from a busy highway in Pasadena, California, there’s a family with an amazing backyard. Their home is not like the others in their urban neighborhood and that’s because they have a micro-farm that produces 400 kinds of vegetables and fruit in just 4000 square feet of space! Jules Dervaes started…
This family reunion made my week! Sebastian Delgado, 22, is battling a rare form of brain cancer and lost his beloved 10-month-old Pit Bull, Maiden, on March 14, 2015. Maiden had been staying at a family friend’s house in Riverside, California and snuck out through an open gate at the home. Delgado was devastated by…
It’s hard not to be affected while watching this teenage girl share her story about battling anorexia nervosa. She explains how it started off as a diet for a school holiday but it spiraled out of control until her self-starvation nearly cost her her life. Knowing what she knows now, the girl says if she…
The Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights wanted to conduct a social experiment to highlight issues of racism faced by new immigrants. In the PSA, a man asks strangers to translate a message he received on his Facebook account, but when they read it, they quickly realize the message is offensive and racist. The mixture of…
Sometimes a simple gesture from a stranger can be a wonderful reminder of what you’re doing right in your life! This single dad was out for dinner with his 6-year-old daughter on Valentine’s Day when he got an unexpected surprise that brought tears to his eyes. He and his daughter were at the restaurant when…
Doctors were astonished the moment baby Silas was born. As this news video explains, Silas was born three months prematurely via C-section and he emerged from his mother’s womb with his amniotic sac fully intact. It was a moment of awe for the doctors and a true medical rarity. His mother, Chelsea Phillips, wasn’t aware…
When Shelly Gola received flowers on Valentine’s Day she assumed they were from her children, until she read the note. What she read left her speechless. The bouquet was from her late husband, Jim Golay, who had passed away nearly eight months earlier. The note read ‘Happy Valentine’s Day Honey. Stay Strong! Yours Forever, Love…
Sometimes, all it takes is one person to make a huge difference in a dog’s life. A young man named Tze helped seven strays after the dogs crossed his path by chance. Tze is quite modest about his efforts, but his friend Yinie admires her friend’s commitment. She calls him Master of Strays. “Any stray…
Trucker Kevin Kimmel is always vigilant when on the road. So when he saw an RV parked at the Pilot truck lot in New Kent, Virginia, he knew something just didn’t seem right. The trucker told CBS 6 News that the RV had black drapes over the windows, not something you’d see on the typical…
This video is simply heartbreaking. Rick Ellis tragically lost his 6-year-old daughter Lindsey when a drunk driver who liked to party and get drunk got behind the wheel of a car. Choked with emotion, Ellis says, “I’m going to show you something that is the end result of your partying on Friday nights, Saturday nights,…
Leslie Morgan Steiner has a loving husband, children, a Labrador Retriever and a mini-van. She’s also a Harvard graduate and has a successful career in business and journalism. To look at her you’d never think she was madly in love with a man who routinely abused her and threatened her life. Steiner decided to share…
Many terminally-ill people are given extra support and care in their final years or months to make them feel as comfortable as possible before they die. Recognizing that many shelter dogs deserve the same consideration, Foster Dogs NYC provides a program they call “Fospice” (foster/hospice). The program takes elderly and terminally ill dogs out of…
A senior dog smelt like a sewer and looked even worse when Hope for Paws came to rescue him at a water treatment facility in Los Angeles. A sanitation plant is an extremely dangerous place for an animal or a human, and the rescue was especially called in to help the dog and given special…
Simple acts of kindness can mean the world to a homeless dog. Whether it’s the touch of loving hands, or simply a bath or a grooming. The biggest kindness of all is taking them off the streets and finding them a home when no one else will. I have mad respect for the work that…
USMC Veteran Kenny Bass was wounded by an IED blast while out on patrol in Iraq, and suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), hearing loss, Behcet’s Disease, and multiple other physical injuries as result. After battling with the fallout from his combat experience for years, he was prescribed a service dog. The VA would not…
As a mother of an autistic child, Carrie Cariello has grown somewhat exasperated by the speculation of what could be responsible for causing the neurodevelopmental disorder. Carrie decided to blog about just how complicated autism is for her and her family and what she’s felt upon reading what others have to say about the disorder….
At 109-years-old, Alfred Date is the oldest living Australian. He’s also an avid knitter and began knitting over 80 years ago. Recently, he put his knitting skills to work to help the endangered little penguins of Phillip Island! The Penguin Foundation of Phillip Island had put out a call for knitters to make the jumpers…
What would you do if you saw a man on crutches fall down on the sidewalk? What if he was homeless? Would the way he is dressed affect whether you help him or not? That’s what the folks who made this video wanted to find out. They wanted to see if changing one’s appearance changes…
This dog is one loyal friend. In the video below, a dog stands by the side of his owner who is lying on the ground. The man appears to be drunk and injured. Some men, who appear to be EMTS, are attempting to approach the man to give him assistance, but the dog steadfastly refuses…
Hope For Paws received a call from a concerned citizen about a large dog roaming around the railroad tracks in LA. When Eldad Hagar and Jacquline Artecona went to look they spotted an Old English Sheepdog wandering on the streets. The poor dog couldn’t see because of her overgrown hair, but as it turns out…
In January 2008, 22 pit bull terriers, who formerly belonged to Michael Vick and were used in dog fighting, found safe haven at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Southern Utah. After receiving lots of love, compassion and care, these dogs made great strides and some found loving forever homes. The families that adopted the Vicktory…
This story of love and devotion is so touching! When Betty Caldwell passed away two years ago, her husband Bud dedicated a park bench in her memory. The two were married for almost 56 years; Bud continues to honor her memory by visiting her bench every day and bringing her a penny and daisy, tokens…
After finding an emaciated mother Pit bull in the streets of New Orleans, the Villalobos rescue team immediately wondered about her pups. They were surprised that “Mama Dog” walked right up to them asking for help. But things got a lot more complicated when they followed her back home to where her puppies were. Watch…
A Street Dog’s Life is a short video that takes the perspective of a stray dog living on the streets in India. Created by the animal welfare group World For All Animal Care & Adoptions, the video depicts what is just another day in the life of one of the 250,000 stray dogs on the…
After noticing that a pelican had fishing wire wrapped tightly around its beak, two men decided to help it. One brave man managed to grab it before it flew away and held it down, saving its life. Wow, the pelican would have surely starved to death if it hadn’t been for these kind people! If…
One police officer’s act of kindness in the face of a heartbreaking tragedy has become the talk of a close-knit town. Seventeen-year-old Patrick Sullivan died in a car crash on New Year’s Day in Rockland, MA. His family and friends were devastated. After Patrick’s wake, 22 of his friends went to a local restaurant. When…
Karma bites. Just ask this guy. Surveillance video caught a friendly dog approaching a man with his tail wagging. But instead of being greeted, the man tried to kick him. The footage shows the man trying to kick the defenseless dog but he ends up falling flat on the ground when the smart dog quickly…
Riding a bicycle can be a convenient, cost-saving and environmentally-friendly way to get around, but commuting alongside motor vehicles always presents the potential for accidents. In the UK alone, over 19,000 cyclists are involved in accidents every year. Although cyclists are often advised to wear reflective clothing, sometimes it’s not enough to be seen by…
Canine Haven usually rescues dog but in this instance, the Canadian rescue was compelled to save an elderly cat at a shelter. Writing an open letter on Facebook, Canine Haven addressed the elderly cat’s owner and shared their thoughts of the pet owner’s actions as follows: “You decided that you wanted to move to an…
A stray little dog gave Hope for Paws a big challenge when they arrived to save him. The dog had been living in a wide-open field on the outskirts of Los Angeles for close to a week and would not let anyone approach him. A woman called Eldad Hagar and told him the little dog…
A stolen dog was reunited with her family over a year after she was discovered during a raid on a cockfighting operation in Marlboro Count, South Carolina. Carolina Waterfowl Rescue was one of the groups involved rescuing 120 roosters during the operation on March 29, 2015 that saw 27 people arrested. Among all the birds,…
Sometimes our houses and backyards can be hazards for wild animals. In this video, a young buck appears to have tried to clear the wood fence and got his hoof stuck in a crack. The poor creature was dangling from a neighbor’s fence when this kind-hearted man spotted the trapped animal and came to its…
A father set up a business to help people with autism for a very personal reason. His son, Andrew. John D’Eri established a car wash in Parkland Florida in order to have give Andrew a sense of purpose. “I don’t want him to sit in a room being taken care of by others once I’m…
Tom Mabe and Prank It FWD usually plays pranks on people for fun. But on this occasion they set out to do some pranks for good. Tom contacted the charity My Dog Eats First in Louisville and told them he wanted to do a documentary on homeless people and their pets. The charity provides food,…
There are thousands of animal shelters in Brazil and most of them are overcrowded. Yet the situation continues to get worse because many families rather buy a pet than adopt one. One Brazilian rescue organization is setting out to change this attitude. Quatro Patinhas (“Four Paws) secretly stocked a pet shop with rescue dogs and…
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