A brewery with nearly 1,000 employees has announced it will provide a week of paid “paw-ternity leave” to staff who get a new dog. “[W]e know only too well that having a new arrival – whether a mewling pup or unsettled rescue dog – can be stressful for human and hound both,” BrewDog wrote on…
Three young men were arrested Tuesday in Daytona Beach, Florida after police said they beat up a Navy veteran who asked them to stop torturing a turtle. Gary Blough said his wife and daughter were walking near their apartment when they saw three men “smashing up a turtle”. Blough’s wife went home and told him,…
Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo appears to have a soft spot for dogs, after he offered to help a struggling dog shelter in Portugal. The shelter in the Guarda district of Portugal needed cash to pay a vet bill of approximately $2100 in order to stay open and care for the 80 homeless dogs living…
Security camera footage captured a man’s beautiful act of kindness towards a cold, stray dog on a snowy day in Turkey recently. A resident in the city of Giresun was reviewing the camera’s video when they noticed a man approaching a dog sitting on the sidewalk with snow falling around him. Then the man did…
Legendary actress Mary Tyler Moore has died at the age of 80. She starred in popular television sitcom roles throughout the ’60s and ’70s and many feature films, including her Oscar-nominated role in Ordinary People. She co-starred alongside Dick Van Dyke on The Dick Van Dyke Show, and is best known for her iconic role…
Rescue crews continue to search for survivors after a hotel in Italy was buried by an avalanche on January 18, 2017. The destructive avalanche hit the Rigopiano Hotel and nearly two dozen people went missing. But the discovery of three Abruzzo sheepdog puppies found inside the destroyed hotel’s boiler room has sparked the hope that…
It was a sight that horrified even the most veteran dog rescuers. The Michigan Humane Society rescued a Rottweiler mix who was found wandering the streets of Detroit with his nose and ears cut off. “It appears that someone purposely maimed this poor dog, which has caused it a great deal of suffering,” MHS said…
Leaked video from the set of the upcoming movie release A Dog’s Purpose is calling into question the treatment of animals on the set and has the animal rights organization, PETA, calling for a boycott of the film. The disturbing video released on TMZ shows a German Shepherd dog being forced into rushing water by…
A Michigan man survived a harrowing ordeal thanks to his loyal Golden Retriever, Kelsey. On New Year’s Eve, Bob went outside to grab another log for his fire when he slipped and broke his neck. Unable to move, he called out for help. But it was futile, with his nearest neighbor living a quarter-mile away….
Debbie Reynolds has passed away on December 28, 2016, just a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher. It’s reported that she was with her son and the last thing she said was that she was very, very sad about losing her daughter and that she wanted to be with her again. Fifteen minutes later she…
Carrie Fisher and her French bulldog, Gary were an inseparable duo right until the end. The Stars Wars alum and Hollywood star passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at the age of 60, after suffering a massive heart attack a few days earlier. Gary was reportedly by her side at the hospital in her…
This father and his two children have much to be thankful for after the dad saved the kids from being struck head-on by a car just before Christmas holidays. A father was visiting a bike shop in South Jambi, Indonesia with his two children when he saved their lives after a motor vehicle spun out…
The dog’s heart wrenching howls are what first caught the attention of Dylan Coqit at the shoreline of Wood Lake in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley in Canada. Dylan was at his lakeside home when he heard the desperate cries for help and noticed a dog was stranded after falling through the ice. “It’s crying the entire…
Eric Schmitt-Matzen loves meeting children at Christmas time, but a visit with a 5-year-old boy left him heartbroken and the memory will stay with him forever. The 80-year-old professional Santa Claus is recounting his heartbreaking visit with a terminally-ill boy, who died in his arms. Eric received a call from a nurse making a special…
A sheriff’s deputy happened to be in the right place at the right time for a lost dog named Ruger. While investigating a suspicious vehicle on the roadside at 1 a.m. in the morning, Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Deputy Hammell left his patrol car door open. When he returned a few minutes later he was shocked…
A dog stranded precariously on an ice floe in the port of Magadan, Russia, was rescued by the crew from one of the ships docked there. The dog was carried more than 100 miles on the small piece of ice before the sailors on a Polish ship saved him. Thank goodness those men managed to…
15-year-old teen, Doyin Oladipupo was at home alone when she heard intruders break into her home. Terrified, the young girl ran into her parent’s bedroom and hid in their closet. Luckily she had a phone with her to call 911. On the other end was 12-year veteran police dispatcher Angie Rivera. Angie right away knew…
Jessica Reaves was shopping at her local grocery store back in 2013, when she suddenly noticed her wallet was gone. The mother of four and leader of a Christian outreach team at her church in Guthrie, Oklahoma, suspected that a man who had been standing closely behind her, was responsible for stealing her wallet. But…
After a powerful earthquake rocked Italy this past weekend, emergency rescuers set to work to find survivors amongst the rubble. Crews in the village of Norcia were being assisted in their search by their sniffer dog, who quickly alerted them to something was underneath the rubble. As soon as they began to dig, a black…
A dog named Che is being hailed as a hero after alerting neighbors of a fire and protecting his owner from harm. The dog began barking at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct 30, 2016 in a two-storey red brick rowhouse in Port Richmond, Philadelphia. Che does not usually bark, so his continua barking caught the…
Ten infants have died and 400 others have experienced adverse side effects after reportedly using homeopathic teething tablets, the US Food and Drug Administration says. In a warning issued by the U.S. federal agency on September 30, 2016, parents are urged to stop using the natural remedies immediately and call a doctor if their child…
Kendrick Taylor and his friends were shopping near a Florida Winn-Dixie grocery store in the day time when they heard screams coming from the parking lot. Taylor immediately looked and saw a thief knocking over a 76-year-old woman and attempting to steal her purse. Taylor, a Navy veteran, sprang into action and ran over to…
A controversial ban on Pit Bulls in Montreal, Canada has been temporarily suspended thanks to a legal challenge by the Montreal SPCA. Montreal introduced breed specific legislation targeting Pit Bulls in September 2016 in response to an incident in which a woman was attacked and killed by a dog that was supposedly a Pit Bull,…
A young boy’s quick-thinking is credited with saving a 5-year-old girl’s life. Back in 2013, Connor Fitz-Gerald and a few other kids were playing in the sand at Marina Dunes. They were digging sand caves when he noticed something that terrified him. Five-year-old Alyssa Bostic got buried under the sand and had fallen unconscious. Knowing…
Authorities in a Florida city were called to help a bald eagle that was blocking traffic on a busy road. It appears the eagle may have been hit by a car when she was munching on some road kill. Stunned and unable to fly away, the eagle didn’t move when Clearwater firefighters and police arrived…
She may be tiny at 4’8” but crossing guard, Adrian Young, has the bravery of a superhero. While working at a California school playground, an 8-year-old girl cried out to her for help. “Please help me, Miss Crossing Guard, please help me,” said the little girl, explaining that the woman trying to take her away…
101-year-old Ray Weser is has had a lifelong passion for motorcycles, especially Harley-Davidsons. He fell in love with riding the bikes ever since he was introduced to them as a teenager. He even ended up working for Harley-Davidson for 24 years after serving in World War II. With his birthday approaching in December, Weser expressed…
Rafael Nadal stopped an exhibition tennis match against John McEnroe when he noticed that a distraught mom was looking for her little girl. The toddler, Clara, got separated from her mother at a stadium in Majorca and the resulting commotion in the stands alerted the tennis players on the court that something was wrong. Nadal…
Sassy the Chihuahua only barks when the doorbell rings. But she had another reason to bark recently when her 92-year-old owner, Marie Alexander, fell outside and couldn’t get up. Marie saved Sassy from a shelter and since that time Sassy goes everywhere she goes, including going outside to get the mail. That proved to be…
The dramatic rescue of a man trapped in a burning car and saved by a police officer was shared by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department after they released the officer’s bodycam footage on YouTube. Senior Police Officer Dan Whitney responded to a 3 a.m. highway accident to find an SUV engulfed in flames against a…
Bristle BBQ brushes are a common item around the family barbecue, but Canadian surgeons are sounding the alarm to warn the public of a little-known danger that they are seeing with increasing frequency. The problem is that the sharp wire bristles are coming off the brushes and lodging in people’s throats and doctors have yet…
A 10-month-old puppy swam 6 miles and then walked 12 more to find her family after falling off a boat on Lake Michigan. Belgian Malinois, Rylee, was very determined to make it home to Edward and Kristin Casas after she accidentally fell overboard while they were out for a quiet boat ride. The family’s ordeal…
Malissa Lewis was on her way to work when she noticed a black garbage bag on the side of a rural road in Kentucky. But she immediately slowed down and came to a full stop when she noticed the bag was moving! Although she had no idea what was inside, she knew there was something…
Police acted swiftly when they received several notifications from concerned Facebook users who had seen a photo of a dog with a shoe string tied around his snout. The Shiloh Police Department reported that they had several people contact them because they believed the lace could restrict the dog’s ability to breathe. The photo on…
Gene Wilder, the legendary comedian and actor, has passed away. The beloved star of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory was 83 years old. His family released a statement that the actor had died on August 29, 2016 from complications from Alzheimer’s disease. In the family’s statement they said he had been living with the…
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