A senior alpaca had no friends until one day he met a cow. He is a 17-year-old alpaca, which is pretty old for an alpaca. Stevie had been living at a petting zoo and not getting along with the other animals so he was taken in by Happy Compromise Farm, a sanctuary for animals. Sadly,…
“There’s this huge dog just looking into our office door,” said Kristin Erwin of the first time she saw the stray Mastiff she named Hoss. Hoss stared at her and began to wag his tail. Kristin Erwin says that the Texas county where she lives doesn’t have animal control or leash laws resulting in lots…
A man broke down in tears when he reunited with the dog he had to give up 10 years ago. Michael Sawyer had an emotional reunion with his dog, Smokey, who he rehomed himself after he was forced to give the dog up due to unfortunate life circumstances. He brought his wife, Susanna Green-Sawyer, along…
Animal shelters have a difficult time when they see loving dogs passed over by potential adopters for the way they look. It may simply be because of their breed or their color. Or sometimes it can be because of a deformity they are born with. But every time a dog is ignored, it weighs on…
Winnie is a poodle mix who loves to make friends. So she was instantly intrigued when she caught sight of a dog sitting in a neighboring window while exploring her mom’s apartment complex. The dog, whose name is Chips, became Winnie’s boyfriend from that moment on. The moment Winnie saw him, she ran over to…
“I see 6 young puppies out here by the road, they need help,” a bus driver said when calling Stray Rescue of St. Louis. After the pouring rain cleared on a St. Louis street, the driver had spotted six abandoned puppies. When rescuers came out to the scene they found the puppies piled together but…
When Valia Orfanidou first glimpsed Alma, she thought the dog was dead. Animal rescuers had arrived at the public pound in Sparta, Greece and were greeted with a horrific sight. Four hundred dogs living in deplorable conditions. Valia, with The Orphan Pet was accompanying Save A Greek Stray to document and help the dogs in…
Hank the rescue dog has fallen for the girl next door. Every day he goes up to his window to check if his lady love, Penny the Pit Bull, is out and about. She lives next door and the moment he saw her he was instantly smitten. He doesn’t know how to flirt well and…
Dogs are a constant source of joy and bring smiles to our faces in the simplest ways. Take this funny moment when a young woman decides to play a harmless trick on her dogs. She is tossing her dogs’ ball in the air in front of them as they watch. The two Retrievers watch intently,…
Pedro and Pablo are not a typical pair of prairie dogs. The two like to burrow like their wild counterparts but they burrow in laundry baskets. They also like to scream ‘hello’ to their family, but they do it every morning when they see their human mom, Sarah. Pablo and Pedro came to be her…
Bumper was born blind and deaf but his family could tell from the moment they met him at 8-weeks-old that he was exceptionally smart and adventurous. Amy, his mom, recently filmed Bumper reacting to a surprise visit from one of his favorite people, her daughter Faeron. Bumper was resting on his pillow when Faeron stepped…
Thom and Alicia wanted to help their local animal rescue with fostering a dog but those plans soon turned into fostering a mama dog and her 8 newborn puppies! They had heard about Cholula, a very pregnant Pit bull who was ready to give birth any day. Cholula had been pulled from a city shelter…
The author of the treasured and much beloved ‘Rainbow Bridge‘ poem has at long last been found after 64 years of anonymity. Arizona art historian and author Paul Koudounaris was determined to track down the author and after many years of sleuthing he tracked the poem back to Edna Clyne-Rekhy, a Scottish woman, who wrote…
Mathilde is just 5 days old but the Friesian foal is ready to bounce and run around her family’s inside arena for the very first time. The filly follows her mom, Sjirkje. She’s shy and uncertain at first, but once she sees her mom start running around she’s soon dashing ahead of her mom and…
A dog named Alex has been rescued after surviving an astounding 22 days under the rubble after Turkey’s deadly earthquakes. The Husky was pulled alive from a destroyed building in Turkey’s Hatay province on February 28. Video filmed by HAYTAP, an animal welfare organization in Turkey, shows the rescuers crawling through the debris and calling…
A stray Pitbull went from fearful to loving in just a few minutes after her heart warmed to her rescuer. Donna with Stray Rescue of St. Louis spotted the dog hanging out near an abandoned building. She tried to coax “Cutie Pie” over to her, but the dog kept her distance and ducked around the…
A family was delighted when they saw Kaia the Husky dog play with Frosty the horse for the first time. The pair of animals get the zoomies and race around the barn in Frosty’s paddock as their humans look on. “Kaia (the husky) seeing her cousin Frosty (the horse) during their favorite time of the…
Passengers on a boat tour in the Bahamas screamed in fright after witnessing a dog jump onto a hammerhead shark. The 12-foot hammerhead shark was swimming close to shore when the tourists spotted the dog running along a dock on shore and then leapt right into the water as the shark swam by. Several tense…
Meet Ragdolls Perseus, Andromeda, and their daughter Domino! The cats live in Sherwood Park, Alberta so they are familiar with winter weather. Recently, the cats created a bit of a mystery for their family. How is it that three cats produced only 2 sets of prints? The viral video of the trio revealed the solution…
A Pit Bull sealed shut in a wooden box has found a home with the woman who freed him. The dog now named Diego struggled to get out of his boxed prison but the dog house’s entrance had been nailed shut and he couldn’t escape. It was late December in Oklahoma City when someone told…
They are called the “Wheelchair Mafia” by The Man that Rescues Dogs (TMTRD), a wonderful animal rescue in Thailand. The Wheelchair Mafia is a group of rescue dogs with disabilities who embrace life to the fullest thanks to the love and respect they get from their rescuers. And a recent delightful video from TMTRD gives…
A group of students working together helped save a dog stuck in a canal. Jack Spencer Furmston and Ben Camphor were walking home in Manchester, England when they saw the dog in the water and worried people not knowing what to do. The students from Manchester Metropolitan University immediately sprung into action. “Everyone was panicking,”…
A cat saved from the rubble after the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey has decided to stay with his rescuers. The cat has not left the rescue workers for days. Wherever they go, he goes with them. In a heartwarming video clip shared on Reddit, the white and black cat is seen perched on one of…
He just wanted to bring the dog inside but it turned into a hilarious adventure. Preston Johnston ventured outside to fetch his dog, Thor, and bring him inside, but Mother Nature (and inappropriate footwear) had other ideas. His wife explained on YouTube how it happened: The video is of my husband, Preston Johnston, and our…
Bruno, a dog with one ear staying at North Carolina’s SPCA of Wake County, decided to make his “best friend” look just like him. And because of it, he’s now got a dad to look after him. Photos of Bruno’s handiwork went viral after SPCA of Wake County shared photos of the pooch with his…
A loving message lies at the heart of a pet food company’s first ever Super Bowl commercial that will premiere at Super Bowl 2023. The Farmer’s Dog ad opens with a young girl whispering to her puppy, “I’ll always take care of you.” As we see the pair age together, and the girl growing into…
A truck filled with disaster relief supplies got lost in the mountains while on their way to a remote village destroyed in the recent earthquake in Turkey. But thanks to a dog, they arrived safely to deliver the aid. A dog, who saw the aid convoy in Kahramanmaraş, guided the teams to the village of…
It was a cold, wet January day in Malvern, Pennsylvania, when Karen looked out into her yard and saw a white dog “curled up in a ball” in her flower bed. The dog was “wet, dirty and shaking” and obviously in need of some love and kindness. Concerned for her unexpected visitor, Karen brought out…
A glimmer of hope buoyed search and rescue members in Turkey after they found a dog alive in the rubble of a building demolished by the disastrous earthquake that has claimed tens of thousands of lives. A family dog named Little Pamuk was found on Friday in Hatay after being buried for more than 90…
Bystanders who witnessed a heroic stranger rescue a dog from an icy lake are saying the dog’s owner did nothing to help her dog even after he fell through the ice and struggled to get free. Visitors to Shawnee Mission Lake in Lenexa, Kansas, were enjoying a sunny but cold day at the dog park…
A newly adopted dog in Texas found her way back home after going missing by being incredibly smart. The dog found her way back to the temporary shelter where she had been cared for. Bailey, a husky mix, went missing from her new home on January 29, 2023. Her new family called the Animal Rescue…
From Purrludes on piano and harp for cats or a Pawiano trio for a dog, musical composer Noam Oxman has come up with a beautiful way to honor the memory of pets. Oxman began composing his “Sympawnies” as a new way to express himself. He writes on YouTube, “In the search of new ways to…
A white dog living with a pack of coyotes in the desert of Nevada for months has been rescued. Coyote Dog or Ghost, as he is known, had been spotted living among the wild animals by locals in the Inspirada neighborhood of Henderson. People recount seeing Ghost not only being accepted by the pack but…
Coconut the dog has always wanted a cat friend and finally got one after she met a stray in her neigborhood. Coconut has cats in her house. But as much as she wants to be their friend and play with them, they don’t like her. One day, while out for a walk, Coconut met a…
It’s a “feel-good happy ending” story for one dog after he was tossed from a car during a high-speed police chase. “Taho”, a young Pit Bull, miraculously survived an ordeal that could have easily cost him his life. Deputies with the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office were in pursuit of a vehicle carrying suspects involved with…
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