Michele Boggs works at an animal shelter and day in and day out she takes care of the dogs who come in. But, due to overcrowding, she says goodbye to many of them. She shared a powerful photo accompanied by a letter from the perspective of the dogs lying in the bags in front of…
An unlikely pair of best friends have been reunited with their owner. Wednesday morning, volunteers with Lost and Found Pets of Hillsborough County found a dog and a pig wandering together on Merrily Circle in Seffner. Their owner, Willie Landry, came forward and has been reunited with the pig and the pup. He said Petey…
Almost every dog lover has heard of the story of Hachiko, the loyal dog who waited 10 years at the train station for his owner’s return. But not many have heard the story of Shep, an equally touching tale of love, loyalty and man’s best friend. After his owner died and his body shipped home,…
Residents in a Russian town saved a pregnant dog who had been buried and left to die under a bricked-up sidewalk. A shocking video showing the dog’s rescue shows the dog being freed from her brick tomb in the town of Voronezh, Russia. How the dog came to be trapped under the street is unclear,…
Newborn baby Malaya is about to meet her new best friend, the family’s Yorkshire Terrier. The Yorkie is first introduced to Malaya’s blanket. Later on, she gets to meet Malaya in person. At first the dog a bit shy, but she’s curious and sniffs Malaya a few times. By the end of the video, you’ll…
High in the Himalayan mountains of Bhutan is the Taktsang Palphug Monastery, a sacred Buddhist monastery also known as “Tiger’s Nest”. Visitors and pilgrims walk up the steep cliffside to visit this historic marvel built in the 17th century. Recently, when Tim Gorski, a filmmaker and animal activist, was on his way to the monastery,…
In addition to being adorable goofballs, English Bulldog puppies are also known to be feisty. Piper combines the two lovable qualities in this cute video of her barking at her human mom! Much to her surprise, her bark is so big that it literally bowls her over! No wonder Piper’s family couldn’t stop laughing. Share…
A pregnant Lurcher found brutally attacked bravely hung on to life for the sake of her unborn puppies. Cinnamon was found by dog wardens in Dublin, Ireland with multiple puncture wounds all over her body and heavily pregnant in late July of 2015. Her rescuers believe she was stabbed by someone and left for dead….
A street dog was curled up in a ball on the side of the road. He was suffering from severe mange and had completely given up hope. Just watch his transformation after kind humans rescued him and gave him the medical care he desperately needed. From the opening moments when Animal Aid Unlimited, India drives by…
Chef, a retired Military Working Dog (H067), has never met a kitten before he’s introduced to this adorable fluff ball. But all it takes is a few sniffs and Chef is absolutely smitten with his new friend. “This particular [cat] has grown and was adopted out, however we did keep one from the litter and…
While visiting a small shop in Tokyo, Japan, Miki Kotevski was greeted by a very friendly Shiba Inu dog named Shiva. “Shiva’s owner is the kindest owner and a great and kind person,” says Miki. Shiva helps his owner run the shop and, according to Miki, “Shiva is probably the best sales man in the…
The day Ginger the German Shepherd was dropped off at the Apple Valley Animal Shelter in California by her homeless owner, she disappeared. Alarms went off in the shelter that evening, altering animal control officers of an intruder. They went to investigate and didn’t find anyone, but they found some mess and noticed Ginger was…
While Officer J. Williams was conducting a property check of the Parsippany Animal Control and Shelter last week he found a medium-sized Pit Bull tied to the fence with a red leash. Someone had left the dog with a toy, bag of food and two bowls. The Pit Bull was left sometime between 9:00 A.M. and…
Oftentimes, Special Needs Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation (SNARR), an animal rescue in Egypt, rescues dogs in desperate situations and Anubis was no exception. The dog is missing half his snout because of animal cruelty. But now, he is getting a new beginning in a loving foster home in the United States. Warning: some photos of Anubis may…
Poor Pepper, he’s missing his mom and dad so much he jumped onto their bed to be close to him while they were out of town. But he’s got a sympathetic shoulder to cry on with Michael, his mom and dad’s roommate. In the video, Michael finds Pepper moping on the bed and asks him…
When this dog notices the new little human in the family hasn’t been tucked in to his blanket, he takes it upon himself to make sure the baby stays warm! Gently using his nose, the dog covers the baby up with the blanket. Once the infant is nicely swaddled, the dog gets up and stretches…
Rocky may have a greying muzzle and failing eyesight. He may not be able to walk up stairs or hear so well. But to his adoptive mom, the senior dog is the “best gift” she’s ever gotten. Rocky is 17-years-old and was recently brought in to Anne Arundel County Animal Control. His last days may…
If it wasn’t for this family’s Pit Bulls, two armed robbers may have been successful in stealing their 3-month old baby! Nayeli Garzon-Jimenez was at home and on the phone with her husband Adolfo Angeles-Morales when a man and a woman broke into their home while Adolfo. Nayeli heard a sound from the kitchen door…
Vacationers were hurrying home from their holidays and no one took any notice of a mother dog and her daughter clinging to life on the side of a highway. That was until Marti and Tsetso noticed them. The kind-hearted strangers noticed the dogs on the roadway in Bulgaria and stopped to help them. They put…
We all know yawning can be contagious. But did you know it can be contagious between humans and their pets? These three kittens hear and see their human yawning offscreen. Soon after, the Scottish folds follow suit one by one! The middle one standing up at 0:15 to yawn? Precious! Share this cute video with…
A poor emaciated puppy was in trouble in more ways than one after people were calling for her to be “caught and destroyed in case she was diseased”. The dog, clearly suffering from mange, was wandering the streets of Bulgaria and in danger of being killed when Rudozem Street Dog Rescue (RSDR) was notified out…
If you are in Fort Worth, Texas, you might get a glimpse of an unusual train puttering down a road. You might have to do a double take, as you realize it’s a train filled with dogs! Eighty-year-old Eugene Bostick and his “dog train” are well known to locals. He’s been driving the tractor with…
For a big dog, Hugo the Great Dane is more than a little bit apprehensive when he is introduced to a tiny 4-day-old gosling named Darcy. The gentle giant’s curiosity eventually wins out over his fear and he carefully approaches the baby goose for a sniff. What a good boy!
When cats and dogs share a home, they behave a lot like siblings. There’s love but there’s also the typical sibling bickering. And nothing demonstrates this love-hate bond more than when it comes to dog beds. Yep, cats love to steal the beds from their canine companions. It’s like cats just can’t help themselves and…
Tia the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Cross may be 5 years old, but she still likes a good Lullaby. When she was a puppy, her mom would sing to her until she fell asleep. Although Tia’s mom hadn’t sung to her in a while, when she noticed the dog relaxing on the sofa in the middle…
Eva Armstrong left her job on Wall Street so she could rescue and rehabilitate dogs from kill shelters. She admits to being a workaholic and wanted to make a lot of money. But one day she realized she didn’t care about what she was doing, and that her true calling was being with dogs. Her…
Victor the Pit bull had a cruel life before he was rescued from an illegal dog-fighting ring in Washington. But his courageous spirit was on full display recently, when he protected his foster mom from a carjacker. Victor was saved Bullseye Dog Rescue and with the help of foster caregiver Amber Melena, Victor has been…
An Italian course-haired hound named Bella was used for breeding and nothing else. And after she was “no good” at that anymore, she was abandoned on the streets of Athens, Greece, to survive on her own. Luckily for the ailing dog, she was spotted by a volunteer with SCARS, a dog rescue group in Greece….
After finding a starving dog, a kind-hearted Good Samaritan took it upon himself to start feeding her. The rescuer decided to help the Rottweiler himself and not call animal control as he did not want the dog to be given back to her owner, fearing the dog had been abused. According to the Good Samaritan,…
Hope For Paws arrived to rescue a dog living on the streets of Los Angeles and discovered a severely matted poodle. She was so matted that Eldad Hagar could not tell what sex she was at first. Once he rescued her, he named her Dolly. And Dolly didn’t have to wait long to begin her…
Animal rescuers sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to save lives, as the people in this video prove. It opens with two people pulling a rope out of a drain pipe with tremendous effort. This goes on for nearly a minute until finally at 0:57 a pair of feet appear. It’s a woman, but she’s not…
Sydney is not happy to see that her human is leaving her, so she does the only thing she can given her tiny size. Watch as she protests his departure by refusing to get off of his backpack. Parting is such sweet sorrow, especially for a loving dog like Sydney! Share this sweet video with…
Most families will agree that children benefit from growing up with pets. Jenny Ann is one mother who would also say it is wonderful for the parents too. Her 8-month-old daughter and Eevee the kitten get along beautifully as the precious video shows. “They fell asleep together. This is them waking up,” writes Jenny Anne…
Cousins James, 9 and Kayden, 6, were playing in a park near west Mesa in Arizona this past summer when they heard a dog crying. The two went to investigate and found a dog tightly wedged between two walls. It was a very hot day, so James and Kayden asked a neighbor to try and…
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