Many dogs have a singular favorite toy, a unique plaything to which they are emotionally attached and prefer to everything else. These items can be quite enjoyable and soothing for our animals. However, stray dogs who are left to fend for themselves frequently have no toys at all. One street dog knew he had to…
Five years ago, a very special and unusual guest began regularly visiting Gerardo Ortiz’s Peruvian restaurant Ajilalo. A hungry, homeless dog who was walking the streets decided to stop at the restaurant’s entrance and make a touching expression. Gerardo might have easily refused the homeless dog, but he gave him a lovely free lunch that…
Worldwide attention has been drawn to a mother’s post regarding her adoptive son and the death of a pet. After receiving some unexpected news, Maria Henry Gay recently revealed that her family had to say farewell to their senior dog. Maria had brought their dog, Buffy, in for a routine dental checkup. Blood tests were…
Dogs are not different from human. Both feel pain and get hurt. Imagine a human being is chained for years. What will be the outcome? We can’t even imagine. That’s what has happened to this innocent dog. When you looked at the dog’s neck, you could see she had been chained for a while. The…
Bella, a dog in a shelter, had a very difficult life. The sad dog lived the majority of her life in a concrete kennel at a city pound in Romania. She had very little contact with people and rarely got to go outside. She had untreated problems with her liver and spleen in addition to…
For stray animals, life can be extremely difficult. They must find their own food and drink, and they are entirely exposed to the elements because they have nowhere to call home or find refuge. There are several stories of dogs battling an extreme cold and the kind of businesses that opened their doors to keep…
Five-year-old pit bulls Romeo and Damian were rescued together. The poor puppies were found by the Nassau County SPCA starving, dehydrated, and severely underweight, with ribs, spines, and hips clearly visible. As soon as possible, they were hurried to a nearby vet clinic to begin receiving the treatment they had obviously never received before. The…
The bear cub had traveled quite a distance to arrive at this point. Since Tamarack, an abandoned bear cub, escaped from a wildlife rehabilitation center after being rescued from a Northern California wildfire zone, Toogee Sielsch has been keeping a careful check on him. Tamarack needed medical attention after suffering burns to his paws in…
In Wilcox, Arizona, a young brown bear found himself in a very “hair-raising” position when he got trapped up a utility pole. Fortunately for the bear, a utility worker noticed the bear in difficulty and asked their supervisor for help. The Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Co-op dispatched linemen Warner Newbauer & Apprentice lineman Gallego to…
We can only imagine that Patrick Hennesy was eager to go home and warm up in bed as quickly as possible as he was driving home in the chilly at 4.30 in the morning. But he didn’t think twice about stopping and helping two terrified puppies that he saw in need. Hennesy noticed two pit…
