Woman Reunites With Her Dog Almost 3 Years After He Was Stolen From Her House
Losing your pet is one of the worst experiences that can befall a dog owner. If that happens, dog owners will do whatever they can in order to get them back. This usually includes posting flyers, spreading the word on social media, calling the local animal shelter, and spending endless hours combing the streets for any signs of the beloved pooch. Most of the time dog owners will eventually find their beloved pet after a few hours, days, or weeks of endless searching. Sadly, this isn’t anyways the case for some dog owners. In some cases,...
The Last Two Animals From The ‘World’s Worst Zoo’ Get Rescued
The Marghazar Zoo in Pakistan has been called the “world’s worst zoo.” After years of campaigning to get it to shut down, animal rights activists were glad to see that finally happen. Since its closure, activists have been busy trying to get the animals out of their awful enclosures and on to better lives. Recently, the zoo made news when the 36-year-old elephant, Kaavan, finally was relocated to a brighter future in the Cambodia Wildlife Sanctuary in Siem Reap. The lonely elephant had been on his own for years but since his...
Woman Discovers A Stray Puppy Napping In The Nativity Scene Manger
It’s the holiday season which means that many people have put out decorations, including nativity scenes. Whether you’re religious or not, you know what a nativity scene consists of Mary, Joseph, the Three Wise Men, shepherds, animals, etc. Of course, in the very middle of it all, there is the baby Jesus lying in a manger. For Nádia Rosângella, one nativity scene in particular really stood out to her. As she was passing a nativity display in her hometown in Brazil, she ended up doing a double-take. Rather than the...
Brave Dogs Are Using Their Noses (And Risking Their Lives) To Save Florida’s Everglades From Pythons
It’s really amazing everything dogs can do. They can find missing people. They can smell cancer, low blood sugar, and Covid-19. And now, a pair of detection dogs in Florida are using their noses to find invasive Burmese pythons in Florida’s Everglades National Park. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Truman (a black Labrador) and Eleanor (a point setter) have demonstrated a talent for sniffing out wild pythons, which have forever altered this region’s unique eco-system by decimating...
More Than 100 Abused Animals Were Seized and Now Live on a Rescue Farm
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office received a community tip about a property holding over 100 animals in abysmal conditions. The animals were languishing, with it reported than many were near death. The property was littered with trash and debris, and the animals had limited access to food and fresh water. Photo: Facebook/Feel Better Farm – Equine and Farm Animal Rescue The deputies planned to raid the property and seize as many animals as they could, calling in four animal rescue organizations for help. This included a call to...
A Rescue With A Difference
It was late at night and I was at work with my dog when I realized something was wrong. My dog was pacing and unsettled. I let her out the back, but she returned having done nothing, and began circling again and started retching. PHOTO: ANGIE I called my emergency vets who said I could bring her in, but I was miles away from home, at almost 10 pm at night. ‘You need to find me somewhere closer’ I said ‘now’. They filtered off the lists of emergency vets near me. My work was in the middle of the country and I had a good...
Bonded Shelter Dogs Sport Matching Jammies During Sleepover To Capture Attention And Hearts Of Adopters
What goes together better than peanut butter and jelly? Niles and Frasier. The two bonded brothers arrived at City Dogs Cleveland, an animal shelter in Cleveland, Ohio, and it was clear the boys would need to find a home together. The shelter wrote, “Niles and Frasier are both very good boys who are clearly meant to be together. They so obviously love each other’s company and get along great!” Photo: Facebook/City Dogs Cleveland Since bonded dogs are harder to adopt, two volunteers decided to draw attention to the handsome...
Overlooked NYC Shelter Dogs Write Letters To Santa Asking For A Forever Home
Christmas is just around the corner, and overlooked New York City shelter dogs are sending letters to Santa Paws asking for the one thing they all want more than anything else in the world – a forever home. Animal Care Centers of NYC, an open-admissions animal shelter, takes in an average of 30,000 animals a year and works hard to find loving homes for them all. This year they asked their longest stay dogs to write a letter to Santa with their holiday wishes. Photo: Facebook/Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) All have been on their best...
How Fake Sea Turtle Eggs Are Helping In The Fight Against Poachers
3D printed turtle eggs may not be on your Christmas list this year, but ask any marine biologist and you’ll understand why these deceptive devices are the hottest new item in the fight against illegal poaching. According to CNN, the eggs are the product of a collaboration between US-based conservation organization Paso Pacifico and Hollywood special effects artists. Paso Pacifico 3D prints the “InvestEGGator” devices using a flexible plastic material. About the size of ping pong balls, the eggs each carry a SIM card that...
We Only Went To Look…
My husband really wanted a dog for a long time. Finally, I told him, “Okay, but let’s go to the shelter instead of a breeder. With so many in need, we should give one a good home.” So we drove out to the local shelter – only to look. I made that clear to my husband. I also told him I didn’t want a puppy, I wanted a dog who was slightly older. PHOTO: ANONYMOUS There weren’t many to choose from, maybe 8 or so. As I made my way up and down the cages the dogs were in, I noticed the saddest, most scared little...
