Dogs Help Researchers Find Endangered Turtles
Dogs’ noses are so incredible. The amount of things that they can be trained to sniff out is absolutely astonishing. Drugs, explosives, cadavers, missing people, other animals…the list is extensive. Because of this, they can even be used by conservation groups in order to help find and track endangered animals in order to gather vital data. This seems to be the case for the ornate box turtles of the Illinois prairies. Photo: Wikimedia Commons These turtles happen to live out in an area that spans nearly 4,000-acre Nachusa...
Therapy Dog Retires After 8 Years Of Serving Medical Patients
Therapy dogs are such wonderful animals, and they are responsible for bringing a lot of joy and smiles to the people they visit. For one adorable dog, Tassy, she spent years cheering up both patients and employees alike. But then the time came for the 12-year-old pooch to retire from her volunteer service act Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, California. Photo: Facebook/Doctors Medical Center Tassy’s owner, Geri Azevedo, felt it was time for the old pooch to retire and leave the place where she’d been bringing so much joy and...
Dog Missing For 8 Hours Returns Home And Rings The Doorbell
Since Ring doorbells have grown in popularity, they’ve managed to capture some pretty incredible moments. One such moment happened to be captured on Ring after a dog ran away from its home. According to a post on Reddit by the dog’s owner, user @boopbeepboopbop999, the dog, whose name is Rajah, had ran off after being spooked by the neighbor’s fireworks. Photo: Reddit/boopbeepboopbop999 Hours passed and there was no sign of Rajah. Naturally, her owner was quite worried. According to posts on Reddit, they’d adopted...
Abandoned German Shepherd Waits For Her Owners To Come Back
A Safefurr Place Animal Rescue was notified of a dog who’d been abandoned. The poor dog had been left behind and remained on the streets, waiting for her owners to come back – a day that would never come. Danny with the animal rescue went to Oildale, California in an attempt to rescue the abandoned German Shepherd, who they named Shelly, but it wasn’t going to be easy. While Shelly was staying in the general area she’d been abandoned, she was hesitant to let anyone come near her. Danny found her lying in the shade of a...
Rescuers Find Newborn Puppies Left To Die In A Cardboard Box
Staff with a dog rescue discovered six puppies abandoned in a cardboard box in a field, left to die. The Dog Rescue Shelter in Serbia received a call about abandoned puppies left in a box in a field around 11 miles from the shelter. Rescuers were quick to respond, and they immediately drove out to the field in search of the puppies. When they arrived, they discovered the cardboard box, and inside they found six tiny puppies who were so young they could barely open their eyes. Photo: YouTube/Dog Rescue Shelter Mladenovac, Serbia Photo:...
APA! Steps Up for Pets from Laredo Shelter, Needs Fosters
Jun 29, 2021 AUSTIN, TX – Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is asking people to help at-risk pets in crowded Texas animal shelters. APA!’s Town Lake Animal Center is currently at capacity. APA! is asking the Central Texas community to foster, adopt, volunteer or donate so APA! can continue helping dogs, puppies, cats and kittens with the greatest medical and behavioral needs. Laredo Animal Care Services reached out to American Pets Alive!, APA!’s education and outreach division, to help out with its overpopulation. American Pets...
Human of the Month – Patty Alexander
Jun 29, 2021 Drum Roll Please! Da-dum-da-dum-da-dum-da-dum-dum. It’s time to kick off Austin Pets Alive’s Human of the Month sponsored by RightWorks’ social impact program, KindWorks. Our relationship with this generous company began when they made a donation during Winter Storm Uri. When we reached out to thank their team, we were thrilled that they wanted to begin an ongoing relationship. KindWorks was born soon after the conversation and is allowing us the opportunity to highlight our amazing humans and the work they put...
One Of 40 Cows Who Escaped California Slaughterhouse Finds Sanctuary
Forty cows escaped a slaughterhouse in Pico Rivera, California, last week and were running for their lives. But only one found sanctuary. The herd escaped after a gate was accidentally left open at Manning Beef and were spotted roaming the streets. Most of the herd stayed together and were later captured in a Pico Rivera cul-de-sac, KTLA reported. ‘It sounded like thunder.’ Forty cows stampede through a Pico Rivera neighborhood after a slaughterhouse breakout. t.co/r1mHfTK8ki — NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) June 23, 2021 On...
Take the time to enter your Shelter Animals Count data!
It’s a great day to enter your Shelter Animals Count (SAC) data! Data plays an important role in the animal welfare sector. It has enabled our industry to compile a complete picture of the animals entering and leaving shelters. You can see how your data compares to those in other states or look up the data of specific organizations with SAC’s Data Dashboards. Data is current through February 2021. This also serves as a reminder that shelter and rescue organizations must be active participants in Shelter Animals Count to be...
Maple The Guitar Loving Dog Has Passed Away
If you are a fan of AcousticTrench, then you have probably seen the YouTuber playing along with his guitar loving dog for the past 12 years. Although he had many fans on YouTube, there was no doubt that she was his number one fan. Unfortunately, Maple the guitar-loving dog passed away on June 17, 2021. In order to share the news with the YouTube community, he shared a video of playing What a Wonderful World while Maple sat lovingly by his side. The video was entitled: “Saying Goodbye”. Photo: YouTube/AcousticTrench AcousticTrench...
