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...
Clock Is Ticking As Rescuers Race To Save Orphaned Kittens
There’s a reason Adopt-a-Cat Month is celebrated in June. Summer marks the beginning of kitten season, leaving U.S. shelters overflowing with homeless kittens and cats desperate for care. But kitten season doesn’t just end in July, when Adopt-a-Cat Month is over. Shelters remain crowded with kittens and cats as the breeding season continues all summer, causing a crescendo of homeless animals. The situation is especially dire for orphaned newborn kittens, who require round-the-clock care and constant bottle feeding. Alas, nursing...
You Came Home Today
This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog! You Came Home Today You came home today, but not in the way I wanted or remembered. You passed from this life unto the next exactly 13 days ago, and today I went to the doctor’s office to pick up your ashes; what’s left of what I love to hold, to smell, to lay next to, and to be around. DOG PAW. PHOTO: PIXABAY/MYLENE2401 For a time, I had thought I might bury your body at the...
Take The Pet Shelter Pledge For National Dog House Repair Month
It is a sad reality that only 1 out of every 10 dogs born will ever find a permanent home. In most cases, their owners will give them up, or they will be found homeless on the street. Tragically, less than 2% of those cats and only 15 to 20% of dogs are returned to their owners, DoSomething.org reports. According to the ASPCA, approximately 7.6 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year, about 3.9 million dogs and 3.4 million cats. And at least 2.7 million of those shelter animals will be killed because shelters are...
Senior Rhino At Utah Zoo Receives Custom Mask To Help With Allergies
Princess is a “geriatric” southern white rhino who resides at Utah’s Hogle Zoo. She shares an enclosure with her brother, George, and the two are some of the most popular animals to see. Visitors stop to marvel at their size and large horns, but Princess is also turning heads with her brightly-colored fly mask. The mask is not a fashion accessory or a coronavirus precaution, but a way to protect the rhino’s sensitive eyes. Photo: Facebook/Utah’s Hogle Zoo A few years ago, Princess developed eye allergies which...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: No Place Like Home Challenge winners, free ShelterLuv and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. Announcing the No Place Like Home Challenge winners!The No Place Like Home Challenge is completed and to say we are thrilled with the results would be an understatement. Return to Home programs are incredibly important. By focusing on reunions in the field, families are reunited in a matter of minutes or hours and never have to step foot inside a shelter. By making return… Learn More Upcoming virtual conferenceJuly 9-11, 2021: The...
Adorable Kittens Can’t Stop Watching Tom And Jerry Cartoons
People aren’t the only ones who like to watch TV. I have a friend whose cat loves watching YouTube videos of lions in the wild, while another friend’s dog likes binging episodes of Rick and Morty with me whenever I dog-sit him. My point is, even animals like to watch TV, and they all have different interests. For one pair of kittens, the classic Tom and Jerry cartoon is their guilty pleasure. Photo: flickr/momokacma The adorable pair absolutely love to watch episodes of the cartoon on the computer. It is very entertaining for them...
Deaf And Blind Dog Reunited With Her Grandpa After A Year Apart
We’ve been facing a world-wide pandemic for over a year now. Fortunately, with vaccinations happening in a lot more countries, the world is starting to open up again. That means that we’re able to see our loved ones after months of having to socially distance or maintain relationships strictly in a virtual setting. But it isn’t just humans who’ve experienced the downside of separation. Our pets have also had to adjust to not seeing certain people as frequently as they might be used to. Photo: Unsplash For some animals,...
Family Recreates Mother’s Day Surprise Video With Their Full-Grown Dog Instead Of A Puppy
Most of us probably have that one dream pet that we’d someday love to have. Personally, I’ve always wanted a German Shepherd and hope to someday be in a position where I can have one. For one woman, Lynn Younglove, she had always wanted a Bernese Mountain dog. On Mother’s Day back in 2019, she had no idea what her family had in store for her. Knowing how much she’d wanted one, they arranged to surprise her in bed with a Bernese Mountain dog puppy. Photo: YouTube/T&T Creative Media The original video was quite...
Puppies Abandoned In A Massive Rainstorm Get A Second Chance At Life
Love Furry Friends Rescue was recently summoned for a rescue mission unlike any other that they had ever dealt with. Two puppies had been dumped outside in the rain and left with nowhere to go. Once they arrived on the scene, they could see that the dogs were struggling badly. They had absolutely no protection from the elements. Thankfully, during a break in the rain, the rescuers were able to get to the puppies and they turned out to be quite friendly! Photo: YouTube/Love Furry Friends – Rescue Channel Photo: YouTube/Love Furry Friends...
Hairless Stray Puppy Makes An Incredible Transformation
A stray puppy in Bali, Indonesia caught the attention of a stranger who would change her life forever. Deta was outside when she spotted the tiny hairless puppy and immediately recognized the dog needed help. It was clear that the pup had a skin condition that wasn’t going to get better on its own, so Deta decided to do the right thing and help. Photo: Facebook/The Dodo The kind woman wasn’t expecting to rescue a dog that day, so she didn’t have the appropriate equipment to catch the dog or transport it. However, she...
