Announcing the No Place Like Home Challenge winners!
The No Place Like 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 to home a priority, pets that do make it to the shelter, are only there for a short time. When we focus on keeping pets and people together, everybody wins. Overall, there were 10,366 happy...
Heroic Dog Takes Rattlesnake Bite To Save Owner
There is no greater love than that of a dog. They will definitely do anything for the people they love, include taking a snake bite. That is exactly what happened to Alex Loredo, who has his dog Marley to thank for saving him from a potentially lethal situation. The 18-year-old who lives in the San Diego area of California was at his home when he encountered the reptile. He was busying himself doing laundry when he heard the dryer cycle end. Photo: GoFundMe His family’s dryer was outside behind the home, so he had to go out to check on...
Making the Red Dot Chase Fun and Enriching for Your Laser-Obsessed Cat
Who needs a streaming service when you have a cat? No period drama can compare with the entertainment of watching your cat get the post-litter box zoomies, swat at things that may or may not be there, attack your other pet’s tail, or go a little nuts while chasing a red dot. I mean, those gorgeous costumed people on your TV may not break several things in your home during the process of entertaining you like your feline friend does, but that’s okay. What is it about lasers that make your cat go a touch crazy and possibly leave a...
Kitten Stranded On a Billboard Rescued By Determined Family
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! My boy Oreo has a very good rescue story. CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY/JEONGMIN PARK It all started one summer day four years ago just before Christmas. My parents and I were Pokemoning at a small church next to this field of tall grass and weeds where they had a few billboards advertising local businesses. It was located off of this major highway. Anyway, we were about to leave when we heard this...
Florida Wildlife Center Looking For Volunteer Fishermen To Help Feed Orphaned Otters
Three orphaned otters arrived at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) when they were just a few weeks old. While North American river otters typically stay close to their mothers for the first year, the Southwest Florida rehab center believes by seven to eight months old they will be able to survive on their own – if properly taught how to hunt. Photo: Facebook/CROW – Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Inc. CROW staff has spent the past few months raising the adorable otters but need help in providing the...
Will A Ban On These Dangerous Pesticides Save Earths Honeybees?
It is a harrowing fact that Earth’s honey bee population is decreasing at an unsustainable rate. Some day in the near future, they may be no bees left at all. That could have disastrous consequences for us humans. much of our natural ecosystem depends on the processes involved with bee pollination, and if this pollination cannot happen, many of our crops — from broccoli to strawberries — could also start to disappear. Honeybees are disappearing faster than they can reproduce. Much of the population decline is the result of...
Puppies Saved from Being Crushed at Gravel Pit Are Now Fighting for Their Lives
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! Employees at the Dickson Waller Road Gravel Pit site saved three puppies abandoned in a gravel pit before being crushed by heavy machinery. The next day, they found another puppy at the same site. Employees quickly noticed that the dogs were sick and that something wasn’t right. PHOTO: LINDSEY HEANEY “Our crew was about to start working on crushing rock, but then we found them...
32 Pelicans Mutilated In Southern California: “Someone is intentionally breaking Brown Pelican’s wings.”
California officials are asking for help in finding the cruel individual(s) who mutilated dozens of brown pelicans. The brutal attacks on the docile birds began in October of last year. The International Bird Rescue offered a $5,000 reward for any information, but still don’t have any suspects. The pelicans first arrived with severe injuries to their necks and pouches, but now the iconic seabirds are arriving with broken wings. Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center (WWCC), a rehabilitation center for wildlife in Huntington Beach, has...
After Struggling With Chronic Illnesses Most of Her Life, This Author Wrote a Children’s Book About Her Inspiring Service Dog
Sarah Kate Frey is no stranger to adversity. At just 12 years old, she returned home from horseback riding camp with a painful sore throat and a high fever. The horse she had been riding at camp died that same night. Frey was diagnosed with a staph infection, which took an unusually long time to heal. “There was just lingering pain and weird inflammation responses that whole winter,” Frey recalled. “I would end up in the ER with really high inflammation markers that we couldn’t explain.” She didn’t know it...
Ohio Shelter Throws Amazing Birthday Party For 19-Year-Old Cat
Turning 19 (or 92 in human years) is a big deal when you are a cat. The staff at Cincinnati Animal CARE Humane Society went all out to celebrate one of their beloved senior shelter cats, Sammy. Sammy arrived at the shelter after his owner of many years went into assisted living. Sadly, they were not able to bring Sammy along. Photo: Facebook/Cincinnati Animal CARE When the shelter realized the sweet feline would be spending his 19th birthday at the shelter, they decided to throw him a party, but they never expected it to go viral. Sammy was...
Maddie’s Weekly Roundup: Foster recruitment success, cleaning and more!
Happy Monday! Below is a brief roundup of resources added over the past week. How one of our nation’s most successful programs is recruiting their fostersKansas City Pet Project has one of the largest foster programs in the nation with over 4,400 pets placed in foster homes in 2020 alone. In any given month, over 50% of their pets are being cared for in foster homes! At a time when many shelters and rescue organizations are looking for innovative ways… Learn More How to properly clean and disinfect in the...
Puppy Rescued On The Brink Of Death Makes An Incredible Transformation
A little puppy was nearing his deathbed when help arrived. Rescuers saved the sweet dog from its neglectful owners and the transformation he made is incredible. A small girl, presumably a daughter of the puppy’s owners, carried the 2-month-old dog to Sidewalk Specials for care. She knew the little pup needed help, but she may not have realized how dire the situation was. Photo: YouTube/Sidewalk Specials According to a video shared by the rescue organization, the tiny white dog, fittingly named Lamb, was on the brink of death. Article...
Heroes Rescue Puppy Left To Die In A Field
A little puppy was left in a field to die, but heroes stepped in a saved the day. Volunteers with Diasozo Animal Rescue were informed of a tiny puppy discovered in a semi-remote field. After following a man out to the location, they found the puppy had been dumped incredibly far from the village and left to die. Photo: YouTube/DAR Animal Rescue They shared a video of the situation on YouTube, and in the description, explained, “We were driving and driving and driving to go to that place, it was just unbelievable how far from the village...
Dog Beats The Odds After Being Told He’ll Never Walk Again
A man discovered an injured puppy hiding under his car, and that little dog went on to defy all odds. According to a video by Animal Shelters, the man’s car had been parked near a busy road and they believed the poor dog had been hit by a car and crawled under the parked vehicle to hide. Rescuers were quickly called and they realized that the injuries were quite severe. Photo: YouTube/Animal Shelters Rather than taking the dog to a shelter, they rushed him to an emergency vet’s office where they discovered that many parts of his...
Family Thought Their Cat Was Cremated Until He Showed Up At Their House
A family was shocked when their cat, who they believed was dead, had been cremated – only to show up at their house weeks later. The Fitzsimons family lost their 16-year-old cat on May 19 when he didn’t return home after being outside. Rachel Fitzsimons immediately began searching for her beloved cat, but her efforts only turned up bad news. She asked in her community Facebook group if anyone had seen the cat, saying, “our family cat Frankie has gone missing. Long shot I know but if anyone sees him please let me know. We...
Daughter Gets A Waterslide For Her Birthday Party But The Dog Has More Fun With It
When a family rented a waterslide for their daughter’s birthday party, they expected the kids to be getting the most fun out of it. What they didn’t expect was to look out and see the dog going down the slide! In Schertz, Texas, a couple was excited to get a giant waterslide for the birthday party, and naturally, they thought the kids would be having a blast with it. Photo: Pixabay It’s true that the kids were having some fun with it, but it seems the family dog was enjoying it even more than the kids! They captured the...
Obese Golden Retriever Makes Massive Weight Loss Transformation
Animal abuse comes in different forms, and it can even happen by those who mean well. That was the case with Phil the golden retriever. It seems his owners loved and cared for him greatly, but they didn’t know how to properly show their love. Instead of caring for Phil so he’d be healthy and feel his best, they allowed him to eat all that he wanted, to the point it was affecting his health. They probably didn’t realize they were hurting the poor dog by allowing him to “free feed,” but he eventually worked his way...
Stray Puppies Searches For Someone To Give Him A Home
Many areas in the world are overwhelmed with stray puppies and dogs, and many of them end up on the streets as a result. It’s a sad reality, but many of the puppies born onto the streets end up living there for the rest of their lives. One little stray puppy decided he didn’t want that life for himself and he was going to do something about it. He wandered into a busy street market in Northeast China and began searching for someone to give him a home. Photo: Facebook/The Dodo The little pup was crying for attention, and someone...
Therapy Dog Saves Woman From Taking Her Life On A Bridge
A woman came down from the bridge where she was planning to commit suicide after encountering Digby, a defusing therapy dog. According to a tweet by the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, a woman was thinking of taking her life on a bridge near Exter in the UK. The fire department was called to the scene along with other agencies, but it didn’t seem to be improving. They said, “Police negotiators were speaking with the woman but the situation was becoming increasingly worrying.” Photo: geograph/Lewis Clarke...
Stray Dog Walks To A Stranger’s House And Asks To Be Adopted
Stray dogs are not always treated with the love and respect that they deserve. The old saying about being nice to everyone because you have no idea what battle they are fighting at the moment is also true of animals. The stray dog in the video below just needed a little bit of love, herself, and she took it upon herself to get love. She wandered onto the property of a family and decided she wanted them to adopt her. Photo: Facebook/The Dodo Christ spotted her on his property and he recognized that the poor dog needed some love. He offered her...
