German Shepherd Cares For Orphaned Fawns
We’ve brought you stories of Sarge before. The big-hearted and gentle German Shepherd was known for bringing so much comfort and care to orphaned fawns rescued by his owner. Because of his sweet nature and patient disposition, Sarge was able to help his owner care for countless injured and orphaned fawns throughout the years. Photo: YouTube/ViralHog It was like he was called to be a foster dad to these little animals, and every time that Sarge took on a new fawn, he would treat it exactly like his own puppy. Article continues below Our...
Woman Creates Beautiful Memorials For Wild Animals She Finds On The Side Of The Road
Death can be a very touchy subject for people. No one really likes to think about it as it just emphasizes our own mortality. However, as much as some of us might be scared by the concept of death, it is a normal part of life. It is all cyclical and no one is exempt from it – not even animals. Now, when it comes to death, we humans like to do something to memorialize the person who has passed on. Many of us who have pets of our own tend to do the same to show our respects for our furry friends. Photo: flickr/Phil But what about those...
How To Avoid Cat Collar Injuries
Cat collars are great for making sure that your cat can be easily identified if they get lost. Of course, microchipping your pet is the best way to ensure that your pet stays safe and identifiable, but the collar helps give a visual ID to your pet as it contains their name and a contact phone number. Cat collars can also be fun to personalize, as you have so many different colors and patterns to choose from, you can easily find something that aligns with your cat’s personality. Photo: flickr/Kerri Lee Smith Some collars can even have...
Rescue Dog Stared At Wall For Hours Until He Realized He Was Safe
Adopting a dog is a wonderful thing that anyone can do. It’s a way of giving an animal in need a loving, forever home. However, anyone who has ever adopted a dog knows that they sometimes come with their own set of issues. Mainly, they can be pretty shy and even fearful in the beginning. Walt, a rescue dog, was no different. He was quite fearful of his new forever home when he was adopted. In fact, the poor dog couldn’t even bring himself to make eye contact with them the entire car ride home. Photo: YouTube/The Dodo He...
Dog Caught Digging In The Yard Pretends He’s Innocent
Dogs are wonderful companions, but they can also be quite naughty at times. Catching a dog in the act of something bad can actually be quite hilarious. It’s like they know they’ve been caught, and their default is to pretend that they weren’t actually committing the crime. In Lodi, New Jersey, one adorable pooch thought that he was being clever covering his tracks, but in reality, he was just making for a great viral video. Photo: PXHERE The dog, whose name is Cooper, had started digging in his backyard. It was a very risky...
Dog Found Abandoned In The Woods Gets A New Forever Home
All dogs deserve to be loved. Sadly, not every dog experiences this in its lifetime. Some are strays that end up living very tough lives on the streets, but sometimes they get a lucky break when someone kind decides to take a chance on them. Mica was a little pooch who was living a very rough life on the streets. She was cold and hungry, making her home inside a ditch with only a blanket to keep her warm. Photo: Facebook/The Dodo Fortunately for the little dog, she was found by Diana. Diana knew that the dog most likely had been there all...
An Update on the Bastrop Dogs
Jun 23, 2021 We are so grateful to everyone who stepped up to foster one of the dogs or puppies who tested positive for distemper and needed immediate foster placement. Because of you, we exceeded our goal of finding 20 fosters and more than 150 people signed up to help, so we’re able to save even more lives than we imagined! “I hadn’t planned to take on another foster for a few months, but this was too extreme of a situation to ignore. Goofy is an extremely cute dog, so I hope he will get adopted quickly,” said Cassie...
Austin Subaru Shares the Love!
Jun 23, 2021 Every year, Austin Subaru partners with local nonprofits for their Share the Love campaign held at the end of each year. We are so honored that Austin Subaru selected Austin Pets Alive! as their hometown charity last year — for the seventh year in a row! We can all agree that 2020 proved to be a tough time for so many people. But even through a ravaging pandemic, Austin Subaru persevered and through this cause marketing campaign, raised a significant amount of money — $100,000! Legacy is ready for adoption! Year after...
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...
