Thrown Out a Car Window in January
These stories were 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! I knew my 14-year-old kitty, Tabitha, was ill. Being the last of her family, she was alone while I was at work. So I visited my vets’ adoption clinic “just to look” for a mature, laid back cat to keep her company. The vet techs said they were so glad I’d come in, I just had to see their newest stray. When I learned he was about 6-months-old, I almost...
California Black Bear Cubs Are Less Afraid Of Humans Due To Puzzling Brain Illness
A neurological disease in California black bear cubs is causing them to act more “dog-like” and be less afraid of humans. The bears appear lethargic with a slight head title and are not afraid to approach people. Most are extremely underweight and alone. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has encountered four young bears in the past year suffering from the mysterious brain illness. This is the most cases the state has seen since it first appeared in 2014. Photo: Pixabay In 2014, a young black bear was found...
Dog Finds His Forever Home After 667 Days At The Shelter
When most people go to an animal shelter, they are looking for a young dog, perhaps even a puppy that they can make part of their family and their lives. Unfortunately, this means that some of the more “difficult” dogs may get overlooked and they could spend a long time in the shelter before finding a forever home. That is what happened with Melvin, a dog who spent 667 days in Los Angeles at the shelter run by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He had a rough life, including needing a lot of medical care due to...
FIV-Positive Cat Finds Forever Home After Spending 6 Years In Shelter
The common saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” applies to this heartwarming story about a shelter cat who was finally given a second chance based on his personality and not his illness. Tyson arrived at The Helen O. Krause Animal Foundation, a no-kill animal shelter in Pennsylvania, as a stray cat six years ago. Photo: Facebook/Helen O. Krause Animal Foundation, Inc. He was just two years old at the time and sweet as could be. As is protocol at the shelter, he was examined and tested for infectious diseases. He tested...
Pit Bull ‘Asks’ Shelter Employee To Help Her Four Freezing Puppies
Shelter staff from the Foothills Animal Shelter in Lakewood, Colorado discovered a loving pit bull who appeared to need help. The pit bull, who they named Betty, was wandering outside in the cold and seemed to be hungry and worried. The staff noted that Betty had recently given birth, but she didn’t have any puppies with her. The employees were hopeful that the mama dog did have her puppies safe somewhere, but they knew they needed to act quickly to get the mama dog back to her puppies. Photo: YouTube/Foothills Animals Shelter In a...
Dog Steals Reporter’s Microphone While She’s Doing A Live Broadcast
In Russia, a reporter was doing a live broadcast and was shocked when a dog ran at her, jumped into the air, and snatched her microphone out of her hands. The playful pup darted away with the microphone on live air, while the reporter was left stunned. After realizing what happened, she ran after the dog to try and get her microphone back. The whole thing was broadcasted and eventually ended up on Twitter, thanks to Twitter user @Ozkok_A. The video received over 11 million views since being shared on Twitter, along with thousands of comments...
The Dazzling Moonlight Cat
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! It was 2 am when my son finally finished hanging beautiful, blue Christmas lights on the farm front steps in preparation for the holidays. The moonlight was astonishing, the air was clear and very chilly. As he walked in, a 12-week-old Siamese kitten ran in with him and up the stairs. She was starved and flea-infested. Her nose and eyes were caked with mucus. She was dying from pneumonia...
Dodger’s Rescue Story
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! When I answered the rescue center door and saw this dirty white head sticking out of a box, my first thought was, “This poor cat looks almost dead.” The man who brought this old fella to us had a neighbor lady who died six months previously. When her family came to clean the house, they tossed this dear cat outside, locked the door to the house, and never went back. Photo:...
The Triumphs of Paddy
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! Paddy was thrown from a moving vehicle resulting in her face being peeled back and problems with her back. The Hill Country SPCA took her in and soon realized that she had probably been abused all of her 4 years. Her physical injuries improved but her mental state did not. She shook with fear at every sound and movement. She did not blink. She did not raise her tail. We had to keep her on...
Minerva a.k.a. Kiki
These stories were 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! I haven’t had a cat in six years. The cat I’d had from childhood had died in the care of a boyfriend when I was away. I was beyond heartbroken. One day when my husband and I were about to take our two dogs out, I decided to go to the backyard. It’s more work to watch them but it’s more fun for them. We didn’t normally do it, but I felt they needed a...
Miracle’s Rescue Story
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! Some might call it luck, others might say ‘what’s the big deal it’s just a cat?’. But here at Paradise Animal Rescue Inc., we call it a miracle! And true enough it is! A call was taken in one day by a volunteer at PAR. A worker who was working on a new well had heard the faint cry of a kitten. On closer examination, two partially submerged kittens were found inside...
Mommy’s Little Bean
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! We had found a little stray cat one afternoon who had collapsed on my mother’s deck from heat exhaustion. I gently gathered her up and brought her home to try and care for her. She perked up as soon as we got home out of the heat. Five hours later she ended up having 4 kittens in my living room (much to my surprise!), three of which I lost right away. Mama passed away the next...
Jeter Scores A Home
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! In March of this year, I was working the late shift at the hotel I work at when the security guard informed me that some weird noise was coming from behind the soda machine in the hotel laundry room. I listened and heard faint meows, and saw eyes looking back at me. There was a cat tied to the soda machine. Then I saw a bag wrapped in a rubber band with a note. The note said, “need...
Rescued Twice in 12 Hours
These stories were 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 friend Kim found a kitten along side of the road on her way to our house. The kitten somehow managed to push open the box and climb out the window while we were in the house. We looked everywhere but couldn’t find her. We figured she ran away and there was really nothing else we could do. She was no where to be found… until the next morning when Kevin started his truck...
Humane Society International Releases Animated Short Film About Cruel Reality Of Animal Testing
Animal testing is cruel and unnecessary. Rabbits are still used around the world to test shampoos, mascaras, sunscreen, and other beauty products. The innocent animals are locked in neck restraints and then have harsh chemicals dripped in their eyes and on their skin, which causes burning, irritation, and sometimes blindness. Once the experiment is complete, they are either used for another cruel test or euthanized. Photo: Pixabay Rabbits deserve better. Humane Society International (HSI) is taking a stand for the voiceless animals with the...
Missouri Has Led The U.S. In Puppy Mills For Nearly A Decade Running
Missouri has more documented puppy mills than any other state in the U.S., leading theHumane Society of the United States’ ‘Horrible Hundred‘ list for the better part of a decade. According to , Ohio, the runner up, had nine puppy mills on the list; Illinois had two. Nearly 26 pages of the HSUS’ 86-page report involved Missouri breeders, a number of which have been linked to US Department of Agriculture code violations at the minimum level of care and cleanliness. Missouri has more puppy mills than any other state. In...
Austin FC and Austin Pets Alive! Announce Honorary Mascot Partnership
Apr 06, 2021 AUSTIN, TX — Austin FC today announced an innovative community partnership with Austin Pets Alive! to showcase eligible dogs as honorary Austin FC mascots at Q2 Stadium in an effort to raise the profile of dog adoption throughout the region. The first-of-its-kind honorary mascot partnership will see APA! dogs available for adoption featured as Austin FC honorary mascots at each Austin FC regular season home match throughout the 2021 season. Aligned with Austin’s status as the country’s largest...
Learn to speak cat and get continuing education credits, too!
What does it mean when a cat flicks her tail around? Or starts making biscuits on your leg? What about airplane ears? You’ll learn all this and more in How to Speak Cat, our feline communications online course. And now as an added bonus, the course has been approved for 2.00 hours of Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by the Association for Animal Welfare Advancement. You can learn a lot about a cat, just by observing their behavior. You’ll learn when it’s okay to...
Mischievous Dog Steals Microphone From Russian Reporter During Live Broadcast
A live news broadcast in Russia has gone viral thanks to a playful golden retriever named Martin. Nadezhda Serezhkin, reporter for MIR 24, was giving a live weather report from the streets of Moscow when a rambunctious golden retriever leaped in and grabbed her microphone. Screenshot: YouTube/Мир 24 Apparently, the brightly colored mic looked like a toy to Martin. Screenshot: YouTube/Мир 24 The exuberant pup interrupted the live broadcast and stole the microphone right out of Serezhkin’s hand....
April Is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month. Help Us Give Abused & Injured Cats A Second Chance At Life!
According to the ASPCA, animal abuse occurs around the world every 60 seconds, killing 10 million animals each year in the U.S. alone. Comet, an abused one-year-old cat from St. Cloud, Florida, almost become one of these tragic statistics. Fortunately, Comet was found by a woman who recognized the cat had clearly been abused. When Comet was discovered by this Good Samaritan, the injured black cat was badly limping and severely wounded in one eye. Photo: Waggle The kind woman contacted Helping Paws Humane Society, which raced the injured cat...
