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...
