Two-Week-Old Kitten Found at an AirBNB Learns How to Cat from Foster Mom and Finds New Home
This story was originally shared in the Clear the Shelters Adoption Story Challenge on ShelterChallenge.com. Create your own free Shelter Challenge account and vote for your favorite shelter or rescue group to win cash and prizes. Every time you vote we’ll give an extra donation to shelters! One day, I received a call from a good Samaritan saying that a tiny kitten had come out from under their AirBNB deck and they weren’t sure how to proceed. After speaking with them and trying to help them find a mom, the decision was made to...
Foster Kittens Help Family Recover From COVID-19, So They Decide to Adopt Them
This story was originally shared in the Clear the Shelters Adoption Story Challenge on ShelterChallenge.com. Create your own free Shelter Challenge account and vote for your favorite shelter or rescue group to win cash and prizes. Every time you vote we’ll give an extra donation to shelters! Arwin and Kodiak: Love in the Time of Covid We’ve heard so many clichés about love. “Love comes when you least expect it.” “The love you give will return to you tenfold.” “Love will keep us together.”...
Our Little Tom
I was in the checkout line at Petco and saw a guy standing off to the side holding something in his hand and talking to a group of people gathered around him. He turned around as I got closer to checkout and he had this poor kitten in his hand. PHOTO: Debbie Apperson He found it on the road near his house and was trying to find someone to take it. The pound would have put it down. I was shocked at the kitten’s condition. It was a boy. One eye was caked shut with infection and his nostrils were closed with infection and he was skin and...
Rescue Dog Finds Her Perfect Match at Same Shelter Where She Was Adopted
Hope’s story was originally shared in the Clear the Shelters Adoption Story Challenge on ShelterChallenge.com. Create your own free Shelter Challenge account and vote for your favorite shelter or rescue group to win cash and prizes. Every time you vote we’ll give an extra donation to shelters! I adopted my chow mix, Hope, from Save All Dogs Rescue almost 2 years ago. She was 8 weeks old when I first got her and she has been a big part of my life ever since! Photo: Alexis Sargent I was looking for my first dog after I had gotten my...
Rescue Kitten With Painful Eye Condition Finally Finds Forever Family Willing to Go the Extra Mile
Narnia’s story was originally shared in the Clear the Shelters Adoption Story Challenge on ShelterChallenge.com. Create your own free Shelter Challenge account and vote for your favorite shelter or rescue group to win cash and prizes. Every time you vote we’ll give an extra donation to shelters! Narnia came into PAWS of Hertford County’s care in the spring of 2017. She was a small black and white kitten with a terrible eye infection. She was a plucky little girl and just loved everyone she met. A local foster family welcomed...
One Last Chance
They dumped her at the adoption center in the middle of a rainy night, taped up in a box and shoved under the bumper of a van… the last detail to be taken care of by people with no desire to take on a spoiled cat after the death of her elderly human. PHOTO: Jenny Dahl She spent the next two weeks in a cage suffering the indignities of physicals, unwelcome handling, and the frightening sounds and smells of a building being remodeled around her. She wasn’t at her best, and didn’t understand she needed to be if she was going...
Soldier Gets Back The Puppy He Rescued Overseas
This story originally appeared at Shareably. There’s something emotional about reunions. And when it comes to reuniting a deployed military man with his canine best friend, you have laid the groundwork for a sprinkler system that will pour out of the corner of your eye. Did we mention that his dog was rescued and adopted while the soldier was deployed in Syria? The layers of emotion on this story just pile so high it’s going to be hard to hold back the floodgates. Screenshot: YouTube/USA TODAY This is U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Mosley...
Spanish Hunters Massacre Over 500 Wild Animals On Enclosed Estate In Portugal, Causing Nationwide Outrage
Portuguese officials and residents are outraged by a recent massacre of over 500 wild animals by 16 Spanish hunters. The atrocious hunt took place on an enclosed 2,700-acre estate in central Portugal. Silvino Lúcio, vice-president of Azambuja town council, said it was a massacre because, “Those animals had no way of escape…they were confined within the property’s walls and the forest that should have afforded them some protected has been denuded.” The hunters killed 540 wild boar and deer, nearly wiping out the...
Couple Takes a Chance on an Older, Timid Dog as the First Furry Member of Their Family
Fluff’s story was originally shared in the Clear the Shelters Adoption Story Challenge on ShelterChallenge.com. Create your own free Shelter Challenge account and vote for your favorite shelter or rescue group to win cash and prizes. Every time you vote we’ll give an extra donation to shelters! When we first met Fluff almost a year ago at Save All Dogs Rescue, she had just come up from Tennessee to Connecticut. She was very shy and timid and was shaking when she was brought out to our meet and greet. However, when we got down on...
Volunteer Firefighter Risks His Life To Save Dog From Burning Barn
Firefighters responded to a call about a barn engulfed in flames on a property in Warwick Township, Pennsylvania. As they prepared to battle the flames, a neighbor came over and told one of the firefighters that a dog was trapped inside the burning barn. Firefighter Ryan Balmer with Lititz Fire Company, an all-volunteer fire company, sprang into action and smashed a window to enter the burning building. Once inside, Balmer quickly located the scared dog and lifted her out of the window and to safety. Screenshot: Facebook/Lititz Fire Company...
