Dog Left On The Side Of The Road Just Wants To Be Loved
In my humble opinion, people who abandon their pets on the side of the road are loathsome human beings. There is absolutely no excuse for it. If you can’t care for your animal anymore for whatever reason, call a rescue or take them to a shelter for surrender. Don’t just drive out of town and call it a day. But one poor dog’s abandonment was considerably horrible given that she was dumped while still inside her crate! Photo: YouTube/Stray Rescue of St.Louis Official Bubbly is a sweet little pooch who was found in her crate...
Cat Tries To Hunt But Ends Up Faceplanting In The Bushes
When we think of cats, we usually picture elegant, graceful, and quick-witted animals who always land on their feet. But they don’t always live up to the stereotype. Cats can be agile and fast on their paws, but sometimes, things don’t always go as planned for them. It seems that’s what happened to an orange cat in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. The furry feline was outside enjoying the day, apparently, a typical sight for gardeners in the area. Photo: flickr/Eric Sonstroem However, when something spotted the cat’s...
Man Dubbed A Hero After Saving His Three Dogs From Bear Attack
A man in Daytona Beach, Florida is lucky to be alive and well after wrestling a bear to save his dogs. The incident happened when the man, Walt, was outside on his covered patio with his three dachshunds. Suddenly, the dogs started to bark and run towards the entrance – a black bear lunged from the dark and attacked! Many people would panic if a black bear appeared out of nowhere, and leave the dogs to run inside. But this man didn’t hesitate to step in and fight back! Photo: YouTube/ViralHog Without thinking, Walt lunged at the...
Missing 10-Year-Old Girl Survives Russian Blizzard By Hugging Stray Dog
In what can only be described as a miracle, a 10-year-old girl has safely returned home after getting lost in a freezing blizzard overnight. According to USA Today, local reports said the girl, later identified was Vika Z, went missing from her school around 1:00 pm in Uglegorks during an intense blizzard. Because of the low visibility and frigid temperatures, locals quickly gathered a group to search for her and began walking through two-foot snowdrifts hoping to find some clue as to where the missing girl had gone. Photo: Wikimedia Commons...
Police Officer’s Dogs Can’t Wait To See Their Elderly Neighbor Every Day
Two dogs in Wisconsin have gone viral for their sweet interaction with their elderly neighbor. The dogs belong to 28-year-old Amanda West, a police officer who adopted Kent and Lex, tow mutts from Paddy’s Paws shelter. Amanda got the dogs for herself to enjoy and to provide them a good home, but they ended up forming a special relationship with the neighbor, an elderly man Amanda refers to as the “neighborhood grandpa” for dogs. Photo: Max Pixel The man, Joe, greets the dogs at the fence “ever day, no matter what the...
Good Samaritans Stop To Free Dog With Head Trapped Under Heavy Gate
Sometimes dogs get themselves into sticky situations and they’re left to fend for themselves and figure things out. But other times, so kind humans come along to offer a helping hand. That’s what happened to a dog in Antipolo, Philippines. A man was riding along the street when he spotted the white dog with its head sticking out from under a gate. The problem was that the dog wasn’t just looking out from under the gate but was trapped! Photo: YouTube/ViralHog The pup had somehow wedged his head under the thick, metal gate...
Puppy Found Ice Cold And Unconscious Gets A New Lease On Life
In many areas of India, stray dogs run the streets with little resources for medical care. Dogs go unfixed and puppies may die from hunger, the elements predators, humans, or other causes. When rescuers with Animal Aid Unlimited in India found a little puppy they named Adoo, he was ice cold, unconscious, and wet. They knew the little pup had hours of life left if they didn’t act fast. Even with the best medical care, they weren’t sure the puppy would survive in his condition, but they were willing to try. Photo: flickr/João...
Couple Gets Rid Of Dining Room Table To Give Their Dogs More Space
Welcoming a dog into your home is a big commitment. They’re part of the family, and they take up their own space in the home. However, not all dogs are created equal and some pups require a lot more space than others! When Hannah and Noah Snyder decided to welcome a Great Dane into their home, they quickly realized they’d be needing to rearrange the house to accommodate its size. They brought home Charlie first, a Great Dane with a gentle personality. Eventually, they adopted two additional Great Danes – a massive...
Dog or Coyote? Woman Saves Animal From the Cold, Rescue Tries to Identify It
When the temperatures get cold, many of us keep an eye out for animals in need, and Christina Eyth is no different. When Eyth, a Pennsylvania resident, saw paw prints outside her door, she thought her neighbor’s dog may have made an escape. When she followed the prints, however, she found a small, freezing, dog-like animal outside her basement door. She told WPXI in Pittsburgh, “I peeked outside the door, and that’s whenever I noticed the animal on the left hand side. And it was so scared and cold and shivering.” Her...
Tiny Kitten Rescued From Swamp, Finds Happy New 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! Coming home from an after dark grocery run, I heard a loud, sharp meow coming from a low, swampy area near the back of our apartment complex. Recognizing it as a kitten cry, I ran inside, dropped my groceries on the floor and grabbed a flashlight and a bag of cat treats. CAT. PHOTO: ADOBE STOCK / OTSPHOTO I followed the cries and it took a while, but I finally managed to extract a small,...
Adoption Requirements vs. Open Adoptions: a Conversation
[embedded content] Fenced yards, vet checks, home visits…are these restrictive adoption requirements standing in the way of pets getting adopted into loving homes? The evidence shows open, barrier-free adoptions lead to the same positive outcomes—while saving more animals. If you’re considering a change to your adoption process but don’t know where to start, listen to this face-to-face conversation led by Abbie Moore, CEO of Adopt-a-Pet.com to learn how to increase adoptions, connect more pets with people, and solve...
Wildlife Photographer Captures Polar Bears Living In Abandoned Houses On Remote Island
Polar bears usually spend most of their time on sea ice around the Arctic Ocean, but one group of bears decided to take up residence in abandoned homes on a remote island in Russia. There are photos to prove it. Wildlife and underwater photographer, Dmitry Kokh, took a much-anticipated trip out to Chukotka and Wrangel Island in hopes of capturing polar bears in their natural habitat. He located some polar bears, but not all were where he thought they would be. “Being the far(th)est and most Eastern part of Russian Arctic, this place is...
Rescuers Use Sausage Dangling From Drone As “Last Resort” To Save Stranded Dog
A Jack Russell mix named Millie slipped her lead while out for a walk in Hampshire, England. She evaded all efforts by police, firefighters and coastguards to rescue her from the dangerous mudflats. As the tide began to rise, rescuers needed to come up with something fast to save her from drowning. “It was a crazy idea,” Chris Taylor, with Denmead Drone Search and Rescue team (DDSAR), told The Guardian. The nonprofit uses drones to find lost pets in Hampshire and reunite them with their families for free. They helped locate and...
CBD for dogs and cats – what you need to know
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Tampa’s Cinnamon Pumpkin Drops
Melissa L. Kauffman Covering the pet world for more than 25 years, Melissa L. Kauffman has been an editor/writer for a wide variety of pet magazines and websites from the small critters to parrots to cats and dogs. Her advisory team of rescued pets — dogs Tampa Bay and Justice and parrots Deacon and Pi-Pi — help keep her on top of the latest and greatest pet health research, training and products, anything to give keep them in the high life they are accustomed to. Follow Tampa and his crew on...
Optical Illusion Of Two Dogs Is Dividing The Internet
If there is one thing that people enjoy doing, it sharing pictures of their pets online. Often, those pictures are instantly met with plenty of likes and comments because we all love animals. That wasn’t necessarily the case after a picture was posted on Reddit, though. The owner of the dogs posted it in the forum, What’s Wrong with Your Dog? Since that time, it has gained a lot of attention. Photo: flickr/aiko vanhulsen As it turns out, the picture is an optical illusion but it is so strange looking that you can’t help but...
Science Weighs In On Why Cats Love Sitting In Boxes
If you happen to have a cat in your life, you already realize they can squeeze themselves into some tiny places. In fact, it’s almost as if they prefer to find a perch when it is almost too small for their body. Since we know that cats love sitting in boxes, the question was raised if they would still sit inside of a picture of a box if it were drawn on the floor. Researchers took this question and ran with it. One researcher launched a citizen science project and attempted to trick felines by using the “Kanizsa contour...
Mama Dog Who Lost Her Puppies Adopts Three Orphaned Kittens
We used to have a nickname for our family dog: Mother Hen. That was because she was constantly being a very nurturing and loving mom figure to our other pets. The rabbits adored her. They definitely enjoyed constant kisses and cuddles. Our cats…well, they loved her as well, but they also bullied her a lot for her giant cozy dog bed. Our dogs can be quite affectionate and caring for other animals, and a perfect example of this is Milo. Milo is a sweet little stray who was picked up by a Good Samaritan close to the Mexico border with...
Three Dachshunds Adorably Race Around Snow Track
And, they’re off! A trio of adorable dachshund doggies is melting the internet’s heart with a clip of them playing around in the snow. It is too cute not to make you want to smile. Snow days can be quite uneventful, particularly if you just hole up inside and don’t bother with the cold. But for those with dogs, the snow doesn’t stop them. Photo: Wikimedia Commons However, for some dogs, the snow can be a little intimidating, particularly if they’re small. We’ve all seen funny videos of short dogs getting...
Why House Cats Have Sagging Bellies
Cats are probably some of the coolest animals in the animal kingdom. And I don’t mean cool as in they’ve got amazing physical capabilities. Well, the big cats of the wild certainly do. But I’m talking about the cute little domesticated kitties that share our homes. They’re not as impressive as their wild cousins, yet they still strut around with big attitudes. They know that they’re cool and they’re letting the rest of us know it. But as they walk around like they own the place, have you ever noticed that...
