Apply now for the We Foster Challenge!
You saved the date and now it’s here! Registration for the We Foster Challenge is now open and will close on Monday, March 7! By participating in the Challenge this May, you’ll grow your foster base to help keep pets with people and out of the shelter and have a chance at $210,000 in grant prizes. By fostering pets, we also foster community, foster inclusivity and foster love. The We Foster Challenge is meant to help shelter and rescue organizations create or expand community-based foster programs that will get your...
Cat Who Lost 2 Left Legs in Accident Now Runs to His Favorite Boy, Gives Hope in a Hard Time
It was just about a year and a half ago that Suzanne Buffington, her then-12-year-old son Gracen, and their pet cat Shade, showed up at Cabot Animal Support Services in Cabot, Arkansas, in a desperate state. Shade had been in an accident, and it was bad. When Gracen found his cat outside that morning, one leg—the front left—was broken, with the bone poking out through his skin. Shade’s left hind paw and leg had what Suzanne describes as “holes” going through them. “He had holes in places there should not be...
As Strong Floods Hit Australia, Rescued Kittens Fill Shelter
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! Total chaos sums up the last couple of days. The relentless weather has also made it rain kittens for Best Friends Felines. PHOTO: NIKKI CHAPPLE / BEST FRIENDS FELINES There are 17 kittens in total that we took on over the last few days, all found in the rain and subsequent floods. Many of these would be babies that mum cats were moving to higher ground when they have been found and taken...
7 Ways To Celebrate World Wildlife Day On March 3
Thursday, March 3, is more than just a prelude to spring. It’s also World Wildlife Day, and the perfect time to celebrate all the incredible animals who call this planet home. But unless we do something to help, many wild species won’t be around to celebrate for much longer. Polar bears, pandas, rhinos, tigers, and koalas are just a few of the thousands of species pushed to the brink of extinction by poaching, pollution, habitat loss, and climate change. Photo: Pixabay This urgent dilemma has also inspired this year’s theme,...
From Rescued to Rescuer: A Rescue Dog Did CPR on His Owner and Saved His Life
Chewie, the Yorkshire terrier who saved his owner’s life by performing CPR on him, has been nominated for the prestigious Crufts Award. He is a finalist under the Rescue Dog Hero category and the only one from the northwest. Chewie was rescued by Loretta and Ray Whiteley in 2017. Photo: YouTube/Crufts He was just a 12-week-old puppy at that time, abandoned inside a black trash bag in someone’s yard. The couple found him half-buried with his littermates, tiny paws tied up and mouth cruelly taped to stop the poor puppies from making...
How Cattle Grazing Is Destroying Clean Water and Native Wildlife Habitats
Cattle grazing has been a longstanding tradition in the Western United States, but the practice has become outdated and the preservation of land and wildlife needs to come first. There are countless documented cases of animals being killed to make way for ranchers who leave an environmentally destructive path in their livestock’s wake. Grazing cattle can destroy wildlife habitats. In 2016, almost an entire Washington State wolf pack was killed after cattle were attacked on federal grazing lands known to be the pack’s territory,...
Starved Horses Seized From North Carolina Property Which Was Supposed To Be A Sanctuary
“This has been a long time coming…” Countless reports of animal neglect and cruelty on a property in Bostic, North Carolina, were unaddressed until a group of dedicated animal rescuers and an Animal Control officer, Kathy Hamilton, persuaded law enforcement to take action. It led to dozens of farm animals being seized. The property known as Paws Ranch was supposed to be a horse haven for abused and neglected horses but as one rescue said it is now a “horror show”. Nine emaciated horses were rescued from the...
Go Green with Environmentally Friendly Dog Foods
You and your dog can play a small but important role in making our planet healthier by switching to a low-carbon diet or supporting a food company making other sustainabiity choices as part of its business model. Going green in the food bowl is a giant step in being kinder to our planet. Serving up plant proteins and insect-based proteins more than traditional beef and poultry proteins translates to less carbon monoxide, fewer trees cut, less greenhouse gas emissions on the planet and much more. Consider that American dogs and cats rank fifth...
Help keep your dog mobile and happy with Kinesio Taping
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3 Newborn Bear Cubs Are Being Nursed Back To Health After Their Mom Died
Researchers were using a radio collar to track a mother bear in the wild for a project, but were sad to find out that she had one day passed away, leaving her three bear cubs behind to fend for themselves. Since the orphan cubs are only around four to five weeks old and could barely walk on their own, they would most likely have died if left in the wild. Posted by Wild Instincts on Sunday, February 20, 2022 Luckily, they were rescued and taken in by Wild Instincts, a wildlife rehabilitation center in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Staff members...
Group Of Snowmobilers Rescue A Moose Trapped Beneath The Ice Of A Frozen Creek
When Andrew Koerner and his friend Terry White set out for a day of riding snow machines in Alaska, they never expected that their day of fun would end up saving an animal’s life. While they were headed home, the pair spotted a moose in distress that was stuck beneath the ice of a frozen creek. Photo: YouTube/9NEWS They knew they had to help this poor animal and that every second that passed was a matter of life or death for him. “You could just tell by his eyes that he was just so ready to get out of that hole,” Koerner...
Woman Helps Direct Busy Traffic Away From Kitten in the Road
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 was just a tiny baby and looked to be about 5-weeks-old, I was sitting in the middle of a busy road for unknown reasons. Unsure of what to do, I just stayed there, not knowing the dangerous situation I was in. KITTEN. PHOTO: PIXABAY / GMBARLEAN Suddenly, a black car came over the hill. I didn’t bother to move, so the car swerved to miss me. I saw the driver pull over across...
Blind Pit Bull Does Not Need Eyes to Find Happiness – Or a Ball!
Arnold Ray, a blind pit bull, is having the time of his life! Yes, this dog is blind, but his disability is not stopping Arnold from having fun like normal dogs do. He loves ‘treasure-hunting’ in the park, where he just recently found a ball then and pranced his way to his trainer, Erin Mahoney, of the A Pawsitive Approach, which is an animal rescue and training center in Maine. Erin could not help laughing at the dog’s response to her praises, a mix of bark and happy growl followed by more ‘tippy taps.’ Photo:...
Hero Dogs of WWI
This story came to my attention when I saw it on a recent Task and Purpose site posting. It is one of those sidebar stories that come out of war that insert just a bit of normalcy, or moments of warmth or hilarity, in the midst of the horrors of war. It involves the presence and the unique services that “man’s best friend” brought to the soldiers in the trenches during WWI. The story I read is actually about the service that the civilian organization the YMCA provided to the soldiers, even on the front lines, during WWI. But...
#AmplifyLifesaving for Pets Like Elton
Mar 01, 2022 Elton was born in Bastrop, Texas, and was brought to their shelter when he was just a baby. When he was rescued, it was soon found out that Elton had a very severe case of Parvovirus and almost did not survive. Our Parvo ICU took him in and saved Elton from these terrible circumstances. Parvo is a canine life-threatening virus that rapidly infects the dividing cells in a dog’s body, most severely in the intestinal tract. The virus is highly contagious and resistant and can survive in the ground for up to a year. Many...
Pig Rescued Days Before His Slaughter Date is Living the High Life at a Refuge
Pigs raised for meat often face poor conditions, including crate confinement for pregnant sows. Not long after birth, piglets are also taken away from their mothers. Those slated for slaughter typically only live for six months. One lucky pig escaped this fate and is now living his natural life out at a sanctuary. Firecracker the pig was rescued by Farm Animal Refuge days before he was set to be slaughtered, at six-months-old and about 180 pounds. PHOTO: THE HUMANE LEAGUE / FARM ANIMAL REFUGE Refuge co-founder Matt Lieurance says, “He...
Pigs Can Play Video Games, and Other Interesting Facts About Swine
March 1st means spring is just around the corner, it may soon be light after 6 p.m., and blooming plants are on their way. It also happens to be National Pig Day. To mark the occasion, here are some surprising facts about our swine friends. PHOTO: ADOBE STOCK / DAVID Pigs Can Learn to Play Video Games If you need a gaming buddy, you could look to… a pig? Well, possibly. A Purdue University study found that pigs could learn how to use a joystick to play a game similar to Pong. It involved hitting line targets around the edge of the...
Bear The Dog Gets A Second Chance At Life
Bear was in bad shape when he was rescued. The poor dog had been living in a very neglectful situation for a while. The dog, who was rescued from a life of neglect in Smith County, Texas, and it was clear that the poor dog had suffered for quite some time. His back legs were so weak from constantly sleeping on a concrete slab exposed to the elements night after night, that he ended up being unable to walk without assistance. Photo: YouTube/The Humane Society of the United States Photo: YouTube/The Humane Society of the United States It was...
500-Pound ‘Hank The Tank’ Was The Suspect In Dozens Of Break-Ins, But His Name Has Been Cleared!
There are an estimated 30,000 and 40,000 black bears living in California. The typical adult male weighs between 150-350 pounds, but Hank the Tank is not your typical black bear. This 500-pound animal has drawn the attention of Californians and people around the world as the lead suspect in dozens of home break-ins in South Lake Tahoe Keys, the New York Times reports. Black bears typically avoid human contact. The South Lake Tahoe Police Department received more than 150 complaints about Hank the Tank. According to the Sacramento Bee, locked...
Kentucky Firefighters Rush To Rescue A “Hypothermic” Horse Stuck In The Mud
On a cold and rainy night last week the Scott County Fire Department (SCFD) received a call to help a horse who was stuck in the mud and couldn’t get up. When the firefighters arrived, they found the hypothermic horse exhausted from trying to escape the mud and in desperate need of help. Thankfully the crew is trained in horse rescues and knew exactly what to do. Photo: Scott County Fire Department “SCFD Crews were able to set up an A Frame, and apply a harness to ‘Todd’ while vet Mallory Meyers from Park Equine...
