Last year, 17 dogs rescued from a hoarding case arrived at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah. The dogs had been severely neglected for years and were all weighed down by heavy, matted fur. “This is definitely the worst case [of matting] I have seen,” Best Friends Animal Sanctuary senior lifesaving care specialist Jenny Dolan told The…
When One of A Kind Pet Rescue heard about Violet’s story, their hearts broke for her. The sweet mama dog had been abandoned after she gave birth to a large litter of puppies — 12, to be exact. That was evidently more than the dog’s former family cared to deal with. So they’d done the unthinkable. “I…
They say that home is where the heart is, and that couldn’t be more true for a man named Rubén and his pack of rescued dogs. Despite not having a home of his own, Rubén, who goes by Noé, is dedicated to sharing his space and resources with every homeless dog in his Colombian city….
When Lucie’s Animal Rescue got a call from someone wanting to surrender their dog, Lucie Holmes, the rescue’s founder, handled it the same way she always does. “His owner asked me to take him [because] ‘he barked at other dogs and people when out’ and he needed to go,” Holmes told The Dodo. “I asked a few…
Hogan knew his days were numbered. Stuck at a California shelter and facing imminent euthanasia, the sweet pup felt helpless. He turned into the corner of his kennel and began to shake and cry. Instagram/_hulkhogan_ When staff at Ozzie and Friends Rescue heard about Hogan’s heartbreaking situation, they knew they had to help. Rescuers raced to grab him before…
The other day, a staff member at Stray Rescue of St. Louis (SRSL) received a call that made her stomach sink. A Good Samaritan saw a woman put a dog in a dumpster — and the poor girl was still alive. The woman closed the dumpster’s lid and drove away, never once looking back to check on…
When a dog was found collapsed on a street in Brooklyn in mid-September, many bystanders thought she was already dead. The poor dog wasn’t moving and was just skin and bones — but, somehow, she was still hanging on. Second Chance Rescue People began posting about the dog, later named Feisty, which got the attention…
When neighbors in Price Hill, Ohio, noticed a pair of dogs hanging out on a porch, they were immediately concerned. One of the dogs was a tripod, and they were both incredibly skinny and sad. They started posting pictures on Facebook, begging someone to come and help. Meanwhile, Sampson and Boss sat and waited. Rescue…
The staff at Amelia County Animal Shelter (ACAS) are used to getting heartbreaking phone calls. Having rescued countless dogs in Amelia County, Virginia, they’ve encountered almost every scenario when it comes to pups needing help. But recently, they got a call from patrons at a local dollar store about a mama dog peering inside — and…
A Good Samaritan was walking near a canal in Arizona when she spotted a shopping cart in the middle of the rushing water — and realized someone was clinging to the cart for dear life. AHS A senior Chihuahua mix, later named Dorthea, had somehow ended up on top of the shopping cart in the…