When M. Roger Massey learned about an abandoned pit bull stuck in the woods, he was determined to rescue him. Unfortunately, that quickly proved to be easier said than done. The terrified pit bull, later named Pappas, barked nonstop when approached and absolutely refused to let anyone get close to him. He was scared, traumatized…

In November 2017, Shey the 14-year-old miniature poodle was dropped off at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa for the saddest reason: His family was moving, and they weren’t taking him with them. For the next four months, Shey waited and waited at the shelter for someone to pick him. He was suffering from dental disease and had never…

Alesha Brandt’s daughter was getting off the bus eight years ago when she saw someone in a car open their door — and toss a dog out into the road. Brandt’s daughter rushed over to the tiny dog, saw what kind of state she was in and immediately called her mom. Knowing they had to…

Wade Shapp was driving home from church with his wife on Sunday when they saw something that made him hit the brakes. “We were on a country road on the way back to our house … and I looked over while I was driving, and I saw a dog’s head pop up,” Shapp, a resident…

Walking through a public shelter in Chicago, Illinois, rescuers from Trio Animal Foundation (TAF) were met with an absolutely heart-wrenching sight. Inside a cage was a young dog named Belle who had been drooling so much that her face was soaking wet and dripping with saliva. Her gaze was frozen, she was trembling in fear and rescuers…

No one knows for certain what life had once been like for this poor pup named Sang Su before he was picked up from the streets of Chicago as a stray, but one thing was immediately clear — he’d gone unloved for a very, very long time. That absence of care and attention was evidenced…

When rescuers finally found Molly the goldendoodle in January, it seemed she had been living alone in the woods for months. Under a thick cloak of matted, tangled fur, the 2-year-old dog was so emaciated that her bones were protruding all over her body. She was skittish of everyone — and so hungry. “She was…

Charlotte Hailey, volunteer at Mission Paws’ible dog rescue, was walking around Bali a few years ago when a stray dog with a serious skin condition caught her attention. The dog was covered in painful-looking, splotchy red sores and wounds — it was clear she needed help. “The moment I saw her, I was just shocked at how…

When Barbara Zuluaga saw a photo of a tiny, crusty-skinned puppy, she didn’t know what kind of dog she was. “I thought that she was a Chihuahua or some other small breed,” Zuluaga, board member of A Chance to Bloom Dog Rescue in Houston, Texas, told The Dodo. “She was just covered in mange, and it was very hard…