Amid the tough conditions street dogs often face, moments of kindness can be a rare gift. For Baxter, a stray dog found in a dire state by a compassionate passerby, this gift came in the form of immediate care and concern. Baxter’s frail body and numerous wounds told a painful story of struggle, and his…
It’s heartbreaking to consider what leads someone to neglect an animal to the point of immense suffering, as demonstrated by the story of Kong. Kong endured years of neglect, which left him with both physical and emotional scars, clearly seen in his frail body and health problems. When rescuers discovered him, his condition was so…
In 2018, a heartbreaking scene unfolded on a Philadelphia sidewalk. A young dog, later named Suzi, was discovered lying motionless in front of a home known to be tied to drugs. She was barely responsive — and no one could believe what had happened to her. Bystanders told responding animal control officers that neighborhood kids…
When a scared, skinny, and severely diseased animal appeared outside Sharon Bertozzi’s front door in California, she assumed it was a homeless dog. She immediately sprung into action and contacted an animal services team to come and rescue the sick dog, or so she thought. Sharon felt so sorry for the frightened creature, who could barely move…
Once a lonely and abandoned dog, Charlie lay on a deserted hill, clearly in distress and yearning for food. At just two years old, Charlie had already endured significant hardships. His frail body, covered in sores and infested with ticks and flies, showed the toll life had taken on him. Many people who passed by…
Once kept in harsh conditions by her previous owners, Merica, a dog living in Texas, has found a new beginning. Her life was one of neglect, as she was left chained outside without care. Her owners, dissatisfied with the loss of her previous litters, deemed Merica unworthy of keeping. Heavily pregnant and in labor, Merica…
In an overcrowded shelter located in the southernmost tip of South Texas, a mother dog tried desperately to shield her only baby. Both dogs quivered in front of the woman holding the cell phone camera, and the baby kept hiding her face between her mom’s leg and the cinder block wall of their kennel. The…
When the owner of a car storage facility came into work one day, he wasn’t expecting anything out of the ordinary — and then he discovered six German shepherd mix puppies running around the compound together. The puppies were confused, sick and in desperate need of help, and the owner immediately sprang into action, contacting the RSPCA for…
Last week, a dog in St. Louis, Missouri, found herself in a dire situation. Tied to a fence at an abandoned school, the pup was dangerously emaciated and incredibly weak. Stray Rescue of St. Louis There’s no telling how long the pup was stuck there. Thankfully, though, someone noticed her before it was too late…
Lying motionless on the sidewalk in front of a known drug house, Suzi was barely conscious. Onlookers told animal control officers that they believed that neighborhood kids had injected the dog with drugs, and a drug test confirmed their suspicion. Both cocaine and THC were found in her system. Suzi when she was first admitted to…