A group of bicyclists in Portugal came across an abandoned dog tied to a tree and saved her life. The video, shared on Facebook by the Spanish animal welfare group, Asociación Animalista Libera (Free Animal Association), went viral after they posted it. They wrote [translated]: “It takes a very bad person to leave a defenseless…
Thor the Pit Bull loves nothing more than to cuddle but his life wasn’t always so sweet. The dog had been stuck in a house for over a week after his owner got arrested. He was taken to the shelter and put on the euthanasia list. But one woman saw his photo and convinced her…
Lee Asher loves rescue days. The seasoned dog rescuer and founder of The Asher House regularly visits local shelters and rescues dogs who are either having health difficulties and need extra support that the shelters can’t easily provide or dogs who are having a hard time getting adopted. This time, Asher went to visit Luvable…
A tiny dog wandering the snowy, cold streets of St. Louis for weeks is now in safe hands after rescuers were alerted to her plight. “It was just 7° [-13 °C] this morning when a call came in that this little dog has been porch-hopping for a few weeks,” Stray Rescue of St. Louis shared….
A street dog whose health was deteriorating was saved from a slow death when rescuers received a call. Animal Aid Unlimited knew right away that she was “succumbing to advanced mange”. They could see she was in the grip of “intense itchiness, and crusted skin which broke apart in massive cracks.” They noted that she…
A small dog living in the yard of an uninhabited home came to the attention of DAR Animal Rescues after they saw a Facebook post showing her terrible condition. They went to get the dog and were able to track down the family who used to live there. The dog was an elderly man’s but…