A dog owner and his dog got a helping hand from a Good Samaritan after they both ended up in an icy river in Russia. Bun the puppy and her owner were walking by the Fontanka River in Saint Petersburg when Bun accidentally fell over the bridge and into the cold waters below. The man…
A cardboard box lay next to a trash bin by the side of a road. Not an unusual sight. But it was what was they found inside the box that alarmed animal rescuers in Serbia. Inside, seven puppies, only about two weeks old – far too young to have been taken from their mother. “How…
An abandoned dog chained to a tree isn’t a new sight for rescuers, but this Pit Bull’s predicament was a new low. The dog, now named Max, was so tightly secured to a tree that he could not even move his head. Thankfully, the dog caught several people’s attention and they knew exactly who to…
Two 16-week-old St. Bernard cross puppies are safe after spending several days stranded on a ledge of a cliff in Mission, British Columbia. For four days residents in the rural area could hear whimpering and crying coming from the forest. “It’s day four that I’ve been listening to them whining and crying. They’re obviously in…
A dog who was returned to a shelter for being too well-behaved. That’s according to Arizona Animal Welfare League & SPCA, who said that a one-year-old dog named Binx was given back to them ““because the dog was considered by its erstwhile new owner as being ‘too good.’” “No Seriously! I was adopted and returned…
While driving to the animal shelter, Valia and Marcia took a wrong turn. It was a mistake that ended up saving Basu, a stray dog on the outskirts of Athens. “It wasn’t me who rescued Basu, it was Marcia,” says Valia. “She had adopted Sophie [a rescue dog] a year ago from Save a Greek…
Elsa the German Shepherd was injured and alone when she got stuck in an industrial lot in Los Angeles. She was trapped without food or water, she was very dehydrated and starving. Her foot was broken and she had an embedded collar at some point that had hurt her neck, but luckily for her, someone…
This little puppy was about to die. She lay unconscious, her breathing was labored, the kind of breathing that usually comes just before death. “Our rescue team rushed her to Animal Aid where we discovered she was in shock with severe dehydration, probably caused by untreated diarrhea,” writes Animal Aid Unlimited India. “We immediately started…
A shelter dog who survived the gas chamber and went on to change animal welfare in St. Louis and across the United States has passed away. Quentin was 1-year-old when he survived the gas chamber at a city pound in St. Louis in 2003. The Pit bull Basenji mix became the face of Stray Rescue…
Two abandoned dogs are on their way to better lives thanks to the Good Samaritans calling for help. China and Dublin needed someone to help them when both were found abandoned on the same day. Thanks to JoAnn Wiltz and Lisa Arturo of Hope For Paws, the two dogs are safe and looking for a…
Severely injured fighting off a dog, this mama dog’s life was in danger. “We got a call to rescue a badly injured mama street dog,” writes Animal Aid Unlimited. “Our rescuers found her standing by her puppies after she had recently defended them against an attack by another dog, according to the locals who had…
“Pit Bulls are some of the most misunderstood dogs out there. Unfortunately, they usually end up in the hands of the wrong people, and wrong people mistreat them, abuse them and eventually abandon them or get rid of them one way or the other,” writes Valia Orfanidou of Orphan Pet. Matilda is one such dog….