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Project Active Duty Brings Military Family Back Together With Their Beloved Dog
Thanks to a new initiative called Project: Active Duty, military families who get called into active duty, don’t have to worry about who will take care of the dog while they’re gone. Recently, the …
Sixty Dogs Surrendered to the Broome Humane Society Are Looking for New Homes
The Broome County Humane Society will be playing host to sixty dogs that were all surrendered to the shelter at one time by one person. This was not a case of a puppy mill or some sort of hoarding,…
College of Veterinarians of British Columbia Votes to Ban Tail Docking
For those that are not aware, tail docking is a terrible practice by which a dog’s tail is surgically removed for nothing more than cosmetic reasons, and is often done WITHOUT anesthesia. However, …
Neil Patrick Harris’ Family Has Adopted a Street Dog from Thailand
Gidget used to live on the streets of Thailand, but she’s just hit the doggie lottery. After being rescued and brought to the states, she was adopted by Neil Patrick Harris and husband David Burtka…
Couple Adopts a Cantakerous Senior Dog and Now She’s Their Princess
A family isn’t defined by how many children people have, but by how much love is shared. When a couple adopted a crotchety old dog named Bubbe from a shelter, they had no idea at the time that she …
Rescue Dog’s Smile Helps Her Human Mom Fulfill Her Need to Help Others
Alison O’Connor just likes to help others out in whatever way she can, whenever she can. She says it’s like an obsession of hers. As a therapist she gets a chance to help people out all the time, s…
Dog Wins Release From Death Row Thanks to DNA Results
A dog called Jeb, a Belgian Malinois from Port Huron, Michigan, has been exonerated in the death of the dog that used to live next door. A DNA test revealed that Jeb was not responsible for Vlad’s …
Pets Who Totally Nailed Their Halloween Costumes
While no pet should be stuffed into a costume if they’re clearly just not having it, there are some who don’t mind the extra layer of warmth and the heaps of extra attention they get. Here are some…
Children’s Hospital In Pennsylvania Gets Full-Time Therapy Dog
The Penn State Children’s Hospital in Hershey, Pennsylvania has hired on what they are calling, “the first full-time facility dog” at any children’s hospital in Pennsylvania. Ashley Kane, the Chil…
Firefighters Save a Mom and Her Nine Pups from a Collapsed House in China
When a home was demolished in Jingdezhen, China, workers hadn’t realized that a mother dog and her nine puppies were inside. So for two days, a rescue team worked diligently to extract them from t…
Abused Puppy Chased Down the Street With a 2×4 Is Now All Smiles
On October 10th they posted: ONCE SHE BROKE OUT OF AN EMBEDDED COLLAR/ELECTRICAL CORD, THIS POOR GIRL WAS CHASED DOWN THE STREET WITH A 2X4…
TAF spent last night at the ER vet after being called…
Mystery Benefactor Leaves $8,000 in Animal Shelter’s Donation Box
Staff at the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA are used to seeing people deposit spare change in the donation drop box at their Neely Cat Center. But they couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw a t…
Rhesus Monkey Adopts Orphaned Street Puppy, and It’s Just the Cutest Thing
Whenever humans need a lesson on how to be selfless and compassionate, they need look no further than the animals around them. It’s already hard enough for the macaques in India to find food, water…
Abused Puppy Chased Down the Street With a 2×4 Is Now All Smiles
This comes from the devoted staff at Trio Animal Foundation in Chicago:
On October 10th they posted: ONCE SHE BROKE OUT OF AN EMBEDDED COLLAR/ELECTRICAL CORD, THIS POOR GIRL WAS CHASED DOWN…