When bushfires began blazing through their habitat in Australia, many koalas started searching for water in nearby backyards. Quasi the koala frequently visits one particular family’s property when it’s extremely hot and he’s hankering for a drink. He does it so often that Rusty, the family’s dog, and Quasi have become best friends. In fact, it happens so frequently that the family was able to capture a particularly adorable video that has since gone viral.  The adorable interaction begins with Quasi … Read more

Damon, a dashing Pittie mix, came in to care at Cincinnati Animal CARE as a lost dog. But despite their best efforts to find his family, nobody came to claim him. So naturally, he was put up for adoption. Damon spent many many months waiting for the perfect forever family to come along, but it just hadn’t happened for him yet. But since Cincinnati Animal CARE is a shelter that’s often at critical capacity, dogs are sometimes rotated into the employees’ … Read more

Toni and her daughters, MacKenna and Kerrigan, were looking at shelter dogs online. Toni’s youngest came across Rosie, a sweet girl who desperately needed an adoption commitment ASAP or she would be euthanized. The girls knew instantly that they needed to help Rosie before it was too late. They wanted to bring her home. Soon after the girls saw Rosie online, they went back to the shelter’s site. That’s when it said, across Rosie’s photo, that she was no longer … Read more

Shelters and rescues work hard to make sure adoptable dogs go to the best homes possible. But the first potential adopters aren’t always the best match for one reason or another. A large puppy named Ronald quickly realized that was the case after 14 of his adoptions fell through. Ronald’s failed adoptions were nothing personal. The families chose to pass on him because of his size and energy level. Of course, he was disappointed, but he knew he’d rather wait … Read more

The couple left Jodie in the temporary care of a family member, who then sold the dog without the couple knowing. They spent the next 2-years desperately trying to find her.

For 18-months, the boy had been saving up spare change in hopes of saving enough to buy a puppy. But Grandma’s gesture made him cry and >>

When a dog named Max laid eyes on a tiny lamb, all bets were off. The lamb was crying after her mama rejected her and needed someone like Max to fill that void. Max fell in love with the little lamb named Beau and decided to adopt her. She became the perfect surrogate mom. Beau was born a month late and from the start, her mom wasn’t interested in her. Max looked at her in the enclosure as she cried, … Read more

The homeless man was desperate and needed help fast. Luckily, an angel appeared when he need it the most.

The loyalty of dogs to their human loved ones is seen in the numerous stories of dog parents. Ask them and they will share stories of how their pup kept bouncing back up after anything life threw at it, whether or not it was understood by its owner or handler. Every single day, deep down inside, there are things that remind us everything is going to be ok. This heartwarming story provides a small ray of light in our lives … Read more

There’s just something incredibly endearing about an interspecies friendship. Perhaps it’s the perceived unlikeliness of their affection or that there can be a substantial size difference. Either way, it warms your heart.  So when someone captured a sweet moment between a squirrel and a recently rescued lion named Güero, it melted hearts across the internet. The video was taken shortly after Güero, the lion, was finally freed from a zoo in Mexico, where he lived a torturous life. For many … Read more