For those standing near the chimpanzee exhibit, a typical day at the Detroit Zoo rapidly descended into pandemonium. Spectators were enthralled as two chimps giggled and chased one another around the area, but then everything changed. Rick Swope was standing right in front of the enclosure and decided to step in and help instead of watching on the sidelines.   Image/Story Source Credit: Animal Planet – YouTube Video     One of the chimps slipped and fell into the moat … Read more

Angel was purposely starved and on the brink of death. She was rescued in the nick of time. Her organs had begun to shut down. As you can see from her face, she is in pain, weak and afraid. Every bone on her body painfully showed. Meet Angel and this is her story!   Image Source Credit: Rescue From The Hart YouTube Video   Angel’s body wasn’t just shutting down but so was she. Being unloved and mistreated for this … Read more

It seems like just yesterday when we shared the story of sweet Sisu, the determined stray dog who absolutely insisted on owning a specific purple unicorn from Dollar General. Since so many people were touched by his story, we thought you might be interested in knowing that he’s finally officially available for adoption! If you yourself have experienced the incredible fortune of loving multiple dogs, it becomes extremely obvious that every dog is different. Despite being the same breed or … Read more

Is there any better feeling after a long, hard day than coming home to a warm welcome from your furry family members? No matter what kind of day I’ve had, my canine companion’s butt wiggling excitedly makes me feel so good. So can you imagine the feeling a dog must have when their favorite person in the entire universe is finally home after many months or even years spent serving their country? It’s not surprising that their canine companions are … Read more

We wouldn’t be surprised if all of the dogs on this mailman’s route looked forward to his arrival, as they are known to bark and chase after postal workers. Twitter user @amorningsting took to Twitter to share his heartfelt, yet sad experience that her father Fernando, a mailman, has recently gone through. Fernando’s daughter recalls that her father would carry a bag of milk bones with him on his route so he could give them out to the dogs. You may … Read more

When six-year-old Roman, and the rest of the Duncans, became the lucky foster family who took in Maggie the puppy, they made it abundantly clear that she would only be living with them temporarily. They explained to their son that sweet Maggie the Pitbull would go live with another family one day. But that didn’t stop a beautiful bond from forming between the young Louisiana boy and his adorable foster pup. Maggie was far too young to be adopted straight … Read more

Austrian cross-country skier Carina Edlinger won the Paralympic gold medal in the women’s vision impaired sprint in the 2022 Beijing games. She raced alongside skiing guide Lorenz Josef Lampl, but Edlinger also credits a lot of her success to her guide dog Riley. The 5-year-old Labrador helps Edlinger, who is visually impaired, in many ways. Beyond giving her freedom in the face of sight loss, Riley is also Edlinger’s best friend. Riley And The Beijing 2022 Winter Games Before winning … Read more

When the Villalobos Rescue Center in New Orleans got a call about an abandoned mother dog in bad shape, they rushed to save her. They were shocked at her condition and anxious about her pups’ safety, since they had vanished.   Image/Story Source Credit: YouTube Video – Animal Planet As soon as one of the rescuers called out to her, the lovely mother dog immediately wagged her tail and came running over. It’s as though she understood these strangers were … Read more

A Golden Retriever and a UPS deliveryman had made a handshake deal: whenever the guy came to the house, he was to give the dog a treat. Isn’t this something we’ve all seen? One day, however, the deliverer forgot to give them treats, which did not make him happy. So he took matters into his own hands or in this case, paws. The dog obeyed his instincts in order to obtain a reward, leaping into the vehicle as the delivery … Read more

When she was discovered on the streets, she was brought to Argentina’s El Arca Animal Partido de Mar Chiquita. Volunteers were instantly drawn to her. Silvia Ferreyra, a volunteer in particular, caught everyone’s attention. But despite her pleasant demeanor, she was continually passed over by adopters due to her age.   Image/Story Source Credit: YouTube Video   She appeared to have a hopeless situation. Pakita was confined in her kennel every day. He became sad, withdrawn, and in many ways, … Read more

Six months ago, during Hurricane Ida, a man and his dog parted ways unexpectedly. They evacuated their Louisiana home while waiting for the natural disaster to pass. Harrison Sibley tried to keep things as normal as possible for his three-legged German Shepherd mix named Bear. But the change of environment was a lot for the 10-year-old dog to handle. While on a hike, Bear disappeared. He was nowhere to be found, so Sibley later returned home without him. It took … Read more

Transform A Street Dog, a non-profit that rescues and rehabilitates the street dogs of Ukraine, already had their hands full before the Russian invasion in February 2022. Now, as citizens hurry to evacuate the country and its larger cities, even more dogs have been abandoned. Ukrainian volunteers for TASD found themselves unable to evacuate the country because they refused to leave the 35 dogs in their care behind. Red tape makes transporting dogs across borders very challenging, and even during … Read more