Twelve years ago, the Smith family of Honolulu had a one-eyed, black and white pit bull named Zoe that meant everything to their family. “She used to sleep by me at night,” said Ashley Smith, who was just a teenager when Zoe was a puppy. “She used to push Ashley ...
Read More »Two Arrested for Killing Stray Dog, Incident Caught on Camera
Punjab’s Moga police have arrested two people for brutally killing a stray dog with wooden sticks. The incident came to the light when a 24-second video clip, which is part of the CCTV footage, went viral on social media. The video clip shows the accused approaching a dog that is ...
Read More »Dog Rescues Curbed by Surging Global Travel Costs Driven by Pandemic
Even as pandemic pets have become popular among New Yorkers seeking companionship at home, rescuing dogs from peril overseas has grown costly and fraught, groups that specialize in international adoptions say. Some airlines have suspended programs allowing dogs to travel in the cargo hold of airplanes. Others have hiked costs ...
Read More »Local Animal Shelter Extends Grace to Person who Left Abandoned Dog with Food, Blankets, and a Note
Many of us have seen pictures of pets being abandoned by their owners. Recently, one of those photos was shared by an Enterprise animal rescue group. But it wasn’t the pictures that caused the group’s post to be shared hundreds of times. German Shepperd Delilah was found outside a shelter ...
Read More »Meet the Dog-Lover from Bengaluru, Who has Rescued Over 2,000 Injured Dogs
Haris Ali, a Bengaluru-based animal rescuer, and entrepreneur started Sarvoham Welfare Trust to rescue and rehabilitate injured dogs from across the city. As a 12-year-old, Haris Ali loved taking care of a little family of dogs near his home – a mother with a litter of three puppies. With his ...
Read More »Nominations Open for the 2021 American Humane Hero Dog Awards
Nominations for the 2021 American Humane Hero Dog Awards are now being accepted. The annual event seeks to honor dogs and puppies from around the U.S. Dog owners can nominate their pooch for one of seven categories —law enforcement and detection, military, therapy, service, search and rescue, shelter, and guide/hearing ...
Read More »Stray Dog Fights Fierce Battle with Lioness in Viral Video
A video of a dog fighting with a lioness in a forest is doing the rounds of the internet and has gone viral on social media. Read that again if it sounds difficult to believe but it is actually true. Parveen Kaswan of the Indian Forest Services shared the nearly-two-minute ...
Read More »Six Dogs Found Poisoned on Banks of Pavana in Pune
A man found at least six dogs, including his pet, dead in the Pimple Gurav area of Pimpri- Chinchwad, early on Monday morning. The corpses, one of them allegedly partially charred, were found on the banks of the Pavana river in Pimple Gurav. The corpses were allegedly frothing from the ...
Read More »Dog Missing for 8 Years Reunited with Owner
For a family in Wales, 2021 is already looking up. Magdalena Klubczuk thought her beloved Shih Tzu, Roxy, was dead after the pooch disappeared from her garden eight years ago. Klubczuk spent weeks frantically searching for Roxy — her canine friend had both a microchip and a collar with an ...
Read More »‘Disgusting, Actually’: People Dump Unwanted Holiday Dogs At Shelter
It’s a common story about how it was the cutest puppy for Christmas – until it didn’t become house-trained, it started chewing everything in sight or it wasn’t going to stay quiet as small as originally thought. And some just decided their pet isn’t as useful anymore, like 13-year-old Honey. ...
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