Think back to this morning and how despite your alarm clock’s echoing wails, you could simply spend the rest of eternity cuddled up in you favorite pjs. Our beds are really just comfortable, safe havens from all that’s wrong in the world. Now imagine that this was your first time waking up in a bed […]
Sometimes medicine can only do so much, and what a pup really needs to get better is some tender loving care. That’s what one technician at the Baltimore Animal Rescue Care Shelter realized when a beautiful girl named Sokka came out of surgery. Nobody thought she would even survive. After her family had ignored a […]
Most animal shelters are filled to the brim with dogs and cats in need of homes. There are many cases where the facilities are consistently at capacity, forcing the shelters to turn away homeless animals. The Summit County Animal Control in Akron, Ohio, didn’t have to worry about capacity issues this month, though. In fact, […]
Way up near the top of the globe lies Iqaluit, the city capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. This “city” only has about 7,000 people, however, and the Iqaluit Humane Society has a hard time finding homes for the over 25 dogs that it houses every month. Yet, it still manages to be the […]
Meet Smurf — his body was beaten, tortured, burned, and abused…but his spirit never crumbled. Facebook / Nine Lives Foundation This terrified kitten (who is approximately 2 months old) was dropped off at a San Jose animal shelter in California this week. Not only was his fur dyed purple, but his body was covered in […]
Despite the work of tens of thousands of animal shelters and even more volunteers around the country, nearly 3 million companion animals are euthanized each year. More than half of them are cats. To combat this, SpokAnimal struck up a program with the goal of giving unwanted cats a second chance. So how do they […]
Dog lovers, start planning your next vacation right now, because I’m going to tell you about a destination that’s basically Heaven on Earth for humans and canines alike. The Land of the Strays is a privately-funded animal shelter in Costa Rica, where upwards of 900 dogs run freely across a stunning piece of property in […]
There’s something uniquely horrifying about animal abuse, and what’s even worse is when people neglect animals to the point where they can no longer tolerate the fruits of their own abusive labor. That’s what happened to a poor little pup named Nik Nak. After letting him fall victim to severe neglect, Nik Nak’s old owners […]
Sherri, the owner of West Coast Animal Rescue, had been overwhelmed with stress for a while. Her passion was finding a home for dogs in need, but her animal rescue had been struggling. So, she planned to throw a huge adoption event, in hopes of finding forever homes for the dogs that had been at […]
If you thought different species of animals could only live together in harmony in Disney films then you were wrong. Located in North Arkansas is the Rocky Ridge Refuge, a place of helping and healing for a wide variety of special needs animals that find their way there. Approximately 50-60 animals make their home there at any given […]