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New Website Helps People Giving Up Pets to Avoid Shelters, Find Families
Having to give up a beloved pet is an incredibly difficult decision.
Fortunately, a new app makes that process a little easier—and keeps animal shelters nationwide from...
“Sloth Lady” Who Saved 600 Rainforest Animals Nominated as Hero of the Year
A search for one lost animal has since led to the rescue of thousands.
While looking for her dog, Monique Pool stopped by a South African animal shelter to...
Woman Reads to Shelter Dogs to Ease Their Loneliness—And Her Own
It all started because she missed her own dog.
After 14 years with her beloved Welsh corgi, Sandy Barbabella was at a loss when he died last...
Oregon Shelter Delivering Tons of Pet Food to Families Fleeing Wildfires
The Pendleton Animal Welfare Shelter may be two hours away from John Day, Oregon where wildfires have hit hard, but that hasn’t stopped them...
Arizona City Mandates All Dogs Sold in Pet Stores Will Come From Shelters
For the longest time, rescue groups, shelter volunteers, and animal lovers everywhere have hoped the day would come when pet stores would sell shelter...
Energetic Shelter Dogs Get Second Chance in Wildlife Conservation Jobs
For these pooches, their “wild” lifestyle could actually help save wildlife.
Shelter dogs with high-energy can sometimes be less adoptable than their more docile counterparts,...
Photo of Shelter Pups Hugging Lands Them Home Together, Just In Time
Aside from being adorable, this photo may have actually saved the lives of the two adorable pups pictured in it.
An Atlanta-based animal rescue organization...
Guess Which Dogs Go With These Celebrities Raising $1 Million for Shelter Pups
This one’s for the dogs. The very famous, well-groomed dogs.
As part of a beautiful photography book series called Rover Works, those who can afford...
“Bucket List Dog” Cuts Ribbon at Shelter Where He Was First Adopted
We heard back from Thomas Neil Rodriguez, aka DJ Neil Armstrong, who told us that Poh, the pup he’s been taking on a Bucket...
A Whopping 5,200 Shelter Pets Were Adopted in One Weekend Event
Over the weekend, an incredible 5,277 shelter pets found homes in a multi-state adoption event orchestrated by Maddie’s Fund, named for a cherished miniature...
Texans Rush In to Foster Dogs After Flooded Shelter Posts Plea on Facebook
Storms inundated a no-kill shelter in Texas last week with 12 inches of water flooding the animal kennels. In need of immediate foster homes...
“Fospice” Gives Terminally Ill Shelter Dogs Chance at a Happy Ending
Thanks to "Fospice" (think foster + hospice), a program run by Foster Dogs, a lucky select few elderly or terminally ill dogs like Biscuit are...
Jon Stewart Buys a Farm to Help Animal Victims of Cruelty
As he prepares to end his 16-year run as host of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart has spent some money and time on greener...
Monkeys Give WAY Too Many Hugs to Animal Rescuers in Peru
While in Peru on a volunteer mission to improve an animal rescue reserve deep in the jungle, Trevor King found some unlikely friends in...
Semper Fido: Dog Goes From Freeway to Shelter to Veteran’s Loving Arms
When Best Friends Animal Society staff members pulled a pretty, golden-colored pit bull terrier mix from a busy Los Angeles city shelter, no one...
Cat He Rescued From Shelter Returns the Favor Saving Man From Terrible Fire
Craig Jeeves of Melbourne, Australia rescued a cat two years ago from an animal shelter and this week, she returned the favor and saved...
Little Kids Come to Read Books To Shelter Cats (CUTE)
A Pennsylvania animal shelter has come up with a brilliant program that pairs kids and cats as reading buddies.
More than 20 children in grades...
12-Year-Old Girl Saves Up, Donates Doggie Treadmill to Shelter
Kam Gottlieb of Wilmette, Illinois was inspired by photographs of charity work a friend's mom did in Haiti so she decided to do some...
Dog-lovers Flock to NJ Shelter to Adopt 63 Shih Tzus Rescued From Breeder
Friday and Saturday were busy days at a once-abandoned warehouse -- now the Helmetta Regional Animal Shelter -- as rescued Shih Tzus were adopted...
Hero Shelter Mutt Saves Volunteer Dog-Walker From Attacker
When a 17-year-old St. Petersburg, Fla., girl did a good deed by taking a shelter dog for a walk, she didn't think the pup...