When Zelda was first discovered in the lobby of Valley Animal Center in Fresno, California, she didn’t understand why she’d been left there. One moment, she had someone. The next,…
At the Animal Defense League of Texas, there’s a dog who greets every day with a smile. His name is Naco, and his favorite things in the world are sunshine,…
Late one night, volunteer rescuer Arturo Flores got a call that made his heart stop. Someone had found a dog tied to a railing in a dark alley — and…
In the busy halls of Los Angeles’ animal shelters, Kelsey McDonough has seen her share of heartbreak. As the founder of the McDonough Rescue, she spends her days visiting kennels…
When a 5-month-old puppy named Lucky Charm arrived at the Benton-Franklin Humane Society in early July, it didn’t take long for everyone there to fall for her. “She is super…
Late one quiet night eight years ago, staff at a Michigan nursing home found an unexpected visitor snoozing on the lobby couch. It wasn’t a resident. It wasn’t a visitor.It…
When Jessie Shaw, cofounder of Fetch Dog Rescue in Westport, Connecticut, opened a message from her partners at Roadside Rescue Network in Mississippi, she wasn’t expecting to have her heart…
When veterinary technician Kel Izumine first held the tiny, 5-ounce pit bull puppy in her hands, she couldn’t believe anyone would want to end her life. The puppy’s front leg…
When Stewie arrived at a California shelter earlier this month, the 1-year-old pup was completely overwhelmed. The noises, the new smells, the unfamiliar people — everything terrified him. Even the…
When Beau’s parents first told him a baby was on the way, he didn’t really understand what it meant. He wagged through the gender reveal, “helped” pick the name, and…
When residents of a quiet Los Angeles neighborhood stepped outside one morning, they couldn’t believe what they saw. Nestled among a pile of discarded furniture were two tiny, matted dogs…
On a quiet street corner in Southern California, two dogs huddled together day after day, waiting for someone to notice them. The pit bull and her tiny Yorkie-mix friend had…
At 13 years old, Bruiser the dog knows what he likes — and more importantly, what he doesn’t.Routine is everything to this big, stubborn sweetheart from upstate New York. “Bruiser…
For as long as Keandra McNeil has had her dog, Gus, she’s tried everything to ease his separation anxiety — calming treats, music, toys, even training. But no matter what…
When Deja first arrived at Patty Baker Humane Society Naples in 2022, she was already a two-time shelter dog. She’d come from Gulf Coast Humane, where no one had chosen…
For more than two and a half years, Tracy waited. Day after day, the energetic, goofy pup watched other dogs leave PAWS Chicago with their new families. She’d wag her…
For over eight months, volunteer Dharma Lorenz visited a sweet pup named Satchi, building a quiet bond with him during their time together at the shelter. Then one day, she…
Just days after the Fourth of July, a brown-eyed dog named Ricky was dropped off at a Los Angeles shelter. The person who brought him in claimed he was a…
When Aubrey Fette’s phone buzzed with a message from her husband, she wasn’t expecting it to come via their robot vacuum. “I think it’s absolutely absurd that our electronic devices…
At 7 years old, Peanut had already seen more than her fair share of change. The sweet, gray-faced pit bull arrived at the Humane Society of Broward County (HSBC) after…
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