The other day, volunteer dog rescuer Mary Nakiso was driving through California’s Orange County when she passed someone cowering on the side of the street. The creature was large, hairy and alone. With a sinking…

Nayana Gadde, a pet photographer in Philadelphia, was planning to stay inside on a particularly cold winter day when she came across a Facebook post that changed everything. A dog mom had just found out…

For Roman Smith, his cat Gandalf was his world. And for Gandalf, his world was Smith. Smith was 9 when Gandalf — or “Gannie” for short — joined his family in 2003. It didn’t take…

Melody Karle and her husband live in Montana, where temperatures regularly reach minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. To escape the cold, they simply go inside and turn up the thermostat — but the stray cats in…

A man was walking his dog around Gary, Indiana, when he stumbled upon something that made him stop in his tracks. On a pile of discarded mattresses, he saw something moving. Silverstray Social When he…

When it comes to breakfast, the folks in Chapin, South Carolina, love stopping by their local bakery, Chickenbutt Donuts, first thing in the morning. Drawn in by the smell of freshly fried dough and decadently sweet…

In the wonderful animal world, animals sometimes act in different ways. They can be really funny sometimes, but they can also be dangerous. And sometimes they do really funny things in front of the cameras.…

In Bridgend in South Wales, a small, frightened dog hid in some undergrowth. He’d been running through the streets since losing his family. Luckily, flashes of brown and white fur caught the eye of three cyclists,…

When rescuers at the Pennsylvania SPCA recently heard about a group of retired service dogs living in unsafe conditions at a mismanaged animal rescue group nearby, the worried animal advocates quickly hatched a plan to bring the…

When employees at Arizona Humane Society (AHS) noticed someone tied up in the parking lot of their Sunnyslope campus, their stomachs dropped. Pets being abandoned outside shelters is sadly not an uncommon occurrence, but this time was…

When Furby first arrived at Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) from a local shelter, he was barely hanging on. The 1-month-old goldendoodle puppy had several different medical battles he was fighting, but his rescuers weren’t even close to…

J35 has now lost two of her four documented calves An orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days back in 2018 has faced another heartbreaking loss. Tahlequah, or J35 to researchers, touched the…

The skinny pittie was just trying to get some rest, but he couldn’t stop shivering. The bus bench he’d curled up on was hard, and the cold wind wouldn’t let up. He coughed and coughed. A…

Graham Cracker’s incredible journey started when a little girl in Arkansas said yes. The little girl’s name is Autumn, and when she found a mama dog and her puppies in the middle of the woods,…

Sydney ended up in a desperate situation after she peed in the house and her owner decided he’d had enough — so he threw her away like trash in a dumpster. Poor Sydney was found…