Is Your Pet Missing? Think Twice Before Answering the Phone by a Shelter
Animal shelters in Maryland issued a warning to pet owners about an ongoing scam involving phone calls targeting those who have missing animals. The Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) and the Maryland SPCA shared in a press release that scammers are spoofing the shelters’ official phone numbers and contacting individuals who shared online […]
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Heartbreak for Shelter Dog Whose ‘Time Is Up’ Watches Friends Get Adopted
The internet’s heart shattered into pieces after seeing a shelter dog, who was unknowingly up against a timeline, watch her friends get adopted before her. A pit bull named Sandy came into the Houston shelter as an adoption return, and as a dog-selective canine with heartworms, her name landed on the euthanasia list if no […]
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Shelter Begs for ‘Sweet, Silly Boy’ To Find New Family After Waiting Months
After eight long months in a rural North Carolina shelter, a 2-year-old lab mix named Doc is still holding out hope that the right family will finally come along. The Friends of Anson County Animal Shelter in Wadesboro, North Carolina, has been caring for Doc since he arrived as a stray nearly eight months ago. […]
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Shelter Dog Can’t Contain Excitement As He’s Finally Adopted After 683 Days
After 683 days of shelter life, a dog finally received his happy ending, and to celebrate, the animal shelter gave him a much-deserved proper send off. A dog named Yankee first came into the Saginaw County Animal Care & Control Resource Center as a stray. Director Rachel Horton told Newsweek that Yankee stayed with them […]
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Tears Over Shelter Puppy Returned 24 Hours Later for ‘Crying Too Much’
A rescue puppy who endured a nightmare start to her life suffered fresh heartbreak when she was returned within 24 hours of being adopted. The fact that Boo is even alive today is nothing short of a miracle. The local animal services found her living as a stray with her siblings. Later reunited with their […]
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Shelter Dog Labelled ‘Reactive’ In Kennels, Then Someone Took Him Outside
A shelter dog dismissed by visitors as being too “reactive” has been given an opportunity to showcase his true self. Shelter dogs have a small window of time in which to make an impression on a visitor. A 2014 study published in the journal Applied Animal Behavior Science estimates shelter visitors interact with just one […]
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Shelter Dog’s Sad Face As She Manages To ‘Lock Eyes’ With Human Goes Viral
A shelter dog has found a forever home after heartbreaking footage of her in the shelter captured hearts across the world. Lila the dog took the internet by storm in a video on TikTok with more than 1.8 million views. The video, posted by Southeast Missouri Pets in Missouri, featured Lila’s soulful eyes as she […]
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Shelter Dog ‘Starting To Lose Hope’ After 700 Days Without Being Adopted
A shelter dog has gone over 700 days without being adopted, and staff say he’s “starting to lose hope.” James Earl Bones, who was named in honor of the late, great Star Wars actor, didn’t come to the shelter from a galaxy far, far away. “James was roaming as a stray dog in East St. […]
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Puppy Has Saddest Reaction as She’s Returned to Shelter
A rescue dog adopted as a puppy had the saddest of reactions after circumstances beyond anyone’s control led to her being returned to the shelter. The plight of Maggie the 3-year-old pup first came to light when her carers at the Humane Society of Searcy in Arkansas posted an appeal to social media for help […]
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CCTV Shows Moment 16-Week-Old Puppy Dumped Outside Shelter in Freezing Snow
Hearts shattered after a Michigan animal shelter shared a video showing someone leaving a puppy outside the kennel’s doors in freezing temperatures. The Calhoun County Animal Center in Michigan discovered a 16-week-old puppy dumped at the facility in freezing and snowy conditions on the morning of February 19. When looking back at the CCTV footage, […]
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