abandoned

‘(They) tried to drag the dog back to the car physically.’: Woman saves Great Pyrenees puppy from previous neglectful owners who abandoned the dog and tried to take it back by force

Laurent Shinar

‘He is SKINNY. He likely needs pounds put back on. Not ounces.’: Cat turns up at stranger’s home hungry and disheveled three times before they adopt the cat who was abandoned by his original family

Laurent Shinar

‘So there he was, sitting and waiting to be let inside by someone who was never coming back.’: Abandoned in house move, local residents saved this Seattle velcro cat and found him a furever home with hooman who revealed the cat to be a cuddly love monster

Laurent Shinar

‘The second she saw me she ran right to me tail wagging. I couldn't stop smiling.’: Kind Ohio construction worker rescues abandoned and starving pit bull mix from work site, giving her the healing home she deserved and a new fur family

Laurent Shinar

'Neighbors moved out and left their cat': Kind person cares for an abandoned feline neighbor, gaining her trust after it was broken, and plans to adopt her for good

Ayala Sorotsky

Owners move without their cat, she finds shelter from the rain with a nearby neighbor who adopts the feline into their family: 'She made herself right at home'

Ayala Sorotsky

‘I am happily keeping this dog and won’t be entertaining this person or the person who claimed to be the owner anymore.’: The uplifting story of a pug rescued from heatstroke and a fake family by caring hooman who nursed the abandoned dog back to health

Laurent Shinar

‘We will give our all and make up for her sad first 6 years and give her all the joy and love she deserves.’: Dedicated Swiss family saves skittish dog abandoned by her owner after a house move, investing time and training to rehabilitate the hurt doggo

Laurent Shinar

Owner abandons fluffy black cat like a used Kleenex, so her ex-roommate stepped up to adopt her and become the purrfect pawrent: 'She's worth every penny'

Blake Seidel

‘Anyway, five years later they still live with me and my wife. The Persian Blue still rolls around my bed and sleeps in laundry.’: Siblings save multiple abandoned kittens from the LA heat, adding to their huge fur family of four cats and two dogs

Laurent Shinar

‘There is nothing more heartbreaking than seeing a creature give up, but nothing more inspiring than watching them fight to live.’: Arizona commuter finds and rescues an abandoned desert dog moments before he was swept away by floods

Laurent Shinar

‘My manager decided that he and his family were going to adopt her... she's been determined to be a Great Pyrenees mix.’: A pet store colleague’s compassion saves a customer’s abandoned puppy, whose massive paws and heart secured her immediate adoption

Laurent Shinar

‘I think I found an abandoned puppy… took it to the vet they say it’s less than 8 weeks old and no chip.’: A malnourished stray dog’s heartwarming journey from tense highway rescue to immediate adoption by its savior into their furever family

Laurent Shinar

Woman moves out of ex-boyfriend's apartment and leaves her rescue Pit bull, Moose, behind, her ex struggles to care for the dog alone and warns he’ll return him to a shelter if she doesn’t come back for him: '[Says I'm] trying to get rid of her baby'

Emma Saven

‘I just watched this poor cat get hit by a car.’: A scared cat’s journey from being abandoned by the roadside, to almost losing his life, to finding his furever home, all thanks to one brave rescuer who couldn’t let the cat suffer on the side of the road

Laurent Shinar

‘2 cats in June turned into 5 by Canada Day turned into 9 a couple weeks later.’: The wild saga of the “kitten summer” that saw a cat loving couple’s yard become an unofficial feline maternity ward, for abandoned and pregnant strays

Laurent Shinar