rescue

“There was no way this tiny ball of fur could make it on her own”: Good samaritan and emergency crew spend 6 hours rescuing kitten trapped on a Dubai overpass

Laurent Shinar

“He was barking and scratching like crazy—and he was right”: Loyal collie saves his hooman from smoke-filled room, then helps rescue his canine sibling

Laurent Shinar

Woman rescues serene street dog from pouring rain, she feeds him and takes him home to be her furrever family: 'He is no longer invisible'

Blake Seidel

“He started off wary—now he wags his tail at treat time”: How one rescuer gave an injured piglet the life every animal deserves

Laurent Shinar

“I’ve Never Been More Grateful I Adopted Him”: Rescue Pup Alerts College Student to Hidden Intruders, Becoming an Unexpected Hero and Lifelong Best Friend

Laurent Shinar

3 weeks after adopting the sweetest stray kitten, her owner finds the kitten's brother in the same spot they found her, and immediately decides they cannot be separated: 'Of course, this happened on the day I told myself to stop searching'

Mariel Ruvinsky

'He was kept in this cage for over a year': Beautiful wild ocelot that was held as someone's pet feline gets rescued and released back into the wild

Mariel Ruvinsky

'I can’t legally keep her, but she clearly doesn’t want to be at her actual home': Renters can't keep the cat, but she keeps choosing them and they don't know how to say goodbye

Sarah Brown

21 Cat Adoptions From This Week Proving Love at First Purr Is Real: "I always thought my first pet was going to be a dog. And look at me now."

Blake Seidel

'They are now threatening legal action and harassing me': After rehoming their kitten twice, the original pawrents demand him back despite being settled into a loving furever home

Sarah Brown

'[We] have been talking about wanting a kitten': Family dog's curious yelps lead them to find a bobtail kitten in their driveway - now she's named 'Mew' and stealing hearts of hoomans and doggos

Blake Seidel

Person who is terrified of cats rescues a kitty that was stuck on their roof, the cat immediately chooses them, and now, the cat won't leave them alone: 'Every time I leave it outside it cries... which is breaking my heart'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Hope is restored when 3 very large and sweet Maincoons left in ‘devastating’ condition are rescued and given pawdorable new haircuts: ‘Boots with the fur!’

Elna McHilderson

Woman legally adopts her roommate's cat, ‘Luna’, after she abandons her for a 4-month backpacking trip to Thailand: ‘Luna deserves better than being treated like a houseplant [she] can abandon for months’

Lana DeGaetano

'The day I picked them up, I fell in love [with] them': Massive 6-foot-tall dude falls in love with two tiny rescue kittens despite being a dog-lover, now he can't imagine life without them

Blake Seidel

'A part of me feels selfish for keeping her from having a better cat life:' Torn between love and loyalty, a college students struggles with rehoming rescue cat due to cramped dorm room and boyfriend's allergies

Sarah Brown