animal rescue

A dog fell 50 feet off the “Stairway to Heaven” trail in Oahu, Hawaii, while hiking with his owner on Monday evening.

Three deputies in Jackson County, Michigan, are being praised for rescuing a sweet animal that lost its way.

A dog rescued from a mine site in West Virginia shows her gratitude daily to the person who gave her another chance at life.

A bald eagle in the care of a Missouri sanctuary has wanted to be a father for a long time, and his wish finally came true.

A goat named Cinnamon and a dog named Felix who are inseparable have finally found a home together in Johnston County, North Carolina.

An Idaho cat with only one eye will be receiving his official Cadbury “bunny ears” after winning a national contest held by the candy brand, becoming the first cat to win the contest.

A daring Amazon delivery driver braved flames to help rescue a dog from the back of a burning vehicle in Merced, California, last week.

An orange cat in Boston, Massachusetts, got some much needed help after getting her head stuck in a tight spot recently.

A Florida man is being lauded after footage of him saving a stranded cat surrounded by the rushing floodwaters of Hurricane Ian was shared on social media.

Firefighters in southern California rescued a blind dog who fell 15 feet into a hole at a construction site.

A Golden Retriever got stuck in a culvert pipe in New York recently, but a law enforcement officer knew exactly what to do.

A six-year-old dog named “Baby Girl” has been found her forever home after her previous owner tied her to a fire hydrant in Green Bay with all of her belongings in a bag as she could no longer care for the pooch due to her own medical complications, the Wisconsin Human Society (WHS) announced.

A pit bull puppy named Loki that was rescued from a Sacramento debris fire earlier this month has found its forever home with a firefighter.

A three-legged hero dog battling cancer rescued a struggling week-old otter adrift in a frigid Minnesota river without its mother.

A dog rescued from a New York dogfighting ring has found a second chance at life with a new owner in Kentucky. 

Three officers from the Oakland Police Department (OPD) in Florida are being lauded for rescuing two residents from a house fire Tuesday.

Video captured the moment firefighters in Massachusetts rescued a black lab from frigid waters Thursday after she fell through the ice on a pond.

A Texas father is praising his family’s newly adopted dog after she woke them in the night to alert them their home was on fire.

A Butler County deputy swooped in to help a woman and her beloved dog out of a dangerous situation in Liberty Township, Ohio, on Sunday.

A Douglas County deputy is getting a lot of attention after saving a dog that was trapped inside a burning vehicle in Colorado.

A dog found living in a garbage pile in Georgia was rescued by a kind-hearted resident on Friday.

First responders in New Jersey rescued a woman who fell through the ice of a frigid lake after she saved her dogs that fell in the water. 

A dog that went missing in Lake Tahoe in August was found four months later by a backcountry skier and has since been reunited with his owner.

A wild sea lion with a reputation for showing up in “odd places” was found wandering a San Diego highway on Friday before a SeaWorld rescue crew corralled the animal.

A bird owner unexpectedly surrendered 836 parakeets during two trips in four days’ time to a Michigan animal rescue group, per a report.

A Mayfield man found his missing cat while sifting through the rubble of his three-story office building nine days after a deadly tornado wreaked havoc on the Kentucky town.

A cat that had been missing for six months was finally reunited with his family just in time for Thanksgiving. 

A giant pig made waves on social media when he blocked traffic on a York County road in South Carolina on Thursday. 

Almost 100 rattlesnakes were found and removed from under a California home by Sonoma County Reptile Rescue on October 2.

A blind cat, its ill mother, and a seeing-eye kitten in Iowa were looking for a home when one family made an 800-mile trip to adopt them.

After Hurricane Ida, several men discovered a cow in the bayou of Louisiana, wedged in a tree and unable to free itself.

A Taliban commander told Russian media on Wednesday that the new rulers of Afghanistan have plans for using the service dogs abandoned by President Joe Biden during his chaotic withdrawal from Kabul.

Animal rights groups are working to save dozens of helpless service dogs left behind when the U.S. military completed its withdrawal on Tuesday local time from Afghanistan.

LONDON (AP) – A former British Royal Marine who waged a high-profile campaign to leave Afghanistan with almost 200 rescued dogs and cats has flown to safety — with the animals, but without his charity’s Afghan staff, who were left behind in Kabul.

A family struggling following the Surfside condo collapse received a miracle on Friday when their beloved cat was found alive.

A dog in Georgia is back home and safe with his family after he was rescued from a precarious situation recently.