Pets

Retirement Home For Unwanted Senior Pets Offers Love In Final Years

August 21, 2015

If you’re over the age of ten and you’ve got a tail to wag, then you’ve got a friend at House With A Heart Senior...

WATCH: Emotional Reunion for Family Dog Found Alive Years Later

August 17, 2015

For years, the Harworth family of Lacey, Washington believed that their dog, Zeus, had died while they were away overseas. Imagine their surprise when the military family’s microchip...

Great Fetch: Watch How This Black Lab Helps Two Dogs Adrift in Canoe

August 17, 2015

Plenty of dogs fetch balls or sticks from the ocean. This one fetched a boatload of other dogs. Robbie the Labrador, from Springdale, Arkansas, leapt into...

Arizona City Mandates All Dogs Sold in Pet Stores Will Come From Shelters

August 10, 2015

For the longest time, rescue groups, shelter volunteers, and animal lovers everywhere have hoped the day would come when pet stores would sell shelter...

Swipe Right For Unconditional Love: App Pairs You With Adoptable Pets

August 10, 2015

Wouldn't it be nice if you knew that whoever you “swiped right” for would love you back, unconditionally? With the new AllPaws app, that...

Clear Your Schedule: Baby Kitten Cuddling is a Real Volunteer Job

August 3, 2015

If kittens, cuddles, and saving lives are up your alley, we’ve got just the volunteer job for you. In hopes of making shelter kitties more...

How Mervin the Rescue Chihuahua Melted 30,000 Hearts on Instagram

July 31, 2015

Aside from being absolutely adorable—and the ideal posterboy for #TongueOutTuesday—Mervin is a champion for second chance pups everywhere. Initially found as a stray and brought...

BarkFeed, The “Instagram For Dogs” Is Photographic Fur Therapy

July 29, 2015

Cats may rule in online videos, but dogs now have their own Instagram. A new photo-sharing site called BarkFeed is chock full of hundreds of...

Energetic Shelter Dogs Get Second Chance in Wildlife Conservation Jobs

July 25, 2015

For these pooches, their “wild” lifestyle could actually help save wildlife. Shelter dogs with high-energy can sometimes be less adoptable than their more docile counterparts,...

Photo of Shelter Pups Hugging Lands Them Home Together, Just In Time

July 22, 2015

Aside from being adorable, this photo may have actually saved the lives of the two adorable pups pictured in it. An Atlanta-based animal rescue organization...

Homeless Jazz Singer And Her Parrot Are Inseparable Songbirds

July 17, 2015

For a time, homelessness may have kept them from sharing the same nest, but these two songbirds have built a bond that’s totally unbreakable. In exchange for...