On Sunday, Lorraine Culloch and her partner, Mike Roberts, were on their way home after photographing orcas off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland, ...
Sara Melnicoff was going for a morning walk with her 13-year-old dog Carli when the pooch was suddenly swept away by the raging waters of Mill Creek, US.
When this good guy saw a scared kitten clinging to a truck near his office, he just couldn’t leave her like that. Turns out, “the mama kitty ran off… and ditched the kitten.
This poor baby possum was wondering around my apartment complex when I saw it. I originally went up to protect it since he was so small and we have so many dogs here in the complex alone.
Three men stranded on an uninhabited Pacific island for three days were safely rescued Thursday after using palm fronds to write “HELP” in the sand.
“Thousands of children are being accused of being witches and we’ve both seen torture of children, dead children and frightened children.
Two lovely sea turtles meant to end up as a fine meal in Papua New Guinea were luckily spared. Arron Culling and his co- ...
A poor little kitten trapped and frozen under a fresh snowfall has just received a second chance at life thanks to a compassionate family that didn’t give up on him.
Officer Kyle Canaan of the Norman, Oklahoma police department got a rather strange call on Tuesday morning when he was asked to deal with a lost donkey that had wandered onto a busy road.
Lithuanian outdoorsman Darius Sasnauskas had a chance to witness a birth of two baby deer in his backyard near the Yellowstone National Park in the US.
Last year, Nassau, Bahamas resident Rosie Kemp found a baby raccoon that had fallen out of a tree. The mother was nowhere to be found, ...
This sick dog was found by Indian organization Animal Aid Unlimited. It was suffering from mange, and clearly had had no human contact in a long time.
This is Kelsey. She was found on the side of the road in horrible condition. Her body was infested with parasites that ate away at her skin.
A cat that survived a house-fire, suffering 3rd degree burns resulting in amputations, has spent the last year caring for other animals at the Animal Emergency Hospital & Urgent Care in North...
I was looking for a special needs dog to adopt and found Daisy in the summer of 2011. She was born with a congenital deformity in her front legs and uses a wheelchair to assist her walk.
On April 25th, a series of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks rocked Nepal, inflicting untold devastation upon cities, villages, and the people living in them.
One of the biggest issues for animal shelters nation-wide is that some regions are overflowing with adoptable dogs while others never have enough.
Human beings can be cruel beyond imagination. It's always horrible to hear stories about the vile nature of man without actually witnessing it firsthand.
n one of the most horrific cruelty cases witnessed in elephant abuse, Lakhi the elephant was blinded by her cruel owners & handlers and then forced to beg at various temples and small towns to...
The Cat House on the Kings – the largest no-kill, no-cage cat sanctuary in California, home to over 700+ cats and kittens on a 12-acre property in Parlier, California.
There's no excuse for the cruelty so many people exhibit when abandoning a pet. Whether it's on the side of the road, out in a field, or in a parking lot, ...
It’s hard to believe that someone left this baby orangutan in a chicken coop with nothing but condensed milk to survive on.
Rabbits, mice, rats and guinea pigs rescued from labs or cases of mistreatment by Italian charity La Collina dei Conigli ONLUS, ...
This huge 18-meter whale washed ashore Popoyo beach on Friday morning in the city of Tola. 50 local residents got together to try to get the whale back in the ocean but unfortunately it just...
Weighing in at just under 6 pounds and at 22.6 inches long, the female pup arrived at Shedd in late October from Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, ...
When rescuers found Bertie the pug, she was on the brink of death. Abused and neglected, she was no more than a couple of days away from perishing.
When Alex, a severely neglected Weimaraner, was found on the streets of New Orleans, things were not looking good for him.
When Greg Zubiak ventured into the woods to prepare for a moose hunt, he didn't expect to find these little bundles of joy.
Rick is homeless and his pitbull Karma is his best friend. When Rick saw that Karma had fallen into a dirty river he risked his life to save Karma's.
Dan Dunbar took his boat out near Nanoose Bay in British Columbia because he was hoping to catch fish. What he ended up catching was a bald eagle.
"While searching for some deep fishing holes we saw in the distance, what appeared to be a deer swimming in the lake.
There are many amazing rescues, but this one really touched me. I had no idea that hedgehogs were on such a steep decline in numbers.
The only life an elephant named Raju ever knew consisted of spiked shackles and begging tourists for handouts while eating little more than paper and plastic.
