When Martin the cat had surgery for his ruptured eyes as a result of an infection, rendering him blind for the rest of his life, he needed a forever home and a fellow cat friend to be by his side. Raye Ann Tucker and Markeeta Tucker were too happy to take in the kit, who …
All animal parents work hard to protect their young. But sometimes, they can’t do it alone. That’s what Wisconsin’s Dane County Humane Society’s Wildlife Center aims to help out with, especially when it comes to baby owls. Despite their reputation of wisdom, owls aren’t the best at building nests, which results in many owlets falling …
The Expert Field Medical Badge is an honor given to military medical personnel who can complete a series of exhausting and tiring tests, some written and some physical. It is so difficult to attain that it is estimated that up to 80% fail the examinations. U.S. Army Captain Sarah Cudd of Public Health Command, Fort …
When two garbage disposal men were compacting and crushing trash from their truck, they weren’t expecting to suddenly hear loud, desperate cries coming from a plastic bag. They located the bag that the noises were coming from and were shocked by what they nearly crushed. Inside the bag was a little gray cat whose fur …
If you looked up the word “persistent” in the dictionary, don’t be surprised if you find a picture of this incredibly friendly cat right next to the definition! When Keith Urban, a police officer, pulled a car over during a routine traffic stop, he expected nothing more than his usual monotonous routine. But then an …
When you go fishing, you know you’ll return home with fishes, not a story about rescuing a deer! But that’s exactly what happened when Rob Kurdy and his friends went fishing in Long Island South. When they were out there, they noticed ‘something’ about six miles offshore. They couldn’t make out at first, but when …
Baby animals can get pretty lonely if they grow up alone. Emee is a baby emu who was the lone hatchling from her mother, and when she was taken it at home, she realized that it could get far too quiet when her Mommy was out working or running errands. Luckily, her lonesome days are …
Dogs are very curious, and they love being able to look around and investigate. Jennifer Bowman from California lives next door to one of these very interested dogs – a German shepherd named Penny. Penny always wanted to see what was happening on the other side of the fence, and she wanted to say hello …
When an emergency is happening and someone is in a panic, you can hardly expect them to remain calm and speak eloquently. But apparently, that’s what Officer Robert McFarland wanted to hear when he picked up a 911 call from Adrianne Ledesma, 17, of Lincoln Park, Michigan. Ledesma’s father had undergone brain surgery three weeks …
Three men were out crabbing in a small aluminum rowboat when they got to experience something equal parts incredible and scary. Just off the coast of Anderson Island, Steven Sloan and his friends Michael Niccum and Eugene Dight noticed something moving in the water about fifty yards away, so he decided to begin filming. The boys …