There were more than 800 dogs crammed onto a truck with barely enough room to breathe. The small wire cages were all stacked on top of each other, and the truck was heading to a slaughterhouse in Guangzhou, China. Peter Li, a Chinese policy expert for the Humane Society International (HIS), said that this shipment …
A man heard a thumping sound coming out of a dumpster, so he looked inside. There was a large cardboard box with duct tape all around it – the thumping noise was coming from inside the box. The man opened the box and found a dog inside – the image below is graphic and disturbing. …
Mothers are always protective of their young and give them unconditional love. One mother, Zoe is a good example. Zoe and her puppy Meadow, were found and named by the volunteers working with the organisation “Hope for Paws”. Zoe’s owners abandoned and left her behind when they relocated so she was left on the streets to fend …
Animals are the cutest when they are still babies. Small and frail, they will never fail to capture our hearts with their looks. One quail chick however, might be the cutest baby animal yet! Button quails are native to Africa and southern Asia and are the smallest of the quail species. So naturally, their young would …
An incident involving animal abuse occurred in Mesquite, Texas. A woman saw some children in the park stabbing two puppies with sticks so she made a call to a Dallas animal rescue organization immediately. Thankfully, she had managed to gather the puppies and take them to the local animal shelter before they could do more harm. The puppies …
One story with a high level of unexpected cruelty was reported in a press release by the SPCA in Texas. Michael John Ennis, was only 22-years-old when he was arrested and accused of killing his girlfriend’s dog in Allen, Texas. The dog that he killed was named Roberto, a three year old terrier. Roberto was rushed to …
In the midst of a busy traffic area, accidents do happen. Most animals get run down by cars when they try to cross the road, missing the incoming traffic and lose their lives in the process. These animals are usually left for dead, with cars coming and going, no one will care even if they …
Cats are very curious creatures. Just when you think you have them figured out, they do something that blows your mind! Check out Mao, the cat! At first, he is only slightly curious about the oblong, yellow banana – but it doesn’t take him long to go bonkers of the fruit and move in for …
Family is important. They provide you with shelter, love, and support. Sometimes, children and animals are not accepted by their families, and they need help if they are to survive. Dale, a takin (aka cattle chamois or gnu goat), was born at the Cincinnati Zoo and rejected by his mother. The zoo staff had seen …
Rescued dogs have a story that we may never know. Dogs can’t talk and tell us how they ended up scarred and bruised. They can’t tell us why certain things scare them. We don’t know what horrors and abuses they endured until we found them. All we can do is try to love them and …