Rescue

When someone experiences a "foster fail" with a dog, he or she usually ends up benefiting from that "failure" through a lifetime of love and companionship instead of just providing ...

When Detroit Police got a call about a "vicious dog" in a Detroit neighborhood the day after Christmas, officers H. Kourani and G. Rogers responded. Rogers is something of a ...

Drivers on Interstate 84 in Caldwell, Idaho, experienced a different kind of rush hour on Sunday when some cows escaped from their property and ran across lanes of traffic. It ...

Many people like to think of their dogs as man's best friend, but North, an eight-month-old Alaskan malamute from Croatia, has proven that he is. North was hiking with a ...

On Dec. 5, two friends and their dogs went out for a walk at Bond Lake Park in Lewiston, New York. In a move that one owner now deeply regrets, ...

Not many can boast that they've saved a life before they were even two years old, but Milo can. Milo is a beagle who was adopted by 20-year-old Makayla Swift ...

Cedarcrest Kennels in Douglas County, Missouri, has been closed for good after authorities and the Humane Society of Missouri's Animal Cruelty Task Force rescued 42 dogs and puppies from the ...

Some of the most captivating stories involve dramatic rescues where people risk it all to save another person or a beloved pet in peril. But rescues of the smaller sort ...

On Dec. 26, Bobby White and Josh Trujillo, two students from the Colorado School of Mines, were skiing in Berthoud Pass, Colorado. They picked their way carefully through the backcountry, ...

On Sunday morning, a family of seven became trapped in their San Diego home when a fire broke out. One managed to get out of the house unassisted, but the ...

Just a few days after Christmas, on Dec. 28, an 85-year-old woman in Coventry, Rhode Island, found herself in a life-or-death situation. A police report referenced by WJAR stated that ...

It's no secret that the Transportation Security Administration is not popular with the traveling public -- and for good reason. On one occasion, I was held up for 15 minutes ...

When Kate Pounders of Grand Rapids, Michigan, first saw a photo of a dog in need who came to be named Waco, she was shaken to her core. "I asked ...

When Sirizani Butau of Kadoma, Zimbabwe, came across a horrific crash on Christmas Eve, he didn't hesitate to throw himself into danger to help save the victims. Butau, a truck ...

There are many stories about dogs being better "people" than people at times, and one of the most recent examples comes from the Chhattisgarh province in India. Locals in Lormi ...

Cecilia Morales is no stranger to danger. She's made a career out of helping people in desperate situations, and has 10 years of experience as an EMT in New Jersey ...

On Dec. 9, the Humane Society of Tulsa was met with a heartbreaking sight when they arrived at a property in Collinsville, Oklahoma, where the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office was ...

When a family pet starts to behave oddly, it can be concerning. Are they sick? Did they get into something they shouldn't have? Are they trying to tell you something? ...

For many of us, Christmas is a time for seeing our family, reminiscing, dragging up ancient history and eating too much. Brothers Steven Wilson and John-Arthur Robertson from the U.K.'s ...

On Sunday, a family was on their way to a Christmas event when they spotted something disconcerting as they drove. Joseph Wells and his wife, Lauren, of Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia, ...