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The heartbreaking image of a shelter dog on her last walk captured by a woman who never wants to forget

An estimated 1.5 million dogs are euthanized in U.S. animal shelters every year, according to the ASPCA. But despite such a shocking statistic, we never see the desperate animals behind this staggering figure. When Pat ...

Affectionate pit bull abandoned by family at shelter – he’s just minutes from being put down when this happens

Stormy the 2-year-old pit bull was left confused after his family abandoned him at the shelter in Brooklyn. He’d been nothing but a faithful, gentle and loving dog to the family of six when he ...

Man honors the memory of his beloved dog by adopting all the unwanted animals he can find

For those older dogs with health issues who find themselves alone in the world, it can be difficult to find another home. Often people don’t want to take them on if they’re slow, set in ...

Woman walks into pet shelter and asks for the oldest dogs they have

Employees at Asheville Humane Society in North Carolina were in for a shock on July 24, when a woman named Leslie Sacks walked in with a very unexpected request: “I said, ‘Who’s the oldest that ...

Indiana police let people to pay off tickets with cat supplies for struggling shelter

On July 8, a few officers from the Muncie Police Department took a tour of the Muncie Animal Care and Services Shelter, which currently shelters over 350 cats. Today a couple of our officers got ...

Couple adopt cute little dog from shelter – after a few months they realize there’s been a huge mistake

They named their little pooch Yogi Bear, which was more appropriate than they could have imagined. After five months with this ‘little dog’ they realized they didn’t have a Jack Russell Terrier. Yogi Bear weighs ...

Pit bulls become inseparable friends and comfort each other in shelter

The pair of dogs, Jukebox and Agatha, met each other at Pima Animal Care Center in Tuscon, Arizona. Jukebox was found as a stray and brought to the shelter in May. About a month later, Agatha was ...

Shelter races to keep cats cool after lightning destroys AC right before heatwave

Little Shelter Animal Rescue & Adoption Center, a nonprofit no-kill shelter in Huntington, New York, was hit with a serious storm last Wednesday. According to CBS New York, a 7-foot stone memorial statue was blown ...

Dog is left at shelter for being too clingy, then finds a loving home

In 2015, a one-year-old dog named Jubilee, a Blue Heeler and Irish setter mix, was given to the Montgomery County Animal Shelter in Conroe, Texas. It’s not uncommon for a dog to be brought to a shelter—but ...

This shelter wants Area 51 fans to adopt their pets instead of aliens

The internet has been blowing up lately with jokes about Area 51, the formerly-secret military site that has long been the subject of conspiracy theories—most of which about the government hiding captive aliens somewhere on ...