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Get your cat in the Halloween spirit with a haunted house scratching post

A company called Hyde & EEK! Boutique makes the two-story scratching posts that will fit right in with any spookily-decorated home this October. The product is described as “a frightfully good time for your favorite ...

Dog missing part of face was left for dead by owners, but a life-changing surgery gives him a second chance

Everyone loves cute dogs… but all dogs are beautiful on the inside, and the ones who look a little different are worthy of our love, too. Some animal shelters have said that “ugly” dogs are ...

Starving, cold puppy covered in bite marks found dumped in a cage in the middle of a field

This poor creature was soaked from the previous night’s storm, left with no food and trapped in the middle of nowhere. Looking back at the lives we saved in 2017 – Tunica Humane SocietyThis was ...

Neglected cat freed after having two pounds of matted fur removed

Animal Rescue League Shelter & Wildlife Center After the cat’s owner, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, was taken to a nursing home, they spotted Hidey and called Animal Rescue League Shelter and Wildlife Center, in Pittsburgh. Animal ...

Abandoned dog was found covered in years of matted fur, then her rescuers gave her a new start

After Ellie Mae’s owner died, she was left alone in the house. No one was even aware until workers arrived to clean out the house. But the damage had already been done. The dog was discovered ...

89-year-old has knitted over 450 blankets for her local dog rescue

Maisie Green, 89, is a devoted supporter of her local animal rescue, Dogs Trust Basildon. Dogs Trust is the largest dog welfare charity in the UK, housing about 1,700 dogs in their shelters at any ...

Man brings home orphaned kitten to help wife who had a miscarriage

The woman’s husband took to Imgur to talk about the amazing reaction his wife had when he brought an orphaned kitty home. His wife had suffered a miscarriage and two months after she was still ...

Inseparable dogs always shared a bed—a year after one died, the other still leaves his spot open

Caitlin Wynne owned a dog named George. When the dog turned 7, Caitlin decided he could use a friend and adopted a Shih Tzu named Harry. The two dogs turned out to be a perfect ...

Neglected Persian cat looks like it’s ‘dragging a carpet’ – rescuers spend hours releasing it from 5lbs of fur

  Getting lots of questions about Sinbad the Cat so I thought I'd post some photos from when he first came in so you could see why he's so special to all of us… (photos ...

Dog dies in house fire after saving his family by alerting them

Zippy the Jack Russell Terrier was adopted from an animal shelter about four years ago by Leon Butler and his family, from Bradenton, Florida. The little black-and-white dog was always alert: “He would let me know if ...