One day recently, Long Island animal rescuer John Debacker opened Facebook and saw a message that immediately made his heart race. Someone had spotted a helpless animal sitting in the…
When Francesca and Alex Nardi traveled to Morocco to celebrate their second wedding anniversary, they expected to return home with photos, stories and memories from the trip. Instead, they came…
On Thanksgiving Day, a mama pittie was darting through traffic — with nine puppies hidden nearby. A rescuer, Erica, gently held one of her babies out to her… and she…
Last month, a woman named Mir returned home from her internship around 6:30 p.m. and immediately noticed something unusual on her doorstep. A lone pigeon was sitting quietly on her…
Aly Medina has trained herself to notice what others might miss. As a member of the pet mutual aid team at One Tail At A Time, she’s always scanning alleyways,…
When rescuers from Luna Foundation received a call about six puppies dumped in the middle of nowhere, they prepared themselves for the worst. Still, nothing could have prepared them for…
Last year, at the massive Ford River Rouge Complex in Dearborn, workers spotted something unusual just beyond the noise of steel and machinery. Standing quietly at a distance was a…
A few years ago, married couple Maxime and Issy set out to conquer Bobotov Kuk — the tallest peak in Montenegro, rising more than 8,000 feet into the sky. They…
Railroad workers were out performing routine maintenance when they noticed something chilling ahead of them. Lying directly on the tracks was a small body — completely still. From a distance,…
