While checking on a roof leak at her pet supply shop Tiny Pets in the Philippines, Maruja Daine Valdez suddenly froze. From outside came faint, desperate cries. “Kittens,” she realized.…
Driving through rural Mississippi earlier this month, Carlin Curtis noticed movement along the roadside. Pulling over, she spotted a thin dog curled protectively around three tiny puppies in the dirt…
A woman was tending to her backyard garden when something unusual caught her eye. What at first looked like a trick of the light turned out to be a pair…
On the streets of New Jersey, a young pup named Fiddler had nowhere to turn. Hungry and alone, he somehow climbed onto the roof of a suburban home — as…
Three years ago, a puppy named Franny left PAWS Chicago for what she thought would be her forever home. But before long, she was returned — and she’s been waiting…
One April morning, staff at the Little Creek Navy Base in Norfolk, Virginia, noticed two unexpected visitors outside an administration building — tiny, shivering otter pups, no more than 5…
When a Good Samaritan in Los Angeles noticed what looked like a mound of white fluff near a landfill, they stopped for a closer look. To their shock, the “fluff”…
When Rocía H. first saw Quesito’s face on her friend’s Instagram Story, she wasn’t looking to adopt. She was still grieving the loss of Whiskey, her beloved soul dog, and…
When Boonie Babies, the only dog rescue on the island of Saipan, got word that puppies had been abandoned at a deserted mall, cofounder Aria Keilbach and a volunteer rushed…
