Animals
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May 28, 2023
Newborn Calf Leads Mother Cow to Greet Stranger Who Helped Them Reunite (WATCH)
Flo is a devoted cow who’s nurtured several calves in her lifetime. But for this newborn, she gave birth too close to the fence dividing her pasture from the nearby highway. The slope of the ground and the small space under the wires combined to form a…
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April 5, 2022
Students Write Adorable Letters on Behalf of Shelter Animals to Boost Adoptions – And it Worked
The persuasive words of an 8-year old written in crayon cracked open the hearts of potential dog adopters to empty the kennel crates of a local shelter. Their hand-written personalized notes resulted in skyrocketing adoption rates for the pooches least…
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January 11, 2022
Nurse Rescues Her Patient’s Dog From a Shelter After Getting a Heart-Felt Phone Call
“With loyalty, I will endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care.” Every day, nurses take these words from the Florence Nightingale oath to heart, striving to ensure their patients’ welfare…
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January 8, 2022
Baby Donkey is Named ‘Betty White’ to Honor Celebrity Who Donated to Their Animal Sanctuary For Years – LOOK
For years, television star Betty White had donated to the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue in San Angelo, Texas. Now, upon her death on December 31 at the age of 99, the animal sanctuary has introduced an adorable baby donkey as her namesake. “This beauti…
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January 2, 2022
Families Spend Christmas Eve Rescuing 6 Elk Trapped in Frozen River After Falling Through Ice (LOOK)
More than two dozen people gave up many hours of warm festivities at their homes on Christmas Eve to rescue six elk that were trapped in the ice. Most of a large herd of elk had made it across the river safely, but 12 had fallen through the ice on the …
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December 14, 2021
65 Cats Are Treated Like Favored Guests at the World Renown Hermitage Museum in Russia
Like the building itself, the cats which roam freely around the basement of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg have endured through changing fortunes. Originally brought into the massive Baroque building by Empress Elizabeth I to catch mice, the 65 feline…
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November 25, 2021
Woman Spends 4 Days Outside Gaining an Abandoned Pet Bunny’s Trust (WATCH)
This heart-warming video shows a young woman who spent four days outside gaining the trust of an abandoned rabbit. 25-year-old Alicia Castro spent all day, every day, trying to catch the pet rabbit that had been dumped outside her apartment. She endure…
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October 22, 2021
Istanbul Improves the Lives of Thousands of Stray Cats with Elaborate Outdoor Cat Houses
In Istanbul, a city of 15 million people that’s famous for its relaxed attitude towards stray cats, groups of volunteers build elaborate houses for their feline neighbors. There, cats can find donated food and toys, cushions and boxes to keep the…
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October 12, 2021
Minnesota Teen Builds Free Wheelchairs for Disabled Dogs and Cats – And Soon a Duck (WATCH)
A Minnesota high schooler with a passion for disabled animals has made giving them mobility her mission. Two years ago, after studying some YouTube tutorials followed by a process of trial and error, 16-year-old Shaine Kilyun embarked on the enterprise…
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September 26, 2021
Saved From Bulldozers, Baby Bird Steals Hearts
[By USACE]– Temperatures were pushing 100 degrees in East Sacramento on July 9. Still, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District’s contractors and construction workers made steady progress on the Sacramento River East Levee project, until a cont…