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Sick Kittens Found With Aggressive Virus Need Your Help to Survive!

On the streets of Bulgaria in the summer, you come across a lot of sick, crying kittens who are no bigger than the palm of your hand. Some of these kittens come into this world and disappear without anyone ever knowing or caring. Others, the few lucky ones, get discovered, rescued, and sometimes, a second chance at life. One of those kittens is Moses. After surviving a huge thunderstorm and… → Read More

One Woman is Asking For Your Help to Solve Jamaica’s Stray Dog Problem

When animal lover Emily Higgins left rainy London for sunny Jamaica, a few weeks back, she anticipated sandy beaches, scorching sun, and flawless scenery. What she didn’t expect was the sight of numerous stray dogs roaming around the beach near her hotel in Montego Bay. → Read More

Why You Should Never Buy Shark Teeth

After witnessing the horrors in ''Shark Week'' you would think people would stay as far away from shark teeth as they could. It appears that’s not the case. Shark teeth and jaws can be found in tourist shops in many seaside areas throughout the world. And the most unbelievable thing, people actually buy them. → Read More

Does Your Cat Need a Friend? Benefits of Adopting a Second Kitty and What to Consider

If you are ready and in the position to adopt another cat, we can tell you that there are lots of benefits to doing so. Just in case you need some good excuses for adding another feline to your home, let’s take a look at why you need another cat. → Read More

Abandoned Hunting Dog With Incurable Condition Gets a Forever Home and Learns to Love

Today, humans still use dogs for hunting. In fact, one dog shelter in Bulgaria has noticed an influx of abandoned hunting dogs arriving at their premises. One of those dogs was Brown, an old and lovable dog whose story is sure to touch your heart. → Read More

What the Rescue of a Baby Orangutan Teaches Us About Our Snacks and the Illegal Pet Trade

Vena, an eight-month-old orangutan, should still be in the arms of her mom in the forest of Borneo. Instead, she’s living in quarantine at a rehabilitation center in Ketapang, being cared for by humans, and clinging to any maternal figure she can find. → Read More

Africa’s Forest Elephant Population Has Dropped 80 Percent – Here’s What We Can Do to Help

Is anywhere safe for Africa’s forest elephants? Apparently not, according to a recent study published in Current Biology by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Elephant Listening Project, Colorado State University and Save the Elephants. Over the last decade, scientists have calculated the number of forest elephants in Gabon’s Minkebe Park, one of the species’… → Read More

Help Free Working Elephant Who’s Forced to Sleep in Chains Standing Up

For the last 20 years, an elephant named Lasah has been nothing more than a prop to humankind. From hauling logs to being gawked at in zoos to performing in shows and commercials, Lasah hasn’t had it easy. Now, he is at Langkawi Elephant Adventures (LEA) where he’s been giving rides to tourists for the last decade. But it’s what goes on behind the scenes that is particularly tragic. Recently,… → Read More

Kitten Who Was Attacked With Acid and Left to Die Gets Rescued Thanks to a Kind Stranger

Recently, a man heard whining coming from an old, abandoned house. When he went to see what it was, he was shocked at what he found: a tiny kitten, covered with huge open wounds and skin hanging off its head and body. Without a second thought, he picked up the squealing kitten and rushed him to the local veterinary clinic in Plovdiv, a city in Bulgaria. Because the kitten had severe burns all… → Read More

After Spending Most of Their Lives Locked up in Zoos, These 5 Animals Are Finally Safe in Sanctuaries

If only all zoo animals could get the same happy ending. Unfortunately, few do. → Read More

Bears Don’t Belong in Concrete Pits! Help Animals Suffering in U.S. Roadside Attraction

Life in captivity is really no life at all for bears, and sadly this is exactly the sort of existence the bears at the Cherokee Bear Zoo, in North Carolina, are faced with. → Read More

This Incredible Organization is Helping Senior Dogs Cross All the Items Off Their Bucket Lists

The Grey Muzzle Organization is awarding over $225,000 in grants to organizations across the country to provide love, comfort, medical assistance, and adoption support for senior dogs. That’s because they believe that ‘’No dog should die alone and afraid.’’ Here are a few of the folks they’re helping. → Read More

Meet the Amazing Dogs Who Are Comforting People in the Wake of Tragedy

Part of the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dogs team, based in Northbrook, Illinois, the team has been helping victims through difficult times since 2008 and as far as we know, it’s working. → Read More

Meet the 14-Year-Old Activist Campaigning to Get Vegan Food in Los Angeles Schools

While other teens spend their days fixed to their iPhone, updating Facebook statuses, and taking selfies, one teen is trying to get the Los Angeles school district to adopt more plant-based options. → Read More

After Losing a Homeless Dog to Gunshot Wounds, Rescuers Help Give His Family of 10 a New Life

Ned was going about his business like he did every day, sniffing the grass and playing with other dogs when a local hunter shot him. → Read More

What?! Grazing Sheep Are Driving the Extinction of a Rare Deer Species in India

Once a thriving species, this shy Indian deer is now on the verge of extinction, listed as a critically endangered species. → Read More

7 Things to Keep in Mind if You Find a Lost or Injured Baby Bird

In spite of good intentions, human intervention often leads to unnecessary deaths among fledglings. So the next time you find a baby bird on the ground, leave them alone unless they need help. Let’s take a look at some things you can do to help baby birds this summer. → Read More

Starving, Sick Puppy Gets Rescued Thanks to Amazing Efforts of One Woman

Saved from certain death, Maya the puppy gets a whole new life! → Read More

Elderly German Shepherd Who Spent 11 Years on a Short Chain Finally Gets the Love She Deserves

Gergana wasn’t a companion, but a mere piece of property there to do a job, until she got sick and became more of a burden than a use. After 11 years of imprisonment, she would, for the first time ever, experience freedom. → Read More

U.S. University Commits to Retiring Their Lab Baboons – Help Make Sure They Go to Sanctuary

OU recently announced that it will be closing its research facility where baboons are bred for brutal experiments. → Read More