CHICAGO – Anxious and hungry, they arrived one by one at their new temporary home in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. Eighteen cats, each with unique stories, coats and energy, have joined the PAWS Chicago family. Among them are Leo, Daffy, Hayden, Harris and Fava. The group consists of nine male and nine female cats, ranging […]
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Why did the kinkajou cross the road? And what’s a kinkajou, anyway? One of the mammals — which look like a cross between a monkey and a tiny bear — was found far from its normal rainforest habitat this week at a highway rest stop amid the rolling sagebrush plains of […]
A litter of puppies was rescued after being left inside a carrier on a field in Tarrant County, Texas, in triple-digit temperatures. The eight pups were abandoned without water in 100-degree heat on Monday, according to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post. Fortunately, a good Samaritan found the dogs and reported the finding to […]
June 27 (UPI) — Animal rescuers in Prince Edward Island, Canada, are caring for a snake found in an unusual place — the trash. P.E.I. Humane Society officials said sanitation workers came across the roughly 3-foot-long ball python while emptying a dumpster in the East Royalty neighborhood of Charlottetown. “The staff thought it was quite […]
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities intercepted another submarine suspected of transporting drugs to Europe from South America and arrested four Colombian nationals who were crewing the vessel, officials said Thursday. Police rescued the occupants after they had scuttled the 20-meter (65-foot) long narco-submarine 518 kilometers (312 miles) west of Cadiz on Tuesday, when it was […]
Seals are curious animals. They like to play with things, and they’re very cute when they do it. But a young seal at Pelican Point, just a stone’s throw from Namibia’s famous Skeleton Bay, found itself in a bit of trouble when its curiosity got the best of him. “If you were a curious seal […]
ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – Several animals rescued from a “horrific” animal abuse case in Adams County were put down due to the severity of their injuries. The Adams County SPCA took in more than two dozen animals last week after police responded to a school bus that was towing a trailer. Inside the bus […]
That’s not a bobcat in a pine tree at the Grand Canyon; it’s just Archie, and he needs help. Call in the park rangers. The National Park Service at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon rescued a pet cat on Friday that got stuck in a tree near a campground and entered a brief […]
That’s not a bobcat in a pine tree at the Grand Canyon; it’s just Archie, and he needs help. Call in the park rangers. The National Park Service at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon rescued a pet cat on Friday that got stuck in a tree near a campground and entered a brief […]
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — The story of how the Lady Catherine II sailboat got to Pensacola Beach began May 30, hundreds of miles away. Michael Barlow and some friends traveled to Key West, to pick up the sailboat Barlow had just purchased, and as they were traveling back to Texas, they ran into some […]
Pittsburgh Animal Care and Control prevented a cat-astrophe by rescuing a kitten from a sewer in Squirrel Hill. PHOTOS: Kitten rescued from sewer in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood The Pittsburgh Public Safety Department posted on its Facebook that Animal Care and Control received a call for a kitten stuck in a sewer on Browns Hill […]
A woman was rescued last week after a possible spider bite left her unable to feel the skin on her legs during a hike in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. The hiker made a call for help around 6:30 p.m. on June 12 as she was on Taboose Pass Trail, the Inyo County Search and Rescue […]