More than 200 dogs and cats and a family of six pigs are now in the care of a nonprofit organization after living as laboratory animals all of their lives. On Feb. 1, the Beagle Freedom Project shut down an Oklahoma facility owned by Riner and Associates that tested flea and tick products on animals. […]
A Polish doctor abducted in Chad has been saved after a dramatic night-time rescue, reports say. Kidnappers in the central African nation fired at a helicopter attempting to rescue Aleksandra Kuligowska. She was abducted on Friday near the southern town of Dono Manga. Armed men accompanying a fake patient seized the doctor from the hospital […]
Feb. 13 (UPI) — Police in Canada’s Prince Edward Island came to the assistance of two baby seals found wandering on different roads in a single day. The RCMP said in a news release that dispatchers “received several calls about something fishy going on on Route 18a,” specifically a seal wandering in the roadway in […]
The Israeli raid in the southern Gaza Strip lasted less than 90 minutes. When it was over, two hostages had been safely rescued from a second-floor apartment guarded by Hamas gunmen, and local officials said 67 Palestinians were killed. A wave of heavy airstrikes launched to cover the rescuers echoed across the border town of […]
The Israeli military said it rescued two hostages being held in Gaza in a raid early Monday that reportedly killed dozens of Palestinians. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), said in a statement that Israeli forces carried out the raid at 1:49 a.m. local time in the heavily populated city […]
The Israeli military says it has rescued two hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip after a night of air strikes which killed at least 67 people. Israeli forces stormed a heavily guarded apartment in the southern Gaza Strip to extract the captives. To assist the rescue forces, heavy airstrikes pounded the area near the […]
The Israeli military says it has rescued two hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip. It identified the men as Fernando Simon Marman (60) and Louis Har (70). It said both men were kidnapped by Hamas militants from Kibbutz Nir Yizhak in the October 7th cross-border attack that started the four-month Israel-Hamas war. The two […]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military said it rescued two hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip early Monday, marking a small but symbolically significant success in its quest to bring home over 100 captives believed to be held by the Hamas militant group. The two men were rescued from a residential building […]
The Israeli military says it has rescued two hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip. It identified the men as Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70. It said both men were kidnapped by Hamas militants from Kibbutz Nir Yizhak in the October 7 cross-border attack that started the four-month Israel-Hamas war. The rescue […]
This is a developing story. ABC4 will update this post with more information as it becomes available. WASATCH COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — Wasatch County Search & Rescue posted on social media Sunday to share details of a rescue involving two snowmobilers who were stranded in Snake Creek on Saturday night. According to authorities, the two […]
A helicopter helped rescue a 12-year-old boy who became stranded on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco, California firefighters reported. The rescue took place around 4:50 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, officials told KTVU. A 12-year-old boy climbed down the bluff at Fort Funston, a former military installation, and couldn’t climb back up, […]
In Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, a tiny dog was discovered abandoned in a distressed state. An individual rescued the dog near a hedge on January 24, took her to safety, and called the RSPCA. She is currently under the organization’s care. 10-year-old dog abandoned and left to die The small dog was found with a […]