ST. LOUIS – Dozens of Labrador rescues are looking for new homes at the Humane Society of Missouri after 97 dogs were rescued last month. Robyn Dexter of the Humane Society was there the day of the rescue, and so was her future dog, Onyx. “A lot of them were living outside. A lot of […]
Save Ukraine, a Ukrainian humanitarian NGO, reported on Feb. 2 that it rescued four more children from Russian-occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. Since February 2022, the Ukrainian government has identified over 19,500 children as abducted from Russian-occupied territories and sent to Russia, Belarus, or other Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine. Only 388 of them […]
Feb. 1 (UPI) — A 3-year-old boy climbed into a claw machine in Queensland, Australia, and ended up needing a rescue from police. The Queensland Police Service said in a Facebook post that the boy, named Ethan, had climbed into the claw machine filled with Hello Kitty plush toys through the prize chute and was […]
Police and animal welfare workers say 73 animals were rescued and 18 were found dead Tuesday morning during an investigation of severe neglect at a Topeka residence. Dozens of cats and dogs were discovered during a search of the home, according to Topeka police. Authorities say the animals were living in hazardous conditions with little […]
Two men were stranded at sea after their boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico. The boaters were found by crew members of the Carnival Jubilee cruise ship, according to a Jan. 29 news release from the cruise line. The men were inside a kayak that they used to stay afloat, the cruise line said. […]
People at a Manchester, New Hampshire, housing complex are wondering how their neighbor ended up lodged in a garbage truck on trash collection day. Fire officials believe she was thrown from a dumpster into the truck on Beech Hill Drive Monday afternoon. According to fire officials, the garbage was compacted up to four times before […]
**Related Video Above: The extraordinary sounds that help animals relax MARION, Ind. (AP) — A truck hauling zebras and camels for a series of weekend circus performances caught fire early Saturday on a northeastern Indiana highway, prompting a police rescue of the animals, which roamed along the freeway, some munching on grass. The tractor-trailer caught […]
Indiana first responders arrived early Saturday morning at an animal control situation on steroids: camels and zebras were caught in a burning semi-truck on the interstate. After officers freed the animals, a bizarre scene emerged. The menagerie, which also included a miniature pony, munched amid the roadway median while firefighters fought the blaze. Flames and […]
Ricardo the bull, who halted train operations at Newark Penn Station in December when he ended up on the NJ Transit tracks, is currently battling an infection, according to the Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue. According to a series of updates on the rescue’s Facebook page, the celebrity bull had a “half dollar sized” road […]
After deputies pursued a speeding, stolen rental car, they learned the passenger had been kidnapped, according to a California sheriff’s department. A deputy noticed a speeding SUV on an Interstate 15 overpass shortly after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. After running the license plate, […]
DUNDEE — An alert delivery driver, first responders and two other men helped rescue a 12-year-old Dundee boy who fell through ice into a pond Tuesday morning. Jonathon Garza from Clinton Township, a truck driver for Hungry Howie’s, was making a delivery to the store at 102 Cabela Blvd. East in Dundee when he heard […]
CADE, La. (KLFY) — A fire in a mobile home containing a cat and a dog in St. Martin Parish last week ended as well as can be expected, officials said. In the early morning hours of Jan. 17, firefighters in Cade were dispatched to a reported structure fire on Whitney Drive. When firefighters arrived […]