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Restaurant Worker Gets in Trouble for Feeding Feral Cat, Keeps Trying to Help Anyway
This article was written by Theresa McBride. I work at a restaurant built into the side of a mountain. One day when I came to work, there was a frail tuxedo cat walking along the mountainside. We started to see him regularly, and we all decided to call him Oreo. He was there every day roaming and sleeping in the dirt. I started feeding him and even …
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Dog Owner Lives With 13 Golden Retrievers After Keeping Entire Litter of Puppies (VIDEO)
A devoted dog owner lives with 13 golden retrievers after he decided to keep a whole litter of puppies and adopted another one that was due to be put down. Collin Standon, 24, already had three golden retrievers when cherished pets Chloe and Sam had a litter of nine pups. He made the decision to keep them all and now has 13 fully-grown dogs, insisting that he loves the “challenge”. “It’s not …
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Tortoise Celebrates 190th Birthday and is the Oldest Living Animal
A giant tortoise who holds the record for being the world’s oldest land animal has turned 190. Four-foot-long Jonathan lives on the island of St. Helena in the South Pacific, with festivities having been organized to celebrate his landmark anniversary. The elderly reptile – who is now blind – was first brought to the British overseas territory from the Seychelles in 1882 when he was around 50. Jonathan was …
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Loyal Pup Waits at the Beach Every Day for His Owner Who Died at Sea
We’ve heard a million stories about the incredible bond between a dog and its human, and every time these tales leave us marveling over the immeasurable love and commitment in such relationships. A Twitter user recently called the internet’s attention to one such bond after coming across a dog waiting on the shores of a Peruvian beach, waiting for his fisherman owner to return. The …
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Rescue Puppy Falls in Love with Tiny Orphaned Baby Piglet
CUTENESS ALERT: Rescue pup and itty-bitty piglet have become besties. If just the thought of that doesn’t make you squeal, then you’re a cold person… Recently, a rescue dog named Miles met an orphaned little piglet named Koda. The piglet was the runt of the liter and the only piglet to survive. To add more tearjerking misfortune, the mama pig rejected baby Koda and she …
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Rescue Workers are Working Hard to Find Sweet and Patient Dog a Home
Waylon has been waiting for a home for over 600 days, but he is hoping that will change soon. The rescue dog with “a zest for life” and patience for “ridiculous costumes” first arrived at Indiana’s Humane Society for Hamilton County (HSHC) in April 2021. He was surrendered by his previous owners, who could no longer care for him. Since then, Waylon has been patiently …
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Abandoned Puppy Can’t Stop Smiling After Being Rescued (VIDEO)
What did humankind ever do to deserve dogs? We’ll never know, but we sure are blessed! Unfortunately, some humans are not very good people, and they abandon their animals on the street, leaving them with nothing to eat or drink. It’s a sad reality we live in. Luckily, there are countless Rescue Groups devoted to rescuing these animals, whether it’s cats, dogs, birds, bats, or even …
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Tiny Animal Was Trying to Escape Busy Roadside and Woman Rushed to Help (VIDEO)
Driving along a busy road on her way to a beach near her home in Northern Rivers, Australia, Solé Beatriz Falcon caught sight of a tiny black lump struggling on the side of the highway. Falcon, an experienced wildlife rescuer, immediately knew it must be an animal in trouble. As she pulled over, she saw him more clearly — a black echidna who was trying to scale the cobblestone …
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Mind-Controlling Parasite Turns Wolves into Pack Leaders
Wolves infected with behavior-altering parasites are more likely to become pack leaders, or abandon their packs altogether, according to an analysis of more than 200 gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that Toxoplasma gondii, a single-celled parasite, pulls on the puppet strings of its hosts, goading them into pursuing risky behaviors. “We identified a substantial increase in …
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Workers Find Muddy “Puppy” In Hole and Can’t Believe Their Eyes When He’s Clean!
When a construction crew found a tiny animal at a site in Canary Wharf, London, they had no idea what they had stumbled upon. The little guy was caked in mud and bits of plastic and trapped at the bottom of a hole. Though the four-legged creature at first seemed to be a puppy, his condition left the workers guessing. Thankfully, they had the presence …