Firefighters in Ohio rescue dog from ice-covered creek

January 21, 2019

It was a textbook icy-water rescue caught on video. As a woman yelled, “Thank you! Thank you!” firefighters in Blue Ash, Ohio pulled a…

Police, Army Corps of Engineers save cat stuck on huge dam in Indiana

January 20, 2019

One lucky kitty was rescued from one dam misadventure. The ordeal began Wednesday when the Huntington Country Sheriff’s Department in Indiana received a call…

1 million fish in Australia killed by algae bloom outbreaks

January 18, 2019

A cool change after drought conditions is causing massive algae bloom outbreaks in rivers in New South Wales Australia and killing hundreds of thousands…

Sea lion “puked up a toddler’s sock” at Utah zoo

January 16, 2019

Attention zoo visitors: Do not drop things near the animals. And, if you do, please tell somebody. Utah’s Hogle Zoo issuing that warning after…

Python covered in hundreds of ticks rescued in Australia

January 12, 2019

The carpet python was iIl and blanketed in more than 500 ticks when it was found trying to drown the parasites in a backyard…

Animal-loving cop saves kitten from highway median and adopts her

January 8, 2019

It wasn’t the usual traffic stop. Just before Christmas, North Kansas City Police officer Jason Smith was driving along a stretch of I-29 where he…

Dog dropped at Delaware humane society with gut-wrenching plea from homeless owner

January 8, 2019

The note is heartbreaking. “Please take care of Sky. She is 6 years old and friendly. I couldn’t take care of her, I became…

California becomes first state to require only rescue animals sold in pet stores

January 1, 2019

Effective today, only rescue dogs, cats and rabbits can be sold in California pet stores. The state’s new legislation, titled AB-485, bans shops from selling…

Eddie, the hoop shooting otter, dies at Oregon Zoo

December 23, 2018

His hoops skills earned him worldwide fame throughout his golden years, but age finally caught up to Eddie, the Oregon Zoo’s slam-dunking sea otter,…

Critter Twitter Thursday: Cat, hoping to escape vet, hides head

December 20, 2018

Writer takes cat to vet Cat did not want to be there Cat hides head in trash &nbsp My cat did not want to…