Volunteers Save 51 Dogs in Large-Scale Operation Following Arkansas Shelter Collapse

One of 51 dogs rescued by ARC’s operation in Arkansas – credit ARC, supplied From Arkansas comes the story of a huge animal rescue operation of 51 dogs trapped in a derelict shelter. Headquartered in neighboring Nashville, the Animal Rescue Corps (ARC) received information about a nonprofit dog rescue in Ashdown, Arkansas, where an acrimonious … Read more

Pet Sanctuary Takes in Overflow from Homeless Shelter Amid Unprecedented Cold Snap

Courtesy of Safe Haven pet sanctuary in Green Bay, Wisconsin A cat shelter in Green Bay has opened its doors to anyone seeking shelter from the Siberian temperatures pummeling the Midwest this week. Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary typically takes in felines in need of special assistance and care for blindness or other disabilities, but with … Read more

This Animal Shelter Closes, Emptied from Day After Day of Instant Adoptions: ‘It’s Been Nonstop’

Two already-adopted cats at Bide Awhile – credit, Bide Awhile Animal Shelter, via Facebook It’s always a bit of a struggle to walk through an animal shelter, past all those pairs of eyes watching you from behind bars, knowing you can’t take more than a couple home with you. At Bide Awhile Animal Shelter in … Read more

‘Trashed Panda’ Story Raises $180,000 for Animal Shelter That Discovered it Drunk in the Bathroom

The now-viral and infamous ‘trashed panda’ – Courtesy of Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter In early December, US social media airwaves got drunk off the hilarity of a Virginia raccoon that was discovered unconscious in a bathroom after breaking into a Richmond liquor store on what can only be described as a class A … Read more