Animal Rescue Articles

The Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association recently announced a ban on cosmetic cropping of dogs' ears, stating that it is "unnecessary in the canine species, causing pain and distress to the patient without any medical benefit," AFP reports.

Jake the yellow Labrador retriever couldn't even walk down the stairs without extreme pain caused by his advanced arthritis.

If the beaching of nearly 200 dolphins on Cape Cod beaches wasn't emotionally trying enough on rescuers, the fact that the cause of the crisis remains a mystery is.

When six boar piglets in Germany were orphaned, they found the care of a mother in a peculiar place - the warmth of Baby the French bulldog, who lives at the Lehnitz animal sanctuary outside Berlin, The Associated Press reports.

Animal abuse at carnivals, circuses and other spectacles is far from over, but horses at Atlantic City's Steel Pier amusement park will not have to make a 40-foot plunge into a pool for the amusement of visitors, Reuters reports.

Scientists recently discovered one the tiniest chameleons in the world.

Scraping together allowances, funds from the Tooth Fairy and other spare change, children at Ashland Elementary School in Virginia raised $800 to help animals through the Homeless Animal Rescue Team (HART), a local nonprofit organization that works to save animals and find adoptable pets homes, InsideNova.com reports.

Many pet owners could say that their dog or cat helps them with matters of the heart - these loyal animals have been keeping us company for so long for a reason.

Pregnant female pigs at McDonald's pork suppliers in the U.S. will no longer be kept in crates that a number of animal rights advocates have deemed inhumane, The Associated Press reports.

Governer Jerry Brown is proposing a repeal of parts of Hayden's Law that would reduce funding the state of California gives to animal rescue shelters to keep stray animals alive, The Associated Press reports.

"All of the members of the House Rabbit Society of Missouri join in thanking The Animal Rescue Site very much for your generosity in sponsoring the 2011 Heartwarming Story Contest and Shelter+ Challenge in which we recently won a total of $3,000.00" - Elaine

The risk of infectious diseases has risen among apes, and viruses such as Ebola and others are now among the top threats against these endangered animals, Discovery News reports.

The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association recently sponsored a Spay Day event with a goal of sterilizing 200 feral cats in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Vanesaa Gibson has a Valentine's date. He may be more than 6 feet tall and weigh over 1,000 pounds, but Jack the Alaskan moose is protective of his foster mother, so much so that he doesn't like it when her human boyfriend comes around, The Daily Mail reports.

For many pet owners, Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate their love for their furry friend and maybe treat it to something special.

Many dog owners describe the way their furry best friend "gets" them better than any human ever could.

Two emaciated, sick puppies in Corpus Christi, Texas, did not wait for humans to find them.

Children from the Boys & Girls Clubs in Las Crucens, New Mexico, are sending messages of love to get dogs off chains in their backyards and into their homes, the Las Curces Sun-News reports.

Although dolphin strandings are fairly common this time of year, the members of the Marine Mammal Rescue and Research (MMRR) team at the International Fund for Animal Welfare say they?ve never seen anything like it in the past two weeks.

A recent McDonalds advertisement put the fast food chain in hot water with animal rescue advocates when it implied that petting a stray pit bull is unsafe, The Associated Press reports.