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It's the that time of year again, when we hear about all sorts of daring ice rescues of hapless animals -- and sometimes of their owners, too. Police, firefighters and ...

On Jan. 7, a home in Seattle slid off its hillside foundation after unusually heavy rain hit the area, trapping one of the inhabitants, James Fritts, in the kitchen and ...

Three years ago, Katrina and Mark Skelton of Sugar Land, Texas, were heartbroken when their beloved dog, Daisy, went missing. "We got Daisy when she was 12 weeks old before ...

One of the things that weigh heavily on the minds of the elderly and terminally ill is the well-being of their beloved animals after they pass. There are many programs ...

Mia is an eye-catching pup who lives with her owners in Charlotte County, Florida. She's a bull terrier -- the same breed as the Target Dog -- and she must ...

A nearly impossible reunion has taken place, thanks to a good Samaritan adventurer and volunteers with a rescue group in Lake Tahoe, California. Back in August, a traveling nurse was ...

When someone experiences a "foster fail" with a dog, he or she usually ends up benefiting from that "failure" through a lifetime of love and companionship instead of just providing ...

When Detroit Police got a call about a "vicious dog" in a Detroit neighborhood the day after Christmas, officers H. Kourani and G. Rogers responded. Rogers is something of a ...

Police officers are known for protecting and serving their communities, but along with working with a lot of humans, they have done a lot for dog-kind lately. There have been ...

Many people like to think of their dogs as man's best friend, but North, an eight-month-old Alaskan malamute from Croatia, has proven that he is. North was hiking with a ...

On Monday, police officers in Lebanon, New Hampshire, were notified that there was a dog on Interstate 89. It was a large dog that WMUR-TV later identified as a Shiloh ...

On Dec. 5, two friends and their dogs went out for a walk at Bond Lake Park in Lewiston, New York. In a move that one owner now deeply regrets, ...

Not many can boast that they've saved a life before they were even two years old, but Milo can. Milo is a beagle who was adopted by 20-year-old Makayla Swift ...

Cedarcrest Kennels in Douglas County, Missouri, has been closed for good after authorities and the Humane Society of Missouri's Animal Cruelty Task Force rescued 42 dogs and puppies from the ...

On Dec. 26, Bobby White and Josh Trujillo, two students from the Colorado School of Mines, were skiing in Berthoud Pass, Colorado. They picked their way carefully through the backcountry, ...

When Kate Pounders of Grand Rapids, Michigan, first saw a photo of a dog in need who came to be named Waco, she was shaken to her core. "I asked ...

There are few things more contagious than joy and excitement during the holidays as Christmas approaches. The pile of presents under the tree grows larger, the stockings wait to be ...

There are many stories about dogs being better "people" than people at times, and one of the most recent examples comes from the Chhattisgarh province in India. Locals in Lormi ...

When a family pet starts to behave oddly, it can be concerning. Are they sick? Did they get into something they shouldn't have? Are they trying to tell you something? ...

Not everyone gets Christmas day off of work -- plenty of men and women still have very important jobs in lines of work that never take a break. But for ...