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Fergus the cat returned to his home in Forres, Scotland, thanks to an animal rescue volunteer who found the friendly stray and had him checked for a microchip CREDIT: CATS PROTECTION Fergus the cat is back in his owner’s arms after 11 years away. According to the BBC, in 2010, the brown tabby disappeared from his home in Forres, Scotland. Fergus’ pet parent had no idea where the animal went until this month when a Cats Protection volunteer…

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CREDIT: COURTESY OF STATE FARM “Jake from State Farm,” an unlucky shelter dog who captured the internet’s heart, has found his forever home — with the support of his namesake insurance company. The 8-year-old pup was adopted from a Burlington Animal Services shelter in North Carolina last week after a string of bad circumstances landed him at the facility four times over the past three months. Photos of Jake playing outside in a red State Farm T-shirt went…

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  Dogs may be man’s best friend, but apparently, a unicorn — a stuffed purple one at that — is a dog’s best friend. Animal control officers were called to a North Carolina Dollar General store after a stray dog kept coming into the store and beelining for the toy aisle. “He went straight for the unicorn, the same one every time,” says Joe Newburn, a supervisor at Duplin County Animal Services. “It was so strange,…

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When it comes to dog adoptions, you are probably familiar with the phrase, “I didn’t rescue them, they rescued me.” But for one man, this saying hit much closer to home, as his rescue dog literally saved his life. Brian Myers took in a 100-pound German Shepherd last fall, after she was returned three times, ending up at Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge in Oakland, N.J. The rescue takes in dogs who are “hard to place” and unable to get adopted at…

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Sir Darius Brown is living proof of the phrase, “You can do anything you set your mind to.” He is an entrepreneur, speaker, philanthropist, animal advocate, and founder of Beaux & Paws, a bow tie store for dogs. While people (and their dogs) go crazy for his neckwear, Brown has also donated over 500 snazzy bow ties to help shelter dogs get adopted — when it comes time to taking photos, putting one of his bow…

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When Alexander Tsao first donated money to his local shelter, it was just a few hundred dollars. Two years later, he’s donated over $30,000 to a number of animal shelters, as well as the Hopelink food bank during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the teen didn’t go down the more traditional routes for raising money– seeking donations on social media, starting a GoFundMe campaign, or holding a community event. Instead, Tsao used his entrepreneurial spirit to help dogs…

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After a bad fall left an elderly Army veteran helplessly trapped on his bathroom floor for hours, he began to fear death may be imminent. In a final effort to get rescued, the veteran pleaded with his only companion in hopes that his cat might be able to save his life. No one could have anticipated how “Fluffy” would respond to the old man’s pleas. Ron Williams (Photo Credit: Screenshot) Ron Williams, an 84-year-old veteran of…

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When a man decided to rescue two abandoned pit bulls from a shelter, he never imagined how the pair would repay him for his kindness. The unwanted dogs showed just how grateful they were, though, in a very unexpected way. Robert McGowan with one of his rescued pit bulls. (Photo Credit: Family photo/Robert McGowan) Robert McGowan was at a local shelter when two pit bulls caught his eye. According to The Dodo, the dogs, which had been…

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After refusing to send an “aggressive” pitbull to the shelter, fearing the dog would be put down, a Wisconsin mom was thanked in a horrific way. The animal ripped the woman’s arms off, leaving her fatally injured, but not before she was able to commit one last heroic act. Stock image for visual representation only (Photo Credit: Pixabay) Heather Pingel, a 35-year-old Wisconsin stay-at-home mother-of-two, met a tragic demise, dying eight days after being mauled by…

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Asharp-witted Sheepadoodle has taken social media by storm since she started “speaking” to her human. Bunny, aka the “talking dog,” uses a word board to communicate with her dog mom Alexis Devine. At just a year old, Bunny knows 84 words (and counting!); can form phrases, like  “come play,” “love you mom,” and “go potty”; and is continually learning the name of objects in her environment. “‌I ‌think‌ ‌every‌ ‌child‌ ‌sort‌ ‌of‌ ‌has‌ ‌a‌ ‌dream‌…

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