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She heard the tap again. It was the third one that night. Deciding enough was enough, she went into her husband’s study and turned on the cameras. Another tap sang at the door. She swiped through the different cameras, breathlessly searching for the porch. Her mind relaxed when she found the camera, but what she saw made her run for her husband. Kelly was unlike most twenty-six-year-olds in her neighborhood. She was done with grad…

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He was gone for days. She had enough. She rummaged through his drawers, hoping to find a clue that would lead her to his whereabouts. Her heart pounded as she read the address written in his late wife’s handwriting. She grabbed her keys and began a journey that would lead her to the unimaginable reason he refused to take his wedding ring off. It was supposed to be like any other day when Joanne Williams…

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She looked at her paycheck and chuckled, shaking her head at the nine dollars that stared back at her. This was her pay after working for seventy hours. Life was already difficult. Her bills were due, most of which she was already behind on. She couldn’t continue working this hard for such little pay. She would have her revenge. Many people describe adult life as hard. Life after high school demands that a person becomes…

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She couldn’t believe what they had done to their little girl. She was only 7 but they brought down such harsh punishment for something so small. And to think it was just how she had written her name down on her test paper. She would make them regret it. Alyssa was an ordinary 7-year old girl. She loved her parents, would giggle at most things, and loved the color pink. But she knew how to…

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A red car pulled up to the gate. Only the passenger door opened and an old man jumps out. Before anyone could react, the car was gone, leaving the old man behind. The family was stunned. They could not believe their eyes. It had been too long. Surely this must be some kind of joke—it was like seeing a ghost. Bacau, a city in Romania is well known for its colorful culture. The outskirts of…

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A dog found living on the street after his family ‘moved away and abandoned him’ was rescued by a passer-by – but has been waiting for a new home for months. Initially things looked bleak for the 8-year-old pooch, who lay in the dirt for months behind a warehouse in California, across the street from his former home. He had no food or water, relying on the good will of passing truck drivers to give…

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Every year on Christmas day, a special delivery makes its way to some very deserving shelter dogs. It’s the arrival of Santa’s sleigh at Best Friends Animal Society, a shelter for homeless pets in Kanab, Utah. The sleigh is piled high with new, donated toys and treats for the dogs, who live at the shelter in an area known as Dogtown. The tradition, says Chief Sanctuary Officer Judah Battista, goes back “to the beginning of the Sanctuary,…

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Pets for Patriots knows all about the joys of loving a dog. In fact, they made a game-changing connection between two seemingly disparate communities: rescue animals and veterans. By bringing the two together, they’re saving lives and offering a fresh start to both dogs and their human companions.    What is Pets for Patriots? Pets for Patriots connects veterans with last-chance shelter dogs and enables them to save animals’ lives through adoption. The organization started in 2009 when…

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Pierre the poodle found himself left at the Humane Society of North Texas desperately in need of care. The sweet little dog was covered in years worth of matted hair, soaked in feces and urine, and riddled with fleas. The heartbreaking call for aid URGENT NEED Let’s just be real. It’s been a rough week here at HSNT. These cases hurt our hearts, but we wake up every day and give our best to the pets in…

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While browsing through Facebook one day in 2016, Janis Rosenthal was shocked to see a story about a puppy in Thailand who had been maimed and lost his front legs. It just so happened that Rosenthal was a supporter of and donor to Soi Dog Foundation, a charitable animal welfare organization in Phuket, Thailand. Rosenthal quickly emailed John Dalley, president and co-founder of Soi Dog, to ask if he could help. Soi Dog Foundation It was around…

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