Firefighters in New Westminster, British Columbia, rescued a three-legged dog that kept running back into a burning house in an apparent attempt to find its owner, who turned out not be home at the time. The fire broke out at around 11:30 a.m. PT Friday in the laundry room in the basement of the two-and-a-half [...]

A day after a Florida woman was hit and killed by an alleged drunk driver while walking her dog, Barney, the frightened canine was found paddling in the Gulf of Mexico by a kayaker, miles away from the scene of the accident, a local newspaper reported. The Florida Herald-Tribune reports that Barney, a Hungarian Viszla, [...]

Almost two years ago, and half a world away, a local teacher stumbled upon an abused dog and her nine puppies cowering in a gutter. “I saw the mom first and she was so friendly — despite how horrifically abused she was — and then I saw these tiny white puppies,” said Spencer Sekyer, who [...]

HOUSTON — Animal rescue organizations have helped U.S. troops, contractors, and government employees bring home more than 200 stray and adopted dogs from Afghanistan this year. Monday brought a new wrinkle to that process. A Marine welcomed home a dog he’d never even met. The happy ending was supposed to be for a dog named [...]

What a miraculous save! This man is a hero!

Once again it takes a dog to show us true compassion.

People living in a Chinese village have been so moved by a dog that has been guarding the grave of its deceased owner they plan to build a kennel for him. The yellow dog belonged to Lao Pan, a single man who died earlier this month aged 68. After his room in Panjiatun village near [...]

Hercules was adopted by a couple in Hillsboro, Ohio, who saw the ailing 135-pound St. Bernard at the animal shelter and feared he would be euthanized. Six hours later, the heroic canine repaid his new owners’ kindness when a dark-clothed thug broke into the couple’s house. The man had cut the phone and cable lines [...]