A family in Houston, TX is devastated after their lost puppy was found and turned into a rescue – only to be adopted out to someone else.

According to Click2Houston, the little maltese poodle named Byron had escaped their owner’s yard on New Year’s Eve in 2019, two years after they got him.

The family was devastated and did everything they could to find their missing dog, including marking him as missing on their microchip app and posting on Nextdoor, Ring, and other local platforms.

Despite his microchip being marked as missing, the family was never notified when Byron was found. Instead, the rescue that found him adopted him to another family and wiped his microchip clean!

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Like most babies, young swans — or cygnets — depend on their mothers for their survival. Mother swans keep their little ones cozy and safe, teach them to find food and swim, and carry them on her back to stay warm until their feathers grow in.

So, when a resident swan sadly passed away in Boston, her untimely death threw the fate of her 6 ducklings in question. Indeed, without their mother to protect them, one cygnet quickly drowned. Another reportedly had to be rescued by animal control.

Fortunately for the surviving cygnets, father swans aren’t slouches, either. Though they traditionally spend time guarding their territory against feathered rivals, these baby swans were lucky to have a doting dad willing to step up and shoulder the parenting duties after his mate passed away.

According to the Charles River Esplanade Association, which maintains the riverfront … Read the rest

Photo By: Barbie Halaska, NOAA Permit #18786

Conservation groups and concerned citizens gathered at Crissy Field Beach in San Francisco earlier this week to honor 12 dead whales that have washed up on shore in the Bay Area so far this year. It is believed that at least four died from ship strikes.

“Dead whales washing up on Bay Area beaches is a wake-up call. We answered that call at this event by demanding action to address ship strikes, entanglement in fishing gear, and climate change,” said Steve Jones with the Center for Biological Diversity, in a statement. “Whales are essential to healthy oceans because they spread nutrients and store carbon. The more we can do to protect them as their populations recover, the better off we will all be.”

Against the backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge, through which cargo

This story was originally shared on The Animal Rescue Site. Submit your own rescue story here. Your story just might be the next to be featured on our blog!

One fall day while my husband was working in the backyard, he saw a little brown and grey animal dart from its hiding place when he got too close with the edger and run underneath our flower bush. It turned out to be a tiny brown, black and grey tabby.

We already had two rescue cats who were brothers who were quite a bit bigger than this tiny kitten and we were afraid they would kill her, so we set up a nice house for her outside and fed her. We hoped her mom would come back to get her. The mother was not found. We think she did as so many mother cats do… take their weaned kittens on a … Read the rest

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act (S. 1106), a bill that would ban the buying and selling of shark fins in the United States, as part of a broader legislative package known as the United States Innovation and Competition Act (S. 1260). Similar legislation (H.R. 2811) has been introduced in the House of Representatives and currently has more than 130 bipartisan cosponsors.

“This is a great day for sharks and our oceans,” Whitney Webber, Campaign Director at Oceana said in a statement. “We are now one step closer to officially removing the United States from the shark fin trade.”

Webber applauded Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey and Shelley Moore Capito for their steadfast leadership on this important legislation, and Senators Maria Cantwell, Roger Wicker, and Brian Schatz for their support of the bill during committee markup last month.

“The House already showed its

Just like dogs, cats sleep in some crazy positions.

But did you know a cat’s preferred sleeping position can provide insight into how they are feeling?

Even though cats can literally sleep anywhere, it is not about where they sleep but the way they position their bodies.

On average cats will sleep 15-20 hours in a day, which means we can learn a lot by watching them sleep.

Discover more about the seven common cat sleeping positions below.

Belly Up

Cats who choose to sleep on their backs with their bellies up are confident and feel secure in their environment. The vulnerable position exposes the feline’s vital organs and is harder to jump up from, so cats who sleep this way have complete trust in their owners.

Friendly indoor cats are often seen napping this way. It is almost as if they are begging for a belly rub. … Read the rest

Photo by: Vincent Calmel

Mercy For Animals, one of the world’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to preventing cruelty to farmed animals and promoting compassionate food choices, will hold its Mercy For Animals Hope Gala on June 10th. The event is hosted by NAACP Image Award winner, actress, and vegan foodie Tabitha Brown (Showtime’s The Chi).

This year’s one-of-a-kind virtual gala, which also includes an online auction, will celebrate Mercy For Animals’ 22nd anniversary and honor leaders in animal welfare and the plant-based food industry. Actors and activists Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara will present the Hope Award to Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, who is also a U.N. Messenger of Peace.

During the program, Mercy For Animals will also give awards to Miyoko Schinner, Founder of the popular dairy-free cheese brand Miyoko’s Creamery; Pinky Cole, vegan restaurateur; and Erik Hastings, a former undercover investigator

Every year, thousands of perfectly adoptable shelter pets die in Louisiana, where chronically overcrowded, underfunded shelters are often forced to resort to euthanasia. This tragic dilemma puts heartworm-positive dogs at particularly high risk, especially in shelters without the resources to treat this deadly (but curable) disease.

This tragic fate awaited Sammy, a Louisiana dog surrendered to the shelter when his family moved away. But even though Sammy was a very good boy and eager to find his new home, the rescued dog had heartworm disease, making Sammy more likely to be euthanized than find a new home.

Thankfully, Sammy’s fortunes changed when he landed a spot on one of our Flights to Freedom, which are conducted by Greater Good Charities, The Animal Rescue Site, Freekibble, and operated by Greater Good’s Good Flights … Read the rest