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MAKING A DIFFERENCE! To the Rescue -- Finding a Purpose for Rejected Shelter Dogs
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, heroes, making a difference, protection, humans, dogs, goodnews, GoodNews, animaladvocates )

Cal
- 266 days ago - cnn.com
When disaster strikes and people are buried in rubble, there's often no better search tool than a dog's nose. Wilma Melville's nonprofit trains dogs to be search-and-rescue specialists
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ACTION ALERT: U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 (202) 224-3121: Honor Vietnam War Dogs! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: honour, legalisation, war dogs, vietnam wars, companions, heroes, courageous, protectors )

Simone
- 302 days ago - change.org
They are America's unsung heroes. They are just as much a contributing factor, in some cases more so, than any American who served in the Vietnam War and are credited as responsible for saving over 10,ooo American lives in that war.
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Who's Your Pet Hero?
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, pets, heroes, environment, protection )

Cher
- 808 days ago - yourcaringworks.com
We all have human heroes-whether they're our mom or a Pulitzer prize winner. But what about the furry, four-legged kind? Pets have saved families from house fires, pulled drowning victims safely to shore and bravely put themselves between kids and
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Dogs Save Life of Owner Who Slipped and Broke His Neck While Out Walking Them
Animals  (tags: dogs, pair of jack russells, heroes, saved owners life, bonding, broken neck )

Simone
- 970 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A man who slipped and broke his neck while walking his dogs was kept alive overnight after his two pets cuddled up to him to keep him warm. Father-of-two Michael Dyer, 66, fell down a 30ft slope at a remote beauty spot as he exercised Jack Russells
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Sea Shepherd to Make Bigger Splash
Animals  (tags: sea shepherd, installion water cannon, fighting whale slaughter, conservation, heroes )

Simone
- 984 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
THE Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's anti-whaling ship, the Steve Irwin, will be fitted with a water cannon for the looming summer stoush with Japanese whalers. The 59.5 metre ship, a former Scottish fisheries protection vessel, has been docked in
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13-Pound Pooch Takes Hero Pet of the Year - VIDEO
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, dogs, heroes, pets, protection, environment )

Cher
- 1011 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
Meet Chi Chi, this little chihuahua mix is 13-pounds of attitude and now the Reader's Digest Hero Pet of the Year! Seems this little guy was out basking on Indian Beach on North Carolina's Outer Banks with his owners, Rick and Mary Lane, when he became
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Hero Dog Protects Injured 89-Year-Old Man From Cougars - VIDEO
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, heroes, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 1011 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
Raymond Orr, 89 of Centralia, WA, was out riding his four-wheeler on his property last week when the vehicle hit a log and overturned. Stranded and injured with broken bones, Orr spent two days, helpless and in the rain until relatives finally found hi
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Dog Who Challenged Lion Named K-9 Hero
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, heroes, AnimalWelfare, environment, pets, protection )

Cher
- 1091 days ago - ocregister.com
Hoggie - the dog who tangled with a mountain lion in the Cleveland National Forest earlier this month - was named K-9 Hero of the Year in a parade in Arcadia on Saturday.
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Celebrate the Bravery and Heroism of Our Canine Friends
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, heroes, bravery, AnimalWelfare, environment, pets, protection )

Cher
- 1146 days ago - examiner.com
Canine Heroes have been celebrated in films like Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, and Benji. Nursing hospital patients celebrate the visits of therapy dogs. Dogs have always helped humans. Thousands of years ago, when the first canines showed up at the campfires of
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Shelter Dog a Hero When Shelter Broken Into - VIDEO
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, shelters, heroes, broken into, AnimalWelfare, pets, environment, protection )

Cher
- 1147 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
The Saint Joseph County Humane Society was broken into during the overnight hours and although the low-life scum managed to make off with loot, drugs and more, they got a surprise that probably kept them from doing even more damage, a German Shepherd
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Just a Dog? I Don't Think So
Animals  (tags: dogs, heroes, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 1150 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
Pretty much everyone here knows that a dog is never "just a dog" and some dogs are much more, heroes in their own way. This is a story about one of the heroes, at least to some residents of a nursing home and some school children who have had
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Grufts: Rescue Dog Wins the People's Vote
Animals  (tags: dogs, animals, heroes, rescue, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, pets, AnimalCruelty )

Cher
- 1170 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Tosca was found "alone, starved, blind and tied to a tree in the middle of a snowy night ... Despite not having the strength to stand up he actively sought to embrace his rescuers."
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Courageous Canines Enter Hall of Fame
Animals  (tags: animals, hall of fame, dogs, heroes, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 1478 days ago - thestar.com
Five furry heroes get Purina's red-carpet treatment in recognition of their lifesaving paws for effect.
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Support of Tammy Grimes! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, dogs, Tammy Grimes, heroes, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, pets )

Cher
- 1480 days ago - uk.youtube.com
This is the song Maria wrote for Tammy Grimes (Dogs Deserve Better) and Doogie - some of you may remember that Tammy rescued Doogie from his life of misery at the end of a chain - Tammy was prosecuted. Beautiful song!
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Winnipeg Pooch Saved Lives
Animals  (tags: dogs, heroes, animals, hall of fame, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, humans, protection, pets )

Cher
- 1481 days ago - winnipegsun.com
A Winnipeg pooch is one of five honoured for life-saving feats today. Maggie May, a Wheaton terrier from Winnipeg, woke up her owner, Suann DeCourcey, to alert her that the carbon monoxide detector was going off.
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