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Superhero Pets Risk Lives For Family
Offbeat  (tags: hero animals, courageous, lifesavers, tenacity, bonding )

Simone
- 13 days ago - globalanimal.org
Having a pet is great for many reasons. Animals show unconditional love, provide constant entertainment, and make for great listeners. But for some pet guardians they are also lifesavers.
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Brave Pit Bull Saves Woman From Train (VIDEO)
Offbeat  (tags: heroine, lilly, courageous, pit bull, loyal, loving, saviour, train )

Simone
- 14 days ago - globalanimal.org
Last Wednesday, Christine Spain, the mother of Boston police officer David Lanteigne, fell unconscious on train tracks in Shirley, MA. The engineer of a westward-bound freight train witnessed Lilly, a pit bull, frantically trying to pull the woman off the
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Sirius. Gone Too Soon.
Offbeat  (tags: sirius, memoriam, k9 bomb detention dog, bravery, courageous, awards, killed 9/11 )

Simone
- 262 days ago - fortheloveofthedogblog.com
He was named after the brightest winter star in the Northern Hemisphere - Sirius the Dog Star. A star of legend and mythology. K-9 Sirius was a yellow Labrador Retriever,born in January 1997.
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Trial By Fire- The Story of Jay, a Rescued Holstein at Farm Sanctuary
Offbeat  (tags: jay, transport truck, surviver, holstein bull, courageous, fighter, survival, home, safety, farm sanctuary )

Simone
- 285 days ago - advocacy.britannica.com
A year ago, on a stretch of interstate in Indiana, a transport truck carrying 34 cattle crashed into another vehicle and burst into flames. Eighteen cattle perished in the wrecked trailer.
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He Really Is a DOG's Best Friend: Brave Teenager, 15, Revives Pet Staffie By Giving It the Kiss of Life
Offbeat  (tags: bravery, courageous, kindness, teenager, saved family dog, staffie, kiss of life )

Simone
- 326 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A schoolboy who leaped into a river to save his dog from drowning brought his pet back to life by giving him the kiss of life. Dean Allen, 15, risked his own life to haul his lifeless Staffordshire Bull Terrier Bronk from the water on to the river bank.
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Home At Last: Baby Koala Frodo Released
Offbeat  (tags: frodo, shot koala, freedom, rehabilitated, courageous, bravery, safety )

Simone
- 340 days ago - globalanimal.org
Baby Frodo can finally once again lead a normal life. For the past seven months, the baby koala stole the media spotlight and captured our hearts. After an almost complete recovery from her gun shot wounds, she will hopefully never see the camera lights
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Mason Crawls Home
Offbeat  (tags: mason, tornado, home, broken, injured, bravery, little dog, recovering, courageous )

Simone
- 358 days ago - all-creatures.org
Considering the courage, determination and spirit he exhibits, Mason could surely be a role model for us all. We've often heard it said that dogs are remarkable for their loyalty and their ability to live in the "now," but the story of Mason takes
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War Horses - The Engines of Battle
Offbeat  (tags: war horses, mules, history, sacrificed, bravery, courageous )

Simone
- 367 days ago - all-creatures.org
Horses have rightly been called the supreme animals of war. They have played the largest role of any animal in war, and have paid the price more than all other animals put together. In many wars, their deaths greatly outnumbered those of humans.
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A Will to Live, Aurora's Story
Offbeat  (tags: aurora, hoarder, rescued, survivor, courageous, sanctuary )

Simone
- 367 days ago - all-creatures.org
Don't let Aurora's small stature fool you - her spirit is strong. She is one of 140 hens, roosters and chicks rescued from a hoarder. The story was featured on Animal Planet's Confessions: Animal Hoarding. Lost in the human-centered show were the chicken
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Abused Dog Inspires World With His Survival
Offbeat  (tags: abused dog, patrick, courageous, survivor, recovering, worldwide )

Simone
- 411 days ago - globalanimal.org
Patrick, a pit bull found in a trash can in Newark around Saint Patrick's Day, inspired hundreds of people with his miraculous recovery. The dog was 30 pounds underweight after months, if not a lifetime, of neglect and abuse. Thankfully, he is on the road
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Roo Rescuer's Ordeal Brings Tears
Offbeat  (tags: kangaroos rescuer, floods, devastation, honourable man, courageous, mental health, suffering )

Simone
- 425 days ago - smh.com.au
He was the man made famous when he was photographed carrying a kangaroo out of the swollen Bremer River at Ipswich, west of Brisbane, at the height of January's floods. But Ray Cole and his family have struggled with a series of devastating post-flood
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Keeping Ferals Warm and Fed This Winter
Offbeat  (tags: stray cats, survival, helping, shelters, food, courageous, kindness )

Simone
- 529 days ago - examiner.com
Our feral friends have become fairly skilled at finding shelter and food, but you can help make things easier for them by providing insulated shelters and consistent feeding times. Below we will discuss some of the things you can do to help assure
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Amazing Grace
Offbeat  (tags: sweet tempered mare, named Grace, starved, rescued, courageous, survived )

Simone
- 587 days ago - theworldlink.com
By divine grace, Grace is alive. "I just couldn't believe that she was still moving," said Lee Bartholomew, Douglas County's animal control officer. He found Grace in mid-August near Winston. She literally was skin and bones - her vertebrae visible on
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Building With Wolves
Offbeat  (tags: wolves, survived, tough, courageous, reintroduction, important, wildlife, yellowstone, water )

Simone
- 606 days ago - mobile.latimes.com
Wolves, as you have undoubtedly heard, are once again thriving in Yellowstone. The 66 trapped in Canada and released in Yellowstone and the Idaho wilderness in 1995-96 have generated more than 1,700 wolves. To the delight of scientists and tourists --
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Pit Bull Who Was Set on Fire and Beaten Attends His Abuser's Parole Hearing
Offbeat  (tags: animal abusers, no parole, abused dog, courageous, survivor, star witness )

Simone
- 640 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
A scarred but friendly pit bull named Louis Vuitton was the star witness Tuesday as an Alabama state board denied parole for the man convicted of spraying him with lighter fluid, setting him on fire and beating him with a shovel.
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