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Offbeat News tagged with rescue

Bronto Comes to Rescue of Baby Magpie Trapped in Tree
Offbeat  (tags: fire fighters, rescue, baby magpie, caught in nylon, in tree )

Kathy
- 19 days ago - canberratimes.com.au
It wasn't a cat up a tree but a baby magpie that needed the help of the ACT Fire Brigade yesterday. The young bird had one of its legs caught in nylon and was dangling from a gum tree in Mildura Street in Fyshwick about 11.30am, both it and its parents
Fishermen Catch a DOG a Mile Out in North Sea
Offbeat  (tags: good news, dog, fisherman, North Sea, rescue, AnimalWelfare, GoodNews, humans, rescued, pets, bizarre, humor, odd, unusual )

Gwen
- 29 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Two fishermen were left reeling in surprise when they caught a DOG a mile out at sea.
Video: Putin Saves TV Crew From Siberian Tiger
Offbeat  (tags: animals, protection, humans, unusual, rescue, wildlife, tiger )

Tom
- 79 days ago - reuters.com
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin saved a television crew from an attack by a Siberian tiger by shooting it with a tranquilizer gun. Putin, sensitive to a growing environmental movement in Russia, is involved in programs to save the Amur Tigers.
Australian Rescues Wife From Crocodile
Offbeat  (tags: rescue, crocodile, austrailia, Crocodile_Hunter )

Sc
- 232 days ago - whec.com
DARWIN, Australia - A man rescued his wife from the jaws of a crocodile in remote northern Australia by jumping on its back, police said Thursday. The woman, 36, suffered leg and hand injuries in the attack late Wednesday in an Outback creek where the
DARING DOG RESCUE - VIDEO
Offbeat  (tags: rescue, dog, ice, water )

Sc
- 240 days ago - rochesterhomepage.net
A dog is safe and back with its family after falling into Eastman Lake. Tracey the golden retriever was on a walk with her owners when she went out onto the lake and fell through the ice. She was trapped 50-feet from the shore. Her owner called 9-1-1 and
Firefighters Pull Foal From Septic Tank
Offbeat  (tags: foal, horse, septic tank, rescue )

Sc
- 248 days ago - whec.com
CITRA, Fla. - Nearly a dozen central Florida firefighters pulled a 2-month-old foal from some deep doo-doo after the little horse fell into a septic tank. Rescuers spent more than an hour Tuesday using hoses and ropes to save the animal who escaped
8-Year-Old Girl Raises Money For Dog's Operation
Offbeat  (tags: dog, eoperation, rescue, raise money )

Sc
- 250 days ago - itchmo.com
It was love at first sight. When Katherine Hawkins, an eight-year-old girl from Atlanta, first saw Rocky's picture on the Internet, she just fell in love with this golden retriever who was looking for a new home. But Rocky needed surgery because he
Warning: Would You Save This Kitten From a Deadly Python? :
Offbeat  (tags: kitten, rescue, python )

Sc
- 252 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
Ruth Butterworth was raising the kitten in the Australian city of Brisbane. The python puncher said she was trying to save the kitten, which she's named Tuffy, from the same fate as its mother. Its mother, Coco, had been squeezed to death just days
Cat Rescuer Needs Rescue
Offbeat  (tags: cat rescuers, cat stuck in tree, lady stuck in tree, firefighters, rescue )

Simone
- 269 days ago - chinadaily.com.cn
A young woman surnamed Guo got into trouble on Sunday while climbing a tree to rescue a cat that had been stranded for days without food. Before she could reach the cat, she got stuck, unable to climb further up the tree or down. Seeing her plight,
14-Year-Old Boy Saves Drowning Woman (Video)
Offbeat  (tags: good news, society, teenager, rescue, dog )

Christine
- 286 days ago - goodnewsnetwork.org
It was lucky for a woman who tried to save her dog from drowning in an icy pond that one 14-year-old boy was wondering by and able to save both of them from a frozen end. Visit this site to watch the interview with the teanager and the woman he saved.
Skunk Gets Head Stuck in Salad Jar, Is Freed By Officer's Pellet Gun
Offbeat  (tags: offbeat, wildlife, rescue, skunk, GoodNews )

Mamabear
- 412 days ago - sandiego.cox.net
CARROLLTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (Associated Press) -- Officer James Kellett knows it's job to serve and protect _ even when it comes to nature's stinky black and white creatures.
If You Live in Chula Vista: Police Search For Mentally Impaired Man
Offbeat  (tags: lost man, keep eye out for, safety, rescue )

Patricia
- 414 days ago - 10news.com
Police searched Thursday for a missing man who requires insulin injections for diabetes and has the mental capacity of a child, authorities said
Authorities Defend Their Rescue Effort After 5 Workers Die in Colorado Power-Plant Fire
Offbeat  (tags: rescue, failure )

Ralph
- 415 days ago - centralkansas.cox.net
GEORGETOWN, Colo. (Associated Press) -- When fire broke out deep underground at a hydroelectric plant in the Rockies, officials at the surface dropped
Abandoned Mansions Pets Left Behind
Offbeat  (tags: americans, culture, environment, family, health, humans, usa, abuse, animal, animalabuse, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animalneglect, animals, animalsuffering, habitat, pets, rescue, abuse, contamination, health, humans, safety, toxins, americans, bizarr )

Echo
- 473 days ago - azcentral.com
"Many of them are disgusting: trash and animal feces everywhere, rotting food in a refrigerator crawling with maggots. We even find pets left in the house."
Philly Mayor and Guards Rescue Boy, Cat
Offbeat  (tags: Philadelphia, mayor, cat, victim, fire, rescue, neighbors )

Deb
- 487 days ago - apnews.myway.com
Philadelphia, PA - The mayor and two of his bodyguards happened upon a house fire and ended up rescuing a cat, helping a victim and warning neighbors, officials and witnesses said.
 

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