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What to Do When You See A Dog in a Hot Car
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Kelly
- 12 days ago - care2.com
Most of us are all too familiar with the feeling of dread that comes upon us when we pass by the window of a car and realize that a dog has been left inside on a hot day. What should I do? Do I break the window? Do I call the police?
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Millie the Persian Thrives After Being Left in a Bag in the Rain
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Cher
- 18 days ago - catster.com
The long-hair's "lion cut" makes her look like a mutant stuffed animal, but staff at Purebreds Plus Cat Rescue say she's a sweetie despite it all.
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A Version of "Lost" We Really Don't Like: Dog Marooned on An Island in Santa Cruz for a Month
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Cher
- 22 days ago - dogster.com
"This dog was literally starving to death on the island, and now he has a second chance at life."
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Rescued Bobcat Kittens at UI Clinic
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Cher
- 28 days ago - news-gazette.com
For a pair of bobcat kittens, home may have once been a freight train car.
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MoEF Says NO to Dolphinariums in India
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Kelly
- 29 days ago - victoriesfortheanimals.wordpress.com
FIAPO thanks MoEF for releasing the policy stating that they will not allow dolphinariums to be established in India
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Injured Kitten Rescued By Air Force Technician
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BarbKnigh
- 30 days ago - care2.com
Life is mysterious in the way it makes us cross paths with others who can change our lives. Last month, Canadian Air Force technician, Shawn Matchett, and his two children, just happened to be at a parade in downtown Toronto when he saw a kitten dart...
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Rescued From Greyhound Racing: Lewis' Story
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Cher
- 31 days ago - blog.aspca.org
The life of a racing Greyhound is often short and painful. Every year, thousands of young and healthy Greyhounds are euthanized because they are no longer deemed worthy racers, but some of the lucky ones make it to Greyhound rescues.
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Pianos for Pooches Benefits Homeless Hounds
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Kathy
- 43 days ago - examiner.com
Rev up the Dueling Pianos for Pianos For Pooches on Mother's Day weekend in suburban Chicago to Benefit Homeless Hounds Rescue.
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Healing A Shelter Dog's Broken Back and Wounded Spirit
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Annie
- 48 days ago - youtube.com
Janie was brought to the shelter after being runover by a car. In so much pain, she was too scared to let anyone near her. Surgery was able to repair her broken back, but she really needed help repairing her soul. Watch what one man did to help to her.
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Rescued Cubs Misty and Rain Settle Into Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre
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Cher
- 49 days ago - animalsasia.org
Two moon bear cubs confiscated from traffickers in Lai Chau, Vietnam near the Chinese border, are now settling into Animals Asia's sanctuary in Tam Dao.
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Bile Bear Turned Pet Handed Over to Animals Asia in Vietnam
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Cher
- 49 days ago - animalsasia.org
A moon bear kept for bile extraction by a farmer in Ung Hoa District, near Hanoi, Vietnam, then later as a pet, has been handed over to Animals Asia.
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'Life Jacket' Helps Disabled Goldfish Swim Again - Video
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Giana
- 54 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Einstein developed swim bladder disease, which caused him to turn upside down and sink to the bottom of his tank.
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Cat Detects Owner's Brain Aneurysm
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Kelly
- 54 days ago - petside.com
Noah, an orange and white tabby, began obsessing over his owner's head last year. In an interview with The Northern Virginia Daily, Janet Batten says, "He constantly smelled my head on the right side, in the front, and in my eye and in my nose.
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Victory! England and Wales Ban Wild-Animal Acts in Circuses
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Kelly
- 57 days ago - peta.org
Pressure has been mounting for the past few years for the government to make this historic move, particularly after animal rights advocates released an undercover video that showed a groom at Bobby Roberts Super Circus who kicked an Asian elephant
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