Annie Johnston
Erica Lawson
American Humane Honors a Guide Dog and Reminds the Public How to Act Around Working Dogs
Most of us have felt the pull. A guide dog walks past, and we want to bend down and say hi. This week, a guide dog named Eddie reminded the…
Senior Shelter Cat Fell for Her New Dad at First Sight After a Grieving Couple Asked for the Oldest Cat
I have read plenty of shelter stories, but this one stopped me. A couple lost their cat, walked into a shelter, and asked for just one thing: the oldest cat…
Cocker Spaniel Corduroy Missing Since 2019 Is Back With His Family After Showing Up at a Los Angeles Shelter
Seven years is a long time to keep hoping. Most of us would have stopped looking by now. But somewhere in Los Angeles, one family never fully let go, and…
Firefighters Rescue Two Dogs From a Smoke-Filled House in Southwest Las Vegas
When I read that firefighters pulled two dogs out of a smoke-filled home in Las Vegas, I felt relief first. Then a harder question came: if this were my house,…
Two Dozen Cats Rescued From a Franklin Township Yard in Pennsylvania Are Now Ready for Adoption
I’ve read a lot of rescue stories, and most of them blur together. This one stuck with me. Twenty-five cats were found in cages outside a home in Franklin Township,…
Bulloch County Animal Services Opens Its Doors to Adopters During Petco Love National Weekend
Some people walk into a shelter just to look. Then one dog leans against the cage, or a kitten reaches a paw through the bars, and the plan changes. If…
Rescue Cat Olga Climbed Straight Into Her Foster Mom’s Lap the Moment They Got Home From the Shelter
I’ve always felt the first lap-sit is when fostering gets real. Most foster cats walk in, look around, and vanish under the bed. Olga did the opposite. She came home…
Ventura County Animal Services Asks for Help Finding Homes for 22 Dogs Rescued in Oxnard
I read this story twice, because the numbers are hard to picture. On Monday, 22 dogs were pulled from the river bottom in Oxnard, and eight of them are puppies.…
Millie Bobby Brown’s Georgia Farm Has Become a Rescue Where Dogs Wait for Their Forever Homes
Picture a dog who was due to be put down the next day. Instead, he wakes up on a farm in Georgia. That’s how Millie Bobby Brown described a pup…
Lombard Firefighters Pulled 36 Cats From a Shelter Fire and Two More Escaped on Their Own
Sunday night, smoke started rising from a house on East St. Charles Road in Lombard, Illinois. It looked like any other home fire, but there were 38 cats inside. What…