dog rescue

Firefighters from Lima, Peru, were responding to a automobile collision when their rescue mission switched from rescuing humans to rescuing a canine.

A police officer from Bogota, Colombia, was keeping the streets safe when he heard frightened dog cries from a nearby wetland. It was dark and without hesitation he called on fellow officers to help him save the dog in need.

Big Dog Ranch Rescue (BDRR) from Wellington, Fla., is helping a pregnant dog recover from extensive burns to her torso after the dog was purposely set on fire.

Authorities don’t know who could have committed this cruel act, but they believe the terrier mix named Taya (previously Nina) was forced to walk through a fire or thrown into one.

On Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, a woman from St-Ignace-de-Loyola, Que., spotted a dog on top of a thin sheet of ice floating down the St. Lawrence River. The woman and her mother, France Allaire, contacted authorities for help, however no one came to save dog.

On January 30, 2015, Los Angeles firefighters came to the rescue of a dog that was carried away in a fast-flowing current in the Los Angeles River near Universal City. The rescue, caught on video by SKY9 news helicopter has been broadcasted by different media channels, but the dog has yet to be claimed by his owner.

We all love to read stories of brave men helping man’s best friend. Well, in Concepción, Chile, a group of firefighters rescued a German Shepherd trapped in a canal.

When Gustavo De Rosa learned about Tito, a Dachshund that needed rescue due to a birth defect, the man didn’t hesitate to adopt the canine, even though it meant he had to travel 745 miles to get to the dog.

On January 7, 2015, a resident of Wilson, N.C., spotted an emaciated pit bull tied with a heavy chain to a plastic crate. Because of the record low temperatures of that day, the concerned citizen feared the neglected pet wouldn’t survive one more night exposed to the cold, and therefore contacted For the Love of Dogs NC to rescue the dog.

Seventy-eight-year-old Sue Prickett was out walking her terrier named Suki and a friend’s dog in the woods of Sherborne, Dorset, when Suki ran off and fell into a deep hole getting trapped. The pet owner tried pulling her dog out but the pet cried out in pain and slipped deeper into the hole. It was late and dark, and if it wasn’t for the power of social media, Suki would have died in the hole.