Good Samaritan

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.

On January 11, 2015, a small dog from Mexico City was found injured on the side of the highway. The pet had been hit by a vehicle and thanks to a concerned motorist who reported the injured dog, animal control officers (SSPDF) rushed to rescue the pet.

David Baker was in his San Francisco apartment sleeping when a burglar broke in and snatched his computer, some electronics, and his female blue-nose Pit bull named Mochi. The pet owner made a police report but he also took to social media to spread the word about his missing pet. Thanks to his post, Mochi was found, returned home and the burglar apprehended.

If you saw an emaciated dog with a chain embedded in its neck, left outside in the freezing cold, you’d do what you could to save it, right?  That’s what some animal lovers in Washington state did, and the Humane Society of Tacoma just put her right back into the hands her abuser and said animal control is investigating.

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On December 15, 2014, two women from Muskegon, Mich., were driving down 8th Street when they spotted a small animal laying in the middle of the road inside a pothole. The women circled around the block and rescued the pet who had been injured.