International

One would be hard-pressed not to notice Barley.  He’s the cute doggy face that has been following shoppers around East London’s Westfield Stratford mall.  It’s all in an effort by OgilvyOne that they are calling “Looking For You,” and its aim is to remind people that they are many good rescue dogs available at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

Just a year ago, Shelton, a young mutt from Resistencia, Argentina, showed up to the surrounding area of the Normal Sarmiento school. No one knew who he belonged to and most people didn’t care about the homeless puppy. He scavenged for food and searched for a safe place to spend at night, but without him knowing it, a group of students, school librarians and other locals who fell in love with the dog took it upon themselves to help him survive.

By now, just about everybody has heard of the earthquake disaster in Nepal.  More than a week has passed now, and search and rescue teams are still struggling to reach some of the more remote areas and villages.

A pet store in Brazil swapped all of its animals with shelter pets and proved its customers that shelter pets were no different than pure bred animals. The store found owners for all shelter animals displayed in the store and what’s best, if the store hadn’t told customers the animals were shelter pets, customers would have not known the difference.

For ten years, a stray dog named Niño Andrade, roamed the streets of Las Colinas neighborhood, in Sincelejo, Colombia. During all this time, the dog became the neighborhood’s favorite pet. Even though he had no home or specific owner, he belonged to everyone and everyone loved him. On April 20, 2015, Niño Andrade crossed the rainbow bridge and the community came together to honor him.

In La Paz, El Salvador, a stray dog named Oso who lives around the Santa Maria Ostuma police station, saved all on-duty officers from a gang attack, when the dog fought off gang members forcing them to flee.

Would you jump in front of your dog to protect your pet if you knew someone wanted to stab or shoot him? We all say we would, but would we really? Our pets risk their lives all the time to protect us, and a dog from Argentina just proved that to save his owner.