By: Amber King/I Heart Dogs When a dog was in distress and emergency personnel couldn’t help, five strangers joined together to save a life. It was an 18 kilometer (about 11 miles) round-trip hike through the wilderness, but the rescue came just in time for the Chocolate Lab named Louie. Janessa Walker and Louie are…
Marine Veteran Turns To Social Media To Help Find His Lost Service Dog
By: Jennifer Nelson/I Heart Dogs Simon Flarity’s beloved service dog, Tito, has been missing since July 4th, when he was startled by some fireworks on a pier in Fairhope, Alabama. Flarity has had Tito, a Pit Bull, for 10 years. Tito is a service dog who helps Flarity deal with severe PTSD that’s a result of two…
Officials Find Traffickers Selling Bags And Bags Of The Saddest Thing
By: Sarah V Schweig/The Dodo What Ivory Coast officials found in bags last week is being called the largest bust of its kind in West Africa. It’s also being called a massacre. An estimated 4,000 pangolins were killed for the scales that traffickers were trying to sell and ship to China, where the scales. There, the scales — which are…
Town Gathers To Bid Farewell To Military Dog With Terminal Cancer
By: Dina Fantegrossi/I Heart Dogs Earlier this week we brought you the heroic and heartbreaking tale of Marine Corps veteran, Corporal Jeff DeYoung and his beloved service dog and partner in war, K9 Cena. The former combat engineer vowed to give his faithful friend a hero’s farewell after Cena was diagnosed with bone cancer earlier this month. On Wednesday,…
Korean President Rescues Dog From Meat Trade
By: Lily Feinn/The Dodo On Wednesday, July 26, a shelter pup with a rough past finally found a loving home — one with a rather illustrious address. South Korea’s newly-elected president Moon Jae-In has adopted a rescue dog named Tory, once a victim of the dog meat trade, sending a message of hope to animal lovers everywhere. Moon Jae-In…
3-Month-Old Orca Dies Suddenly At SeaWorld
By: Marti Trgovich/The Dodo A baby orca died at SeaWorld San Antonio on Monday, just three months after she was born. SeaWorld said in a statement that the cause was likely pneumonia, though they wouldn’t be sure until after an autopsy was performed. Friends and Fans of SeaWorld, We are extremely saddened to announce the passing of Kyara, our newest…
Dog Meat Farm Is Shut Down And 149 Lives Are Saved In The Nick Of Time
By: Adriana Sandoval/I Heart Dogs The fight against the consumption of dog meat has been making headway in countries like Taiwan and China, but the use of dog meat for food is still legal in several other countries (including the U.S.!). Thankfully, activists aren’t giving up, and even the smallest victories are cause for celebration. Humane Society…
Dog Helps Kids Testify Against Abusers — Because He Knows Exactly What They’ve Been Through
By: Jessica Peralta/The Dodo With scars wrapping his white muzzle, the 5-year-old Siberian husky is a picture of true resilience. Not only has he overcome his emotional scars, but he now spends his days helping others like himself — children who’ve suffered physical and sexual abuse. “Patriot’s work with abuse victims stems from his understanding and…
YES: Vietnam Is Shutting Down All Its Bear Bile Farms
By: Sarah V Schweig/The Dodo This is huge — and means that hundreds of caged bears will go free. Over a thousand bears are suffering right now on “bile farms” across Vietnam — but a historic agreement was just signed to close these terrible farms once and for all. Bear bile — a digestive fluid that is used in…