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Ocean-sent dog farewell leaves beachgoer in tears​

 

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Senior Dog’s Recovery Revives Hope After Shelter Rescue​

 

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Disneyland Character’s Surprise Gesture for Deaf Little Girl Will Absolutely Melt Your Heart​

 

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Royal Puppy Melts Hearts — You’ll Adore This Sweet New Family Member​

 

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Tow Truck Driver Puts Everything on Hold for Trapped Moose — Customers’ Reactions Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity​

 

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Once-Abandoned Otter Gets Second Chance at Motherhood — And The Ending Is Pure Joy​

 

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Trembling Rescue Puppy Found in Kitchen Cabinet Gets the Heartwarming Second Chance That Will Make You Believe in Love Again​

 

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You Won’t Believe How Two Goats Led Rescuers to a Family Buried Alive After Tornado​

 

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Fishermen Pull Up Stunning Sea Creature So Rare You Won’t Believe Your Eyes​

 

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After 65 Years Away, These Beautiful Wild Creatures Are Finally Coming Home​

 

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Tiny Rescue Kitten Finds Forever Home With The Hero Trooper Who Saved His Life
 

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  • 🐦Tiny Bird on the Brink of Extinction Gets a Last-Minute Rescue: Just when it seemed all hope might be lost, conservationists stepped in to give a critically endangered bird species another chance at survival. Their inspiring rescue effort is a powerful reminder that even the smallest creatures can inspire extraordinary acts of dedication—and that sometimes the happiest endings arrive just in time.
 

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins also announced a major victory for animal welfare this week. A total of 475 beagles are being removed from Ridglan Farms, a breeding facility that supplied dogs for research, and transferred to a cage free, no kill rescue where they will begin the journey toward adoption and permanent homes.
 

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Firefighters Rush to Save Struggling Pup in Canal — What They Pull Out Leaves Them Speechless

 

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Rescuers arrived expecting a penguin — but found a terrified pangolin.​

Pingu the panglin in the grass


Jim,

When Pingu the pangolin was confiscated from criminal traffickers in Cape Town, the authorities were baffled because they did not know what kind of animal they had. When they called for help, based on the description they provided, rescuers believed it was a penguin in distress and rushed to the scene with equipment designed to rescue a seabird.

When they arrived, they found something very different — a tiny, frightened pangolin curled into a ball.
A rescue nobody expected.
Vet holding Pingu
Meet Pingu, who was thought to be a penguin, but turned out to be a pangolin. Source: ASI/David Barritt
Pangolins are the most trafficked mammals on Earth. Millions are killed for their scales, which are falsely believed to have medicinal value in parts of Asia.

Africa is now the center of the trade and unscrupulous criminals are ripping pangolins from the wild at a horrifying speed. Our partner, Umoya Khulula Wildlife Centre in South Africa, takes pangolins rescued from the wickedly cruel illegal trade and rehabilitates them before returning them safely to the wild.

Pangolins are shy, gentle and pitifully defenceless. Pangolins don’t have vocal cords, so they can’t even cry for help. They are easy victims for poachers, with a terrible fate in store when caught, often descaled while they are alive and then dropped into boiling water and cooked for food in restaurants.
Poached pangolin being cooked on fire
Pangolins are gentle, quiet and completely defenceless, with no voice to call for help. They are also the most trafficked mammals on Earth, taken from the wild at an alarming rate.
The little survivor, now called Pingu — named after a cartoon penguin — had been moments away from being trafficked for her scales.
She was quickly flown to our partner sanctuary, where she is slowly recovering. But caring for a pangolin is incredibly costly and demanding.
 

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