Animal Rescue Stories

Yue - New Moon, in spite of humans....

I do not know how old Yue is. I met him last year around April in a shelter here in BA (Arg) when I took a pregnant tricolor she-cat to have family there. Sandra from the shelter offered to help and care.
There I came across more than 300 cats!!!! Sandra pays for all expenses, and though I have tried toooo hard to find sponsors, no one helps. Not even the ones who adopt cat/s nor the food company. No one does even give the shelter a discount on food or medicine. (yet, they do give a big discount to breaders... who live on having more kittens and sell them)...
well, thing is, I found among those almost 350 cats every Sunday as I went there to help cleaning, washing, taking some cleaning products, taking care of the moms and babies, giving fresh fish to some of the cats, hugging them, etc. Some of the cats waited for me.
But one in particular called my attention (appart from the babies and moms). He was a quite big (yet skinny) cat. He could not walk properly and was dragging his hip. Sandra told me a "human" beat him on the column breaking 3 vertebras. Sandra was constant in physical therapy on him.
Almost 3 months later, I begged Sandra to let me take him home. And so, he became part of my family.
He walks funny and is a bit fatty now. He has no sensibility in back legs. I have to take him to the vet for full recovery.
Yet, in spite of what humans did to him, he is pure love! He begs for love all the time. I must thank Sandra for all she has done. I wish there were more people like her in this world.

Carolina Ragazzon
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Little Orphan Annie!

Our Sassy had just sudddenly passed away, and both my husband and I thought it was way too soon for a new cat. But when I saw a local rescue group showing cats for adoption, one kept staring at me and moving her paws in my direction; from at least 50 feet away! She would make direct eye contact with me and really beckoned me over!

We were interviewed on the phone by the rescue group, and brought Annie home the next day! She had been rescued from the streets behind a market in an older section of Cleveland. She is terrified of anything resembling a stick; wrapping paper roll, ruler, etc., so we are very sad to think she may have been abused.

Annie has brought so much love and laughter into our home since then! Our other 2 cats get along with her, and we refer to Annie as, "the baby."
We now think that Sassy angel sent Annie to us to ease the aching we felt when Sassy passed. There are far too many homeless pets who need loving homes.

Sharon Horodyski
Middleburg Hts, OH

Blaco Cocker Spaniel SAVED

My dad went outside to get something out of the car and he saw a black dog in the road , so i ran out the door and it was cold and raining and dark outside. So i grabed one of my dogs leashes and i put it around its neck and i brought the cocker inside my house and he was the sweetest dog ever and i noticed that he couldnt see very well! So the cocker slept in my dogs old kenel for 2 days until we found the owner! We gave him food and water an a bath and you could tell he was old. So 2 days later his owner came to the door and she told me his name and that he was partialy blind, his name was Snoopy. SO he went home to his owner and i had to day goodby. He was all black and had like almost blue eyes like you can see in the pic of Snoopy!

stephanie
melbourne, FL

My new buddy

My new buddy-Shadow- is a two time reject from the CNY SPCA here in Syracuse NY. By a reject I mean he was adopted twice and then returned twice. He finally found his forever home with me. After adjusting to our family, including two grandchildren and a cat, he has finally settled into a daily routine of walks, cuddles and hugs from all of us. He is the best dog ever and I am so glad he picked me when I came to the shelter!

Terry Powers
Liverpool, NY

2 furry friends, make 1 heart

Both Nino (tiger) and Pumpkin (calico) were rescued as kittens from the mean streets of Jersey City. Pumpkin's feral mother dropped her and her brother, Monkers (now gone from cancer) off at my front door where I had put plates of food out for her. Five years later, Nino was found almost dead from an upper respiratory disease in my neighbors' backyard, but we nursed him back to health. Now they are the most loving and friendly host and hostess...greeting everyone at the front door. Other times they are either curled together or giving us wonderful cases of Cat-on-lap! Rescuing a stray animal has to be the most heartening, fulfilling and rewarding experience.

Valerie Leonard
Columbia, MD

Drawn Together

I adopted Riley from an Animal Shelter in March 2007. I seen his picture online at a local shelter and was immediately drawn to him. That night, I went to see him. He had been found on the streets after being attacked by a dog. His ear was bit and his fur was so dirty. I didn't care because the second I seen him, I knew that I wanted to bring him home. Every day since then, Riley has been the most loving pet anyone could ever ask for.

Michele Mrachina
Royal Oak, MI

Aldo is rescued from life in a chicken coop

My husband and I found Aldo wandering along a busy road. We got in touch with his owners who said they kept him outdoors in a chicken coop. To our delight they said we could keep him. He loves his new pal, our other lab Chance. He also loves belly rubs and long walks. Everybody loves Aldo! He's such a friendly, happy addition to our lives - we can't imagine being without him.

Eva
Unionville, PA

Buster's Rescue

Buster was in sorry shape when we found him. We asked the woman at the DC Animal Shelter for their hardest luck case and it was Buster. He had kennel cough, was in quarantine, and running out of time. When we went in to see him he looked like this extremely tall, skinny, exotic wild cat. He stood so high his legs, and I say legs because this cat really has legs more than paws, bowed in. His beautiful black and caramel swirl pattern just added to the effect. They let him out of the cage and he swaggered out, a la John Wayne, and just bowled his giant head into our hands, demanding to be petted. He was so sweet and pathetic, we had to take him home. We were going to change his name but as he developed into this well-fed, handsome and muscular cat, who still prowls around like he is John Wayne, we decided that the name Buster just fit.

Nicole Duran
Washington, DC

Poor Little White Cat

On August 9th, 2006, I was on my patio visiting with my neighbor when a starved and dehydrated little white cat cried at me from the stairwell landing. There was no way I was going to let that sweet animal suffer anymore! As I stepped out my front door, she ran up to me and I scooped her up into my arms. Dolly Sue, who now looks like a big white show cat, lives in the lap of luxury with Mommy and big sister, Candy Kitty. I am thankful everyday that she found us and her forever home.

Amanda B.
Nashville, TN

Meet Jack the Chinchilla

I rescued Jack after his previous owner couldn't care for him anymore. I love watching him eat raisins, and giving him scratches under his chin! He's a super pet and very happy!

Christina Eckhart
Lansdale, PA