News Stories

Meet Peanut, a rescue dog with a brave heart and an uncanny sixth sense that rescued a three-year-old Michigan child trapped in a ditch.

Earlier this year a woman in Bixby, Oklahoma, got the shock of a lifetime when she was awakened in the wee hours of the morning when she heard a loud noise. At first she thought that it was her cat and small dog. But as she became more coherent from waking up she became increasingly aware that there was something else in the bedroom with her.

As devastating wildfires burn their way across California's terrain, communities are not only taking tally on human life, but also the wildlife.

Last year eight newborn baby hedgehogs, or hoglets, were found orphaned when a terrible lawn mowing accident took their mother's life. They were still blind and struggling to survive. When they were at the Sadgorod Zoo in Vladivostok, Russia, they found themselves with a new adoptive mother -- a very maternal black and white cat name Musya.

This story has everything a fan of a certain vintage TV crime drama would want: a deputy named Ponce, a bag of, er, ChiPs, and a happy ending for all of the characters.

It was just over 100 years ago that a German Shepherd was born in Germany under the name Etzel von Oeringen. Little did anyone guess that this small pup, born during the ravages of World War I, was just starting on a life journey that would take him to the heights of stardom in the movies. Hollywood and the era if silent films were waiting for him-- as were the people of America.

Two bears in rural Manitoba who climbed to the top of a 66-kilovolt hydroelectric power pole were rescued by line workers and, this being Canada, are now free to catch a buzz somewhere else.

A clever veterinarian from southern Portugal has turned stray cats' affinity for old washing machines into a project providing shelter, care and urban beautification.