It’s quiet at first, then it grows…

It’s an insistent meowing!

They open the door to find a skinny, apparently confused kitty. She really wants to come inside for some reason, too.

Well, at first they just assume she’s a common stray, and she’s looking for food.

After all, she was very thin and malnourished, so the family decided to give her some help. They give her a little cat food and send her on her way.

But then, a few days later … the meowing is back.

That’s when the family starts to think there’s something special about the house they just moved into. The cat just never wants to leave.

And that’s when it hits them:

The poor stray must’ve been left behind by the previous owners! This was her house!

But without the owners, she was like a sad ghost patrolling the empty grounds.

Well, the family was just heartbroken, and they called the RSPCA in the hopes that they could find the cat a good home.

The RSPCA agreed to take her in; the staff called her Honey, and then ran a few tests to determine the kitty’s health.

Unfortunately, Honey was suffering from hyperthyroidism, which explains why she looked so skinny. But beyond that, she wasn’t too bad off.

However, they just can’t seem to find someone to adopt her. It has been 200 days, and no takers!

Said Heather Cain, chairman for the RSPCA’s Stourbridge and District shelter:

“Honey has been in foster care now for over 200 days and has watched all our other cats go off to their new homes and start their new lives…

…she wonders why no one wants her and is now starting to become stressed and bored which is beginning to affect her mental and physical well-being.”

Oh, come on!

She loses her family, thinks she gets a new one with another family moves in, and now sits for 200 days, waiting for love…?

That just seems wrong!

Somebody must want this adorable 8-year-old cat. She’s described as being “incredibly sweet” and she loves playing with toys and getting people’s attention.

Added Cain:

“Honey has blossomed into a loving girl and, despite being slightly older, she still enjoys a little play now and again and is young at heart.

She just needs a family who will love her.”

Honey deserves a happy ending, wouldn’t you say?

Source: The Dodo

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…nobody expects it to turn into a harrowing adventure!

It began when Alex Maldonado’s father dropped the family’s adorable Maltese, named Nieves, off at PetSmart for the grooming appointment.

The staff fluffed her fur and trimmed her nails and a few hours later, dad returned to retrieve his beloved pet.

Simple, right?

Well, when dad returned home, his kids noticed something was definitely amiss … there was something off about Nieves.

The pup just didn’t seem right to them for some reason.

And that’s when the whole family realized with a tremendous shock:

This wasn’t Nieves!

As it turns out, the store had groomed two toy Maltese dogs that day, and dad had brought home the wrong pet pooch!

The father laughed it off on social media, as the adventure did come to a pleasant end, but everyone wanted to know:

How had his kids recognized the error?

At first, it was tough. Said Alex, one of the sons:

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In fact, he thought it was a human at first!

That’s why he and his friend, who were out fishing on Lake Vygozero in northwestern Russia, sped directly toward the floating blob.

If it was a human, that person would be in dire need of assistance because the water temperature was frigid.

In fact, Lake Vygozero is infamous for having incredibly cold water; it can go down to 4 degrees below zero!

So, Ruslan and his fishing buddy headed toward the brown spot on the water, preparing for a rescue.

But when they got closer, they realized it wasn’t a human … whatever it was had fur.

And it was gigantic!

Then, when they brought up the binoculars, they saw that it was actually THREE brown blobs:

One was a mother brown bear and the other two were her struggling cubs!

That’s when the mama bear did something the fishermen couldn’t believe:

Instead of sticking with her cubs, she turned around and headed back to shore, leaving the two babies behind.

The cubs were having trouble staying afloat and they couldn’t keep up with their mother, who was obviously a stronger swimmer.

As they watched the mother swim away in consternation, the fishermen knew they had to help.

And even though the bears in trouble were just babies, they knew it would indeed be a little risky. But as Ruslan said:

“It was dangerous of course. But they are living creatures. We couldn’t just look the other way.”

They steered toward the drowning cubs and before they knew it, the first one tried climbing into the boat!

But he was too weak to make it, so the fishermen grabbed a net and scooped up the terrified animal.

The second cub was even more exhausted; it couldn’t even attempt to lift itself into the boat, so Ruslan and his friend did all the work for him.

Once they’d safely snagged both cubs, the fishermen headed directly to a nearby island…

The island the mama bear was waiting on!

Under the mother’s watchful eye, Ruslan and his friend unloaded their precious cargo on the beach, and then motored off.

After all, it’s not a good idea to be near cubs when when the mother bear is nearby!

And although it would forever remain a mystery as to why the mother bear had left the cubs in the lake, at least those two babies were safe.

All because two determined fishermen weren’t about to let them drown … no matter how big their claws were!

Source: Honest to Paws

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She cautiously goes to her front door; she’s a little nervous because it’s so late…

But she’s very glad she opened that door, because what she finds drops her jaw!

She sees an injured pup, looking both frightened and sad, and she also spots a car speeding away into the night.

In an instant, she knows what happened:

Some cold-hearted person ditched this poor hurt animal on her porch, rang the doorbell, and then disappeared!

The woman quickly brings the terrified pooch inside and calls the RSPCA.

Inspector Phil Norman arrives to collect the injured canine, and at the same time, the woman decides to review the security camera footage from her front yard.

Sure enough, she’d been correct, as Norman said in a press release:

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Maggie is an adorable little Shih Tzu-Chihuahua mix and she likes to wake up her owners when they’re sleeping.

She particularly enjoys waking up her dad, who loves to see Maggie’s shining personality first thing in the morning. As he told The Dodo:

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But one group of fearless – and adorable! – animals decided they’d risk it.

They were obviously counting on the goodness of humans to do the right thing…

But they’d need a LOT of humans to do the right thing, all at once!

It happened during rush hour on a highway near downtown Auckland, New Zealand:

Last Friday, a tiny feathery family had somehow gotten stranded on the center median, and now faced thousands of racing vehicles.

Now, ducks can fly, of course … but not baby ducks!

That’s right, a mama duck and her babies were trapped and the mother wasn’t about to fly off and leave her brood behind.

So, what to do?

Well, the goodness of strangers happened: everyone suddenly started stopping so the ducks would be able to cross safely!

SH1 NORTHERN MWY, SOUTHBOUND – 7:45AM
Please allow a little extra time citybound on the Northern Mwy this morning with minor delays due to ducks crossing near Tristram Ave. NZ Police are now escorting all to safety. ^TP #becauseitsfriday #nocrashescaused pic.twitter.com/c38jB6lhV5

— NZTA Akld & Nthlnd (@NZTAAkl) August 23, 2018

Vehicle after vehicle slowed to a stop and when the mama duck and her ducklings realized the path was clear, they took off!

Sure, three lanes of traffic grinding to a halt at rush hour causes a small delay.

But most people didn’t have a problem with it at all; as one person said:

“That’s an awesome example for equally respecting animals!

It’s good to come across such news and [I”m] feeling happy that there’s still humanity prevailing in a society!”

The ducks did need some assistance after the crossing, but the New Zealand Traffic Authority quickly got the family back to a safe place.

Doesn’t this just make your day?

Source: The Dodo

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But one intrepid animal managed to survive the blaze … though just barely.

Artemis Kyriakopoulou is a volunteer animal rescuer, and her heart was broken to know that “hundreds of animals” had perished in the fire.

However, she was convinced that at least some had survived, so she decided to scour the torched forests in the hopes of finding a few lucky souls.

Well, she found one.

But she didn’t expect to find the poor thing hiding in an outdoor oven! As Artemis told The Dodo:

“I didn’t hear anything.

I was so scared to look inside cause I knew I was going to find something in there but I didn’t know if it was dead or alive.”

It was a frightened, injured pooch, and it was definitely alive … but it obviously needed medical treatment. Said Artemis:

“His whole body and coat was burned, and he was in intense pain.

It was really hard seeing him in a situation like this. I started crying just like the other volunteers.

Of course, I thanked God for giving him one more chance because he was really lucky I found him. It was by accident actually.”

Such fantastic luck, too!

Artemis quickly rushed the pup – who she named Marshmallow – to a local vet, and the pup was treated and given a new haircut.

Marshmallow was probably a stray in the first place, and his coat was badly overgrown. He also needed a good hefty meal!

After the pup is fully recovered, he’ll be ready to go to a new home, and we hope the adoption process goes quickly and smoothly.

But above all else, this beautiful dog is alive today, and all because one rescuer was determined to find animals that had survived the tragedy.

That’s what animal rescue is all about, after all:

Beating the odds every day and saving our furry friends!

Source: The Dodo

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He stopped for a moment because he wasn’t sure he’d heard it correctly…

But there it was again: a definite rustling of some sort, and it was very close.

So, Jonathan Flatt decided to investigate. He started poking around in the dense brush, and it didn’t take him long to stumble on a big surprise:

There was a garbage bag lying there, and it was moving!

Then Jonathan believed he heard something that sounded like the sounds of distressed animals.

He noticed the bag was tied and that something was inside and desperately trying to get out!

The boy didn’t know what was in there but he knew it was in trouble, and whatever it was, it needed his help.

So, he bent and untied the bag and lo and behold…

A litter of puppies bounced out!

Jonathan was surprised, obviously, but then he recognized the problem. As he told KRQE:

“I realized these puppies are abandoned, they’re weak and stuff so I called my Mom right away.”

His mother, Jamie Flatt, quickly ran out and found the six orphan pups, and she knew they were in immediate need of medical assistance.

“They were covered in ticks, you couldn’t even see the inside of their ears…

…they were not old enough to leave their Mom, they did not know how to drink water on their own.”

So, without a second thought, Jamie and Jonathan took these lonely puppies home.

Thankfully, it wasn’t long before the tiny pooches started showing signs of recovery, and they realized they had nothing to fear from the Flatt family.

And even a 13-year-old boy understands that this shouldn’t have happened; nobody should ever abandon a litter of puppies like that!

“There’s a pound right over there, they shouldn’t have just abandoned them and left them to die.”

Smart boy!

And now, thanks to him and his mother, the puppies are loving their new lives. Said Jamie:

“They’re happy, they’re alive, they’re going to have good lives, good homes, and it’s just amazing.”

One little puppy – Rosie – already has her fur-ever home, and it’s likely the other five will land loving new owners, too.

And all because a little boy heard something in the bushes one day, and he gave in to curiosity.

It also helped that he obviously has a very big heart!

Source: NTD.TV

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He loves to explore. He finds an opening and he wriggles through, just to see what’s on the other side.

But that boundless ambition can get you in trouble…

That’s what happened when Max spotted the open window in his family’s London apartment. He figured he’d go on an adventure!

So out he went; despite being three floors up, he crept along the ledge on the side of the building, sniffing around and exploring.

But then he encountered a problem he didn’t expect … which led to another big problem.

Max ran into a rain gutter that he couldn’t get around. And even worse, he realized the ledge was too narrow, so he couldn’t turn around, either.

Poor Max was stuck!

And up on the third level of the apartment building, a fall could prove fatal.

There was one bit of good news, though: London is a busy place and it didn’t take long for people to take notice of Max’s predicament.

Somebody called the London Fire Brigade and they showed up quickly. Said crew manager Sean Sloan:

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But Charlotte Dixon just figured she had a cold, so she rolled over and tried to go back to sleep.

But for some reason, Theo wasn’t having it.

He absolutely would not let his poor owner sleep … but he had a very good reason, though Charlotte didn’t realize it at the time.

As Charlotte recalls:

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