Photographer Took Portraits Of Dogs And Turned Them Into A Cute Calendar To Support A Local Rescue
Photographer Melissa Blake has been collaborating with Happy Trails Animal Rescue in Central in Florida for three years to create annual calendars featuring dogs from their adoption and outreach programs. Continue reading »
An Animal Shelter Dressed Dogs in Human Clothes to Help Them Find Homes
Zorro. He was found badly wounded by other dogs in the street; his past life is unknown. His tail is half chopped off
The “Thing of Kindness” social project and the “Happiness in the House” animal shelter (Yekaterinburg, Russia) launched the joint project “My Man Abandoned Me. But I’ll still love him”. Photographers Nikita Zhurnakov and Kirill Laptev filmed dogs wearing clothes that people donated for recycling. This is reported in the instagram of the project “The Thing of Kindness”. Continue reading »
Two Pet Lovers Had Rescue Kittens At Their Wedding And The Photos Are Adorable
Michele Bangsboll and Nick Anderson are veterinarians who wanted their favourite cats to be a part of their big day. The duo invited two very special feline wedding guests named Jeeves and Houdini to witness their beautiful ceremony. Both kittens were rescued from Divine Feline where the couple often volunteered. Continue reading »
Rescue ‘Fortress’ In Tanzania Protects Albinos From Human Hunters
The rescue centres in Tanzania protect albino people from the vicious hunters who sell their body parts to witch doctors. Photojournalist Ana Palacios, 43, visited the centre in Tanzania three times between 2012 and 2016 to find out more about the plight of albino people. Persecution of albinism is rooted in the belief that the body parts can transmit magical powers, however, they are also ostracised by those who believe that they are cursed and bring bad luck. The Tanzanian government has been forced to set up special centres to protect people with albinism from harm.
The women who flee to the centre with their albino children also act as guardians for the other albino children who have been abandoned at the centre in Kabanga Refuge Centre, Tanzania, 2012. (Photo by Ana Palacios/Barcroft Images) Continue reading »
Man Quits Job, Sells Everything To Travel With His Rescue Cat Across Australia
Having spent 10 years in the corporate world, one day Richard East just had it. The man quit his job, sold his house and most of his possessions. He bought a VW van and hit the road with his rescue cat Willow in Australia. Continue reading »
Two-Legged Rescue Puppy Gets 3D Printed Wheelchair To Walk
This little guy is such a trooper.
Tumbles (adorable AND apt) is a six week old puppy and the tiny little pup was born with only two legs. At two weeks old, he was brought to Friends of the Shelter Dogs, who posted some photos of him on their Facebook page. Continue reading »
Photographer Katie Yeaton Makes These Beautiful Photos Of Rescue Dogs Wedding
When wedding photographer Katie Yeaton saw that one of her dogs had white fur and the other had black-and-white fur, she did what only a wedding photographer could do: she threw them a backyard wedding complete with professional photography to remember the day. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Dog Rescue
Locals rescue the dog who has fallen in a gully formed after heavy rain in the Lower City, in Salvador, on Oktober 10, 2013. (Photo by Marco Aurélio Martins/Ag. A Tarde/Folhapress)
Photo of the Day: Emergency Rescue
One of two people rescued from a sailboat, right, uses a line to make his way onto the beach on Willoughby Spit in Norfolk after they were rescued from the boat that foundered in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. A rescuer, left, waits for the second person to exit the boat. (Bill Tiernan/TheVirginian-Pilot) Click photo to zoom.
