#animal-rescue

#animal-rescue

I was five years old when I had my first encounter with a black bear. In the spring of 1990, my father, a wildlife biologist, brought home an orphaned three-month-old cub in a cardboard box. The cub's mother, having burrowed beneath the roots of an old tree, had been killed in the den by a logging excavator, but the cub, weighing barely more than a bag of apples, survived. Forestry workers caught the young bear and dropped it off at the Fish and Wildlife office in Peace River, Alberta, where my dad worked, and he called my mom with the news.

A hiker spotted the German shepherd stuck on a steep mountainside above rushing water Monday. She had to retreat for safety and called for help. Thankfully, folks from Animal Advocacy and Iron Paw Rescue responded around 8 p.m. and managed to make it across the water by anchoring themselves with a cable tied to a truck. They got to the dog and kept it calm. The video shows them sitting with the animal and giving it food.

A package thief who stole Christmas gifts in Fontana almost was responsible for the death of Sparky - a bouncy and adorable dog who was hit by a car and lost for two days after the thief failed to close the gate behind him. Now, because of the severity of his injuries, Sparky must have a leg amputated. Luckily, the 2½-year-old Australian blue heeler, or cattle dog, the same breed as Bluey in the eponymous hit TV show, has not lost his signature sparkle.

Darwin knows what cameras look like and how to avoid them. From inside his enclosure, the monkey of Toronto Ikea parking lot fame spots us out of the corner of his eye and bolts under the table. The now 13-year-old Japanese macaque has seen enough of the spotlight to last a lifetime. Darwin was just a baby when he was found in a North York Ikea parking lot in 2012, wearing a diaper and shearling coat, and seized by animal services.

A little dog named Choco has been reunited with his family in Sacramento nearly five years after he disappeared! Choco was found tied to a fence in Detroit, Michigan, more than 2,000 miles from his home. Thankfully he was microchipped. A rescue group flew him home after he was taken to a shelter. Choco's owners had nearly given up hope they'd ever see him again.

The search lasted more than an hour, said Garrett Smerdon and Jack Alldredge, San Diego Fire Deparment lifeguards credited with the rescue. They felt that given black labs' ability to swim and Sadie's age - 5 years old - she was likely still alive and swimming, or paddling. "After an extensive search with no sightings, lifeguards began making their way back in-until a miracle happened," the fire department wrote. A rescue Jet Ski had spotted Sadie a half mile offshore near South Mission Beach.

"He's very intuitive and he can really understand and match my energy."

A Scituate police officer borrowed a kayak to rescue a golden retriever who'd swum too far out into the ocean on Sunday. Scituate police received a report of a dog failing to respond to calls to swim to shore at Peggotty Beach around 9 a.m. on Sunday. The dog swam 100 yards from the shore, further than its usual swim, and bit onto a buoy mooring, seemingly wanting to bring it back to shore, police say.

The Cambridge Fire Department rescued a small dog that reportedly got stuck in an escalator on Saturday. The department responded to a report of a dog with its hind legs stuck in an escalator at Harvard station shortly before 11 p.m. After helping it from the escalator, firefighters transported the dog and its owner to a veterinary clinic via ambulance.

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Warren Ellis credits his ability to sink his teeth into an idea as the secret of his decades-long creative partnership with Nick Cave - though Cave likes to joke it's because he was "fun to take drugs with". It's a stubborn trait the musician shares with Femke den Haas, an animal rights campaigner based in Sumatra who runs a rescue centre for abused and trafficked animals.

Considering he was about 3,300 miles into his cross-country ride, had been in the saddle for three months and was deeply fatigued, no one would blame him for not immediately identifying the mysterious and tiny thing he spied on a wicked hot late July morning while riding on a rural road outside of Council, Virginia. Perhaps he was imagining it.

To lure Goose out of its hiding spot, the Environmental Police used hardboiled eggs, then pieces of chicken. 'It was pretty surreal to do so,' Amati said. 'A strong animal for its size, fairly well behaved, all things considered, until we got the catchpoles on it. Then it's a wild animal trying to defend itself.'

The little Calico kitten was all alone, and she made her way underneath the seats and around the train, unsure of what to do.

A three-alarm fire on Gavota Avenue displaced six adults and five animals from two homes. Two adults and two dogs were affected in the original house.

Geckos blink from their tanks. A tarantula clings silently to its glass pane corner.

Shawn Mayers prioritizes ethical building and community impact, emphasizing hard work, quality, safety, and strong teamwork on new residential projects. His dedication reflects faith, family, and integrity.

Organizations such as Cat Town, Island Cat Resources & Adoption, and Toni's Kitty Rescue focus on rehabilitating street cats in the Bay Area's ongoing feral cat crisis.

Twenty-one-year-old Amazon parrot Lindo has been returned to his owner following his theft from a Park Slope laundromat on July 1. An unidentified person on a bike attempted to take Lindo’s partner, Linda, but ultimately stole Lindo instead.