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Dogs who were found, fostered, or matched with someone who needed them. 26 verified stories. Stories come from Las Vegas, Denver, and Kernersville. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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AnimalsThe sixth annual walk at Silverado Ranch Park funds shelter care, no-cost veterinary services, and a pet food pantry that helps owners keep their animals.
Verified · FOX5 Las Vegas
AnimalsAt Ruby Hill Park the shelter offered free vaccines, microchips, food, and supplies. It expected more than 300 pets, and the day helped hundreds stay with their families.
Verified · CBS Colorado
AnimalsCrews checked the air, rigged a rescue, and had the dog out within 30 minutes on Crossview Drive. It went home with its owner.
Verified · WXII 12
HeroesThe Station 21 crew had just finished pet-care training when a veterinary clinic called for help with an emergency C-section. They cleared airways and moved the newborns into incubators.
Verified · WSB-TV
AnimalsThe Phoenix-based Fetch Foundation sends fire departments free kits with pet oxygen masks, burn supplies, and critter bags. Phoenix crews used them after a house fire this week.
Verified · KJZZ
AnimalsMore than 20 volunteers followed an AirTag signal to a poodle-husky mix standing in the snow near Pepper Peak. She came home with a broken toe and a lost tooth.
Verified · UPI (AccuWeather)
AnimalsA concrete contractor brought a mini excavator, and firefighters and county road crews dug until a dog trapped since 5 a.m. jumped into her owners' arms.
Verified · WCTV
AnimalsForty-one dogs and one cat were removed from unsanitary conditions. Each will be spayed or neutered before adoption, and care may cost more than $15,000.
Verified · FOX 7
AnimalsThe Sioux Falls Humane Society's Pet Food Bank, with Greater Good Charities and the Animal Resource Center, loaded pallets for Brookings, Yankton, Mitchell, and Iowa so families can keep their pets.
Verified · Dakota News Now
AnimalsA 10-year-old Jack Russell who slipped out of a Canyon Village cabin on Sept. 10 was waiting in a doghouse inside a humane trap. She had lost about 10 pounds and was reunited with her family.
Verified · Cowboy State Daily
AnimalsMore than 20 dogs turned up at Junto Winery for the third annual event. Blue River Pet Rescue has recorded nearly 200 adoptions so far in 2026.
Verified · Seward Independent
CommunityAbout 400 people in the four districts beside the park learned what to do after a dog bite, and a World Rabies Day clinic in Kinigi offered free dog vaccination.
Verified · IUCN
AnimalsKimber, 11, and her owner Eric Schuman, a 78-year-old retired physician associate, have spent about five years as a pet-therapy team comforting patients, often starting shifts in the ER.
Verified · Salem Reporter
AnimalsThe La Crosse County American Legion and local groups paid to train Gilby for veteran Nicole Rogich. The dog is named for Air Force veteran James Gilbertson.
Verified · WKBT News 8000
AnimalsBoots, a relative of the department's K-9 Watson, will work with the resource officer in the Lin-Wood Public Schools.
Verified · WMUR
HeroesA gardener working in the yard saw the flames and rang the doorbell with a neighbor. The woman got out with her two dogs, and he held the fire back with a garden hose until firefighters arrived. No one was hurt.
Verified · NBC Los Angeles
AnimalsSummit County-based C-RAD, which trains canine avalanche teams across the West, received the ASPCA's 2026 Henry Bergh Award in New York.
Verified · Summit Daily
AnimalsRescue dog Mayzie has made more than 230 visits to first responders in Northern California and Nevada, comforting more than 3,000 people. Voting runs through Oct. 19.
Verified · Placerville NewsWire
AnimalsOne Veteran, One Dog, Two Lives Saved paired combat veteran Ashley Dunn Gonzalez with a rescued Labrador who now steadies her days.
Verified · News On 6
AnimalsBest Friends Animal Society says every Wyoming shelter saved at least 90 percent of the animals in its care for 12 straight months, 92 percent statewide.
Verified · Wyoming Tribune Eagle
AnimalsStarting October 28, Cherryland Humane Society and Hoop’s Pet Food Pantry will give out pet food on the fourth Wednesday of the month.
Verified · 9&10 News
AnimalsJonesboro Animal Services is taking food, litter, and cleaning supplies through October, and dogs adopted this month get a lifetime microchip.
Verified · Jonesboro Right Now
AnimalsThe seventh annual fundraiser outside an east-side Petco raised support for a pet food pantry, a wellness clinic, and animals looking for homes.
Verified · WBAY
AnimalsSaved from a hoarding case, he had a heart defect repaired at WSU. His foster vet said yes, forever.
Verified · WSU Insider