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Shelters, foster homes, and the day an animal gets a family. 17 verified stories. Stories come from Las Vegas, Denver, and Cincinnati. 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
AnimalsShelter staff built a wheelchair from Hot Wheels and rulers for a stray kitten with a back injury. Tattoo artist Hope Hollandsworth adopted him.
Verified · The Washington Post
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
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
AnimalsOn his 15th birthday, Evergreen Park sophomore Daniel Kirincic found a lost cockatiel on the track bleachers. It matched a bird he had painted the year before, and the owner let him keep it.
Verified · Patch (Evergreen Park)
AnimalsLaborer Bobby Silva, 26, of Waterford, scooped up a 5-week-old kitten that had fallen about 120 feet into the Thames. She had no broken bones, and he adopted her and named her Molly.
Verified · NBC Connecticut
AnimalsAbout two dozen Bitty Kitty Brigade fosters explored the Sea Life aquarium, a yearly outing that helps socialize them for adoption.
Verified · Associated Press
AnimalsA charitable foundation gift will pay for cat-holding upgrades and surgical equipment at the Waverly shelter.
Verified · 607 News Now
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
HeroesRoderick Green gathered 304 donated items for the Royse City Animal Shelter, collecting them outside pet stores in Rockwall and Fate.
Verified · Royse City Herald-Banner
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
AnimalsThe Norman nonprofit invited the public to a grand reopening, with new kennels and room to perform veterinary care on site.
Verified · News 9
AnimalsA leash-cutting in Granby marked the new Grand County Pet Pals shelter, with the doors set to open to the public on October 1.
Verified · Denver7