New York Post / screen shot Video: When Its Owner Is Taken Away by First Responders, Loyal Retriever Chases After Ambulance As the ambulance took off for the hospital, the unnamed dog ran along behind it, determined not to let its owner make the trip alone. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 15, 2021
Natalie Solis / Facebook 3-Year-Old Miraculously Survives Freak Accident with Horse, Left with Facial Fractures and Brain Injury The horse tried to avoid the girl, jumping over her - but a back leg caught 3-year-old Brooklynn in the face. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 14, 2021
Melissa Laurie / Facebook Woman Punches Vicious Crocodile in the Face To Save Twin Sister After It Tried to Drag Her Underwater To add to the stressful situation, they have since learned that the tour guide was unlicensed and operating illegally. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 14, 2021
Ottawa Citizen / YouTube screen shot Canadian Shipping Company Offers Compensation After Family Says Truck Driver Ran Over Their Dog In a matter of less than two hours, they went from spending a nice morning outdoors to saying an unexpected goodbye. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 12, 2021
KTVI-TV / screen shot FedEx Delivery Driver Flown to Hospital After Severe Dog Attack in Rural Illinois Because of how serious the injuries were, the owners will have to go through a court process to determine the fate of their dogs. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 10, 2021
NBC Chicago / Facebook screen shot Small Dog Dies and Woman Left Wounded After Two Large Dogs Attack, Owner Now Facing Charges Shortly after the two large dogs attacked Ingram and Casper, they set their sights on another walker and his small white dog. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 10, 2021
Help Us Bring Byron Home / Facebook screen shot Sisters Devastated 1 Year After Dog Goes Missing, Say Microchipped Pet Was Adopted to Wrong Family By now, 'Burt' has been with his new family for near a year and a half, plenty of time for them to have formed a bond. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 7, 2021
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation / Facebook After Being Rescued Himself, 'Gentle Giant' Pup Joins Search and Rescue Crew in California Plucked from a rescue situation in Oregon, the black labrador retriever has shown that he has a penchant for search and rescue work. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 5, 2021
Mary Jane Yarbrough via WBIR Caught on Video: Bear Traps Itself Inside Woman's Car, Rips Interior to Shreds A Georgia woman was shocked to find a bear ripping the interior of her car to shreds during a trip in neighboring Tennessee. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal June 4, 2021
Kathy Rowan via People / Facebook screen shot Man Hears Distressed Bird Call, Climbs Into Storm Drain to Save Baby Ducklings Stuck Inside The mother duck stood at a safe distance, and once she had a few of her babies gathered around her, she started to calm down. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 4, 2021
@CRD69196083 / Twitter screen shot Rescue Saves Dozens of Dogs from Horrible Fate Ahead of Chinese Dog Meat Festival The rescue's website says that it costs about $2,500 to $3,500 to rescue a dog from China, and safe transport alone for 26 dogs costs $52,000. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 3, 2021
Brown County Humane Society Dog Shelter / Facebook Shelter Takes in Dog Missing for Over 1 Year After Unknown Suspects Throw Her from Moving Car As Savey's sad story circulated, it eventually came before the eyes of the man who had raised her from a puppy. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 2, 2021
@bakedlikepie / TikTok screen shot Viral Video: Teenage Girl Shoves Bear off Wall After It Attacks Her Dogs 'I see the bear, it’s grabbing my dog, Valentina, and I have to run over there. She’s a baby.' By Cameron Arcand, The Western Journal June 1, 2021
Valerie Lang Walden / Facebook After Being Stuck in a Tree for 7 Days, Cat Finally Rescued in Central Park The cat wasn't just up a regular-sized tree: She was nearly 100 feet up an enormously tall tree, with no means of getting down. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal June 1, 2021
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz / Flickr Biden Chooses to Protect Lesser Prairie Chicken Over Americans Jobs, Oil and Gas Industry 'It’s a threat that sort of kills investment and causes problems,' said an attorney who's firm has represented energy companies. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal May 30, 2021
Far Out Ocean Research Collective / Facebook screen shot New Zealand Ocean Group Watches in Amazement as Bottlenose Dolphin Adopts Baby Whale 'Pilot whales spend seven years with their calves. There is a good chance it will eventually join another pod of pilot whales.' By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 30, 2021
Chris Carella / Flickr Subscription Service 'BarkBox' Halts Deliveries After Dog Owner Says Chews Killed Her Pet The popular subscription service BarkBox announced deliveries of a product would be halted after a woman complained it killed her dog. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal May 29, 2021
Global News / Video screen shot Canadian Family Heartbroken After Support Dog for Boy with Autism Suddenly Goes Missing Many people eager to help have responded with information for found dogs that resemble Tonka, but none have been him. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 29, 2021
Donna Krauszer Moore / Facebook After Spending Nearly 7 Years at a Shelter, Dog Finally Finds His Forever Home Mica had experienced some rough treatment from kids in his formative years that made him unpredictable in certain circumstances. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 29, 2021
CBC London / Facebook screen shot Pet Tortoise Mistakenly Returned to the Wild, Found by 'Really Worried' Owner After Frantic Search One good Samaritan recently mistook a large tortoise for a turtle, and it almost led to the critter's demise. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal May 28, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Dems Vote to Allow Sick Animal-Human Hybrid Experimentation Senate Democrats narrowly opposed a measure which would criminalize chimera or human-animal hybrid research. By Taylor Penley, The Western Journal May 28, 2021