Share Your Animal Rescue Stories

[Altair]

Animals have a special place in our hearts, and often, we can't help but want to help them. Many of us have experienced some great rescue stories that are worth sharing with others.

So, let's share our favorite animal rescue stories! Whether it's a story about rescuing a stray animal from the street or adopting an animal from a shelter, we'd love to hear it.

What inspired you to rescue the animal? How did you go about it? Was it an easy or challenging process? And most importantly, how has the animal changed your life?

Share your favorite animal rescue story and inspire others to make a difference in the lives of animals.

 

[Foxybananas]

One hot day last Summer as I was driving through a dead end street near my job, I saw 3 cats laying in the middle of the street. It was a very hot day, temperature was 100 degree Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) and they looked HOT!! The day after, I started feeding them and giving them fresh water. Thats when I noticed a 4th cat, hidden under a large construction truck who clearly was not doing well. She eventually came out from her hiding spot and she was very thin, very dirty, very fragile and petite in size , barely could keep her eyes open and had a lot of mucus coming out of her nose. It was heartbreaking seeing her make her way to the food so slowly.

I didn't know what to do as I didn't have a way to pick her up or somewhere to take her. For the next few days my boyfriend called around and emailed different shelters to see someone would take her but all shelters were full capacity. I ended up turning to "Nextdoor", an app for neighbors/ neighborhoods and found a few kind people that allowed me to borrow their cat traps, their crate and someone volunteered to take the cat in! That very weekend, my boyfriend and I went to set the trap and within a few hours we captured her. We kept her in our garage the first night, away from our cats and the next day brought her to her new home. The cat was taken to a vet and we found out she was 10 years old, had no teeth, was 4 pounds and had several infections, luckily the person who volunteered to take the cat took care of all the medical bills and gave her a forever home!

 

[Henrywrites]

This is not about me, but about the time my grandma had the opportunity of rescuing a stray dog when we were growing up. It was a wonderful moment for her as she felt that letting the dog wander around wasn't a great idea. The dog, lucky, ended up staying with her till the death.

 

[Harvey]

I live close to nature, so there's a wood near my place of residence and I usually go for hunting once in a while. I ended up coming across 6 new kittens abandoned in the wood with no trace of their mother. I had to go home and brought some cat's food for kittens and have them fed. I had to stick around all day to know if their mother would return but she never did. I had to take all of them to the shelter in my county.

 

[Sarah]

I live close to nature, so there's a wood near my place of residence and I usually go for hunting once in a while. I ended up coming across 6 new kittens abandoned in the wood with no trace of their mother. I had to go home and brought some cat's food for kittens and have them fed. I had to stick around all day to know if their mother would return but she never did. I had to take all of them to the shelter in my county.

That's very thoughtful of you. Something like this happened but my mother was the one that rescue them, they are just three. After everything, they are all grown and beautiful.