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An elderly dog has finally been adopted after spending 11 years in an Alabama animal shelter when a Wisconsin couple heard of her story.

Questions remain unanswered regarding a young woman from Alabama reportedly found dead in the U.S. Virgin Islands in June.

A humane society in Hamilton, Ohio, has a clever idea for people needing a smile this upcoming Valentine’s Day.

A one-year-old dog that was apparently abandoned at the Des Moines airport Thursday is now in safe hands.

A seven-year-old dog named Flip is basking in the love of his adopted family after spending over 2,555 days in Ohio shelters.

An Italian national who runs an animal refuge in Ukraine vowed to stay by his pets’ sides on Sunday, telling Argentina’s Clarin newspaper he would rather “die” in Ukraine amid its ongoing military invasion by Russia than leave the shelter.

A stray canine in North Carolina that repeatedly tried to steal a purple stuffed unicorn from a Dollar General has been adopted.

A dog that spent 809 days at a Southern Illinois animal shelter waiting for a loving family to adopt her has finally found her forever home.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to support a homeless man who saved all the animals at a Georgia shelter after a fire broke out.

A homeless man risked his life to rescue several cats and dogs trapped inside an Atlanta, Georgia, animal shelter after it caught fire.

An Ohio dog finally found his forever home Monday after staying at a local shelter for more than a year.

A retired police officer is using his retirement to do good, often by driving thousands of miles to save dogs’ lives.

An adorable dog who wears her heart on her chest found her “fur-ever” home, thanks to a viral social media post.

A Florida kennel at an animal shelter is empty for the first time in history since all of its dogs were adopted.

A Colorado boy decided to have a different twist on his birthday party this year by requesting that all his guests bring donations to be given to an animal shelter instead of toys.

A brewery in Bradenton, Florida, is using special beer cans to help adoptable dogs find their forever homes. 

A nine-year-old pit bull mix was adopted from an animal shelter after five years, just in time to spend Christmas with his new family on Wednesday.

Hundreds of rescue pets found new homes last week after an animal shelter in Hazard, Kentucky, asked for community help.

An anonymous donor’s gift might allow some pets to find a permanent home this Christmas season after the donor gave enough money to cover adoption fees for the month of December.

An anonymous donor gifted 40,000 pounds of pet food and snacks to a no-kill shelter in Oregon on Wednesday.

A brewery in North Dakota is using beer cans to help shelter dogs find their forever homes. 

A veteran on hospice was able to say a final farewell to his beloved dog this week in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A rescue dog that spent nearly three years at an animal shelter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been adopted by a new family.

The Jacksonville Humane Society is celebrating after it cleared out its animal shelter, giving every pet a foster home ahead of Hurricane Dorian.

An animal shelter in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, thanked those who responded to their viral Storm Area 51-themed Facebook post on Monday.

A Good Samaritan who serves as the director of an animal rescue nonprofit was arrested in North Carolina for sheltering pets during Hurricane Florence.