Posts categorized under: Pets

With Your Help 1,711 Pets Got a Second Chance!

By Denise Bash, Director of Special Projects Funded by GreaterGood.org (thanks to YOU), in partnership with Freekibble.com, Wings of Rescue have supported the transport of 1,711 pets on numerous Freekibble Flights to Freedom from high intake shelters to partners who have space for adoptable pets! These fabulous shelter pets’ lives are only at stake because of lack of space in shelters. Many shelters […]

GreaterGood.org Awards over $540,000 in Grants to Ten Nonprofits

GreaterGood.org recently awarded over $540,000 in grants to 10 charitable partners: Veterans Village, Autism Speaks, Food Recovery Network, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Mae Tao Clinic, National Autism Association, The Fund for Animals, Veteran Homestead, Wings of Rescue, and the United States Military War Dog Association. These grants will support various projects that assist GreaterGood.org in meeting its mission to protect people, pets, and […]

Red Paw Disaster Response – Assisting Displaced Pets and Their People

According to the United Staes Fire Administration, there are over 1.3 million house fires every year in the United States. These terrifying family disasters affect every walk of life and everyone in the home. Most communities have relief ready for the human victim, but what about the pets? One organization out of Philadelphia, the Red […]

First Annual National Feed a Rescue Pet Week a HUGE Success!

That's right—in one week, your selfless donations totaled 4.5 million meals to be donated to rescue animals in need through our Rescue Bank program! The number of animals who will benefit from your efforts is staggering. 

Homeless, Alone, Scared and Pregnant!

Raven was abandoned and pregnant, would anyone come to save her?

National Feed a Rescue Pet Week: Feed 3 Million Rescues!

July 24th – 30th is National Feed a Rescue Pet Week Help us meet our goal to provide 3 million meals to hungry rescue pets around the country! When you #Give10, YOU provide 400 meals to an animal in need. One of the biggest expenses for shelters and rescue groups is feeding animals in their care. For […]

Who Would Throw Puppies from a Truck?

Not long ago a group of unwanted pups were thrown from the back of a moving truck. It was his loving personality that made everyone at Brookhaven Animal Rescue League fall in love with him.

Imagine Trying to Sleep in a Scary Animal Shelter on a Cold Concrete Floor

We hear all too often about what's wrong with the world; I'm happy to report some of what's right, especially the animal world.

URGENT – Help Over 70 Dogs and Puppies Rescued from Deplorable Conditions

   Recently, Alaqua Animal Refuge accompanied officials to evaluate 70 dogs and puppies living in an unsanitary home with an elderly woman confined to a wheelchair. Several dogs were seized from the Florida home, but Alaqua was forced to return them since the woman was providing the minimum standard of care. Alaqua Animal Refuge kept in […]

Help Animals like Tarzan – Descendants of Chernobyl Disaster

Today, there are nearly 1,000 stray dogs and over 100 stray cats that live at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant or in the exclusion zone that surrounds it. Predators and other animals in the exclusion zone expose these animals to rabies. The dogs rely on the workers for food and care, but the first thing the dogs do when you feed them is breed.