Houston Stories

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Cincinnati rescue group pulls a double, helps two Texas shelters and nearly 150 cats in the wake of a hurricane

After transporting 42 cats from Harris County Pets in Houston, a van from Ohio All...
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Wee kitten helps Scottish adopter adjust to life in the Lone Star State

For Chris Henderson, adopting a little kitten after a trans-Atlantic move during a...
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Big orange tabby cat from Los Angeles charms adopter in Texas, road trips home

Steak managed to charm everyone in his Los Angeles foster home, including someone ...
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Puppy beats distemper with the help of two determined foster moms

Felix had a ticket to ride from Houston to Ruff Start Rescue in Minnesota, but whe...
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Big love for Texas pets during the COVID-19 outbreak

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of dogs and cats from Texas shelters fi...
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Grants helping Houston pet families during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue

The Friends For Life wellness clinic and food bank helping pets during the COVID-1...
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Meet a couple of best friends on a mission to help homeless pets together

When friends Marylin Sharp and Bobbie Oldfield aren't driving pets to new homes, y...
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Adoption PSA helps 1,500 Houston pets go home

How Houston-area shelters, Best Friends and a local news station got creative and ...
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15 quarantine foster pet stories

Check out these adorable pets who got to move out of shelters and in with foster f...
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From the streets to warm sheets: A pit bull’s journey home

It took a while to find a new home for Samwell, a young dog with a lot of energy i...
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Karma finally smiles on a high-energy, fun-loving pit bull terrier mix with a tough past

Once homeless in Houston, a high-energy, fun-loving pit bull terrier mix with a to...
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Scruffy pup goes from scared and broken in an overcrowded shelter to healing on a hammock

Scruffy terrier with broken femur has surgery to place four pins in her leg. She's...
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Shelters across the country step up to help pet transports, provide critical overnight stays

Moving animals from one shelter to another where they are more likely to get adopt...
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Even though the sign read "Everybody looks, but nobody stops," a 70-pound heartworm-positive Lab mix finally goes home

Even though it didn't seem like a great fit initially, yellow Lab mix, who is 70 p...
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Heavily pregnant dog was almost out of time in a shelter, but a tiny rescue group stepped in to save her

Bottle Pups and Mama Dog Rescue in Moab, Utah, steps up to save a heavily pregnant...
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