‘They are her puppies now’: Orphaned puppies adopted by dog 5 days after she lost her own litter

When a litter of orphaned puppies suddenly needed a caregiver after their own mother passed away from seizures, the rescue Secondhand Hounds had the perfect match — a mama dog who had lost her own litter of puppies just five days earlier after they were born premature.

Specialized canine auditory gear developed to protect military dogs from hearing loss

Specialized canine auditory gear has been developed to protect military dogs from hearing loss during training, the U.S. Army said Wednesday in a news release. 

Guard dog and abandoned baby giraffe are best friends

A South African baby giraffe abandonded by its mother at birth has found a friend. Jazz the giraffe was taken to an animal facility where a guard dog named Hunter quickly bonded with him. The dog and giraffe keep each other company.

Texas man arrested for dragging dead dog behind pickup truck

When Bautista was confronted by the onlookers, he picked up the canine -- which appeared to be dead -- and threw it in the back of his pickup truck before driving away.

Sick Puppy Peddlers: FOX 11 tracks down and confronts two new sick puppy peddlers in Fontana

FOX 11 tracked down and confronted two new sick puppy peddlers accused of illegally selling sick and dying dogs to unsuspecting customers responding to their Craigslist and Recycler ads.

Woman says her husky sniffed out her cancer, caught 4 re-occurrences before doctors could

Stephanie Herfel might not have caught her ovarian cancer in time if not for her husky, Sierra. She says Sierra sniffed out every re-occurrence of the cancer before doctors could see it on scans.

Police: Chained and abused dog chewed off her own paw

A three-limbed dog that was found chained in a yard in central New York last week likely chewed off her own paw out of desperation to escape and find food, officials said.

Dogs training to become therapy animals for fire department

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue in Florida is expanding a program to help the men and women of the department. The group is working with the county's animal services and the Greyhound Association to adopt dogs of different breeds to be trained as station therapy dogs.

Police officer adopts dog he found in stolen car

When a San Diego police officer responded to a call about a stolen car, he found more than just a missing vehicle. 

Hundreds of rats, mice abandoned along NY roads

An animal shelter in central New York is teeming with rats, mice, gerbils and guinea pigs after humane officers found more than 300 of the small mammals abandoned along roads.

Dog stolen from outside McDonald's in Brooklyn

On Thursday, Nicole Polsinelli's 3-year-old pit bull, Havoc, stood tied up outside a McDonald's in Bushwick beside her sister, Rogue, while Nicole's boyfriend waited to order inside.