Awesome story! Scamp saved six kittens stuck inside a box on a mountain of trash. Scamp heard them, tore the box apart and brought them one by one where he now happily lives. Scamp is a former homeless dog, and had only one thought: saving them as himself was saved once.
A blind boxer named Baks got a whole new lease on life thanks to a goose named Buttons. The goose leads Baks around everywhere either by hanging onto him with her neck, or by honking to tell him which way to go. Owner Renata Kursa, of Lublin, Poland, was heartbroken when Bak was left blind after an accident.
‘But gradually Buttons got him up on his feet and starting walking him around. They’re inseparable now – they even chase the postman together.’
Our cat Sweetie Wildcat looked like this when our neighbors Chris and Leigh Ann rescued her from a parking lot in a thunderstorm. Sweetie has loved us unconditionally since she joined our family. (Here’s a link to her story: http://www.mykesweblog.com/2006/06/fast_food_kitte.html)
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A two-faced “Janus” cat had entered the Guinness World Records at 12 years old, for being the longest living cat of his kind. Frank and Louie’s condition is a birth abnormality, and most cats born that way do not live long.The record holding cat is doing well and living in the area near Worcester MA with his pet-mom Marty, who has a background in veterinary medicine. Marty was working at Tufts Veterinary Medical School when she got Frank and Louis, who was brought in at one day old to be euthanized.
Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes — and lots of doubts about his future.
A dog known as ‘Yeti’ nurses adopted piglets in Camaguey, Cuba. Yeti has been pulling double-duty nursing not just her own young but also the 14 swine.