Brighter Today

13/07/2025

Smartest Dog Ever Drops Girl to School Alone! 🚀💖 | Must Watch!

13/07/2025

Cat of the Day!

Jerry! Yep his personality is just like Jerry Lewis the comedian! He is a real ham but so divine and loving! 🤍🧡🤍🧡

Credits to:
Kristi Andrews

13/07/2025

Good samaritan rescue extremely emaciated and wounded dog found wandering alone...

13/07/2025

Dear internet, you’ve helped this boy once. Can you do it again?

A few weeks ago, Pluto’s life changed forever when a video of him being hit with a leash went viral. Thanks to your response, our Law Enforcement team stepped in and brought Pluto into our care. But shelter life is no place for a young, sensitive dog who’s still learning about the world. We’re afraid that the longer he stays in the shelter, the harder it will be for him to manage stress. So, we’re calling for an SOS hero adopter for Pluto.

Pluto is fun-loving, smart, and full of energy. He’s the kind of dog who will make you laugh with his goofy zoomies and keep you on your toes with his enthusiasm. But his early experiences lacked structure and normalcy during a crucial period of development for dogs, and he is still learning to settle and enjoy positive interactions with people.

He’s making huge progress with positive reinforcement training. He knows sit, loves sniffy walks, and is quickly learning that calm choices get rewarded.

Pluto’s ideal home is an experienced, adult only home. His adopter will be excited about giving this fun boy his next chapter that is full of positive, force-free training and helping him build confidence while providing him with the exercise, structure, and love he craves. We aren’t ruling out placing Pluto with another pet, but good matches and appropriate introductions will be required.

Pluto is a smart and playful dog who is extremely responsive to our positive reinforcement training plan. We know the perfect adopter is out there for him to give him a fresh start. Please help us find that person! If this could be you, please stop by our Boston Adoption Center to meet Pluto. We have open adoption hours Tuesday-Sunday from 12pm - 3pm - no appointment needed to speak to a staff person regarding available pets.

13/07/2025

Woman finds an abandoned kitten on a porch that turns out to be the happiest little furball ever.

13/07/2025

One night, my husband called me after I had gotten off of work to tell me, "We have a cat." I was stunned.

When I got home, the ittiest bittiest white kitten lay limply - half alive, half dead - in my husband's hands. It was obvious she was malnourished and was not getting milk from her mother.

Desperate for the little baby's survival, we tried squirting some baby formula (all we had) from an oral syringe into her mouth (after having to practically pry her jaw open to get the tip of the syringe in there). She neither moved nor swallowed. Her jaw hung open - she was too weak to close her mouth. It seemed like the little thing had just given up.

We didn't expect her to be alive when we woke up the next day, but she was! Her spirits fired up overnight - she decided to fight to live.

The next day, my husband called me after work again - ANOTHER cat! A little orange kitty was found outside in the same place the white one was found, fading away like she had been.

There was no questioning that we would strive to save his life as well... but this would make three indoor cats and two outdoor to feed! We'd have to find the orange one another home when he was ready.

One night as we were enjoying the 2-and-a-half week old kittens running across our couch playing, an astounding thing happened. The orange kitten curled up next to the white one and affectionately, softly stroked his sister's back with the bottom of his chin, left to right. He adored his sister. From that moment, my husband and I knew there was no separating these two, ever.

Today Alley (the white) and Wampus (the orange), now 3 years old, are perfectly happy together still. When one is absent, the other cries for them. They are truly friends for life, and they are everything to us.

13/07/2025

Brooklyn man follows odd sounds to nearby basement then comes out with a kitten no bigger than a small loaf of bread...

13/07/2025

WENT TO RESCUE

🐾 Duke is Back and Looking for His Forever! 🐾

Sweet Duke, a 1-year-old German Shepherd, was sadly returned to us today—through absolutely no fault of his own. His adopter is undergoing surgery and could no longer care for him. Duke was just shy of 10 months when he first left us in January, and now he’s back—a bit more grown, even more handsome, and just as loving. 💔

Duke is a gentle giant with a heart full of love. He’s housebroken, good with other dogs, and did fine with cats. We believe he’d be great with kids, especially respectful ones. That said, he’s a big boy with a lot of young shepherd energy, so an active home and a strong, confident owner would be the best fit.

Ideally, a home with shepherd experience will help him thrive and understand the unique qualities this breed brings. German Shepherds don’t do well in kennel settings—and this being Duke’s second time in one—we are very eager to get him back into a loving home before this environment starts taking a toll on him mentally.

💔 He’s a truly great dog who deserves so much more. Please share Duke’s story and help us find him the permanent landing he so badly needs.

📍 Let’s get Duke out of the kennel and into the forever home he’s been waiting for.

💌 Adoption application: https://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/FormCenter/Animal-Shelter-5/PreAdoption-Application-50

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13/07/2025

This pretty girl came in yesterday. She was found on Haddonfield-Berlin Rd in Cherry Hill. She was glad to be dry with us last night, but she'd rather be back home. In the meantime, she is safe with us at the VAO. Thank you.

13/07/2025

Calcifer plopped right on down next to Gremlin and I don’t think Gremlin was amused 🤭 Calcifer sure looks happy with himself though!

13/07/2025

When a cat chooses you, all else can wait.

😽: Lucy