Heroes & Hounds

When a three-year-old Polish girl went missing from her home, her dog went with her and kept her warm through the cold night.

A Pit Bull named Creature is being hailed as a hero for finding an elderly woman who had wandered into the woods and was covered in mud.

A Pit Bull protected a 3-year-old boy who wandered off into the snowy woods near his South Dakota home in near-freezing temperatures.

Elizabeth Oliver risked her life to save animals in Japan’s Fukushima fallout area, and now she’s saving puppies bred for profit by Japanese gang members.

Two sisters and their five dogs are alive thanks to the heroic actions of a 10-year-old Pit Bull named Baby.

An arthritic little Rat Terrier who wandered onto a busy Texas highway is alive, thanks to the quick action of a police officer.

Gabe, a 10-year-old Lab mix who was rescued from a shelter the day before he was to be euthanized and then went on to serve 210 weapons-sniffing missions in Iraq, crossed the Rainbow Bridge today. The 2012 recipient of the American Humane Association Hero Dog Award suddenly became sick yesterday, according to his “Vote Gabe [...]

Thanks to the power of social media and the compassion of Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a dog left outside in the freezing cold is safe.

Sophie saved her puppy buddy from a coyote attack, but both dogs were given up for adoption. Sophie needs a forever home. Emphasis on forever.

An injured Pit Bull mix who’d been lying on a sidewalk for five hours, ignored by passersby, was rescued by three LAPD officers who took him to an emergency hospital and then raised the money to pay for his surgeries.