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Watch a Real-Time Dolphin Rescue

Tom Blunt — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:00:53 +0000

You’re not supposed to help injured animals in the wild, but when a dolphin started hanging around these divers with a fishing hook and line obstructing its swimming, they were startled into action. A hook embedded in the dolphin’s fin was connected to a length of line that had becomed wrapped around, restricting its motion. [...]

Authorities Make Daring Rescue…of a Sex Doll

Mike Adams — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:00:48 +0000

It is not unusual to find the corpse of a woman doing the infamous hooker front float in the lakes, rivers and seas of Istanbul. But when that corpse turns out to be an abandoned inflatable sex doll

4 Week Old Puppy Gets Rescued from Underground Pipe [VIDEO]

Shay Hill — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:06:46 +0000

Myself and most of my co-workers are huge animal lovers, so anything dealing with animals pulls at our heart strings. When I saw this video I had to share with everyone. On Thursday of last week a Humane Society in Michigan got a call about a puppy stuck in a pipe. The puppy was only [...]

Hero Bus Driver Rescues Students From Burning Bus

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:35:11 +0000

You can’t get much more heroic than rescuing school children from a burning bus. Which is why public school officials and firefighters in Charlotte, North Carolina are raving about school bus driver Lindora Richardson, whose calm in the face of potential catastrophe may have saved the lives of the six children on her bus last Wednesday afternoon. As [...]

Brave Students Rescue Man Stuck in Mud for Three Days [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:23:02 +0000

Thanks to a group of high school students on a field trip, a homeless man stuck in thick mud for three days near the Rio Grande River in Albuquerque, New Mexico is alive and recovering at a local hospital. Last Saturday, students from La Cueva High School and their biology teacher heard a man yelling [...]

Watch a Brave Kayaker Rescue an Injured Dog Swimming in the Gulf of Mexico [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:20:35 +0000

Rory O’Connor was fishing off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico on Jan. 7th when he suddenly noticed a dog paddling toward him. As you can see in this video, O’Connor helped the injured pup into his kayak before bringing him to a local veterinarian. Once there, the Hungarian Vizsla’s microchip was [...]

Brave Firefighter Catches Boy Dropped From Third-Story Window [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:28:18 +0000

On Monday, a Roxbury, MA firefighter took heroism to new heights by catching a terrified boy dropped from a window in a burning apartment building, according to ‘Today.’ As firefighters responded to a six-alarm blaze, Lieutenant Glenn McGillivray witnessed six-year-old Xavier Lamb being held from a third-story window by his desperate grandmother. Fortunately, McGillivray was [...]

Moose Rescued From Swimming Pool by Firefighters [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:01:20 +0000

How many firefighters does it take to get a moose out of a pool? No punchline here — the answer is nine.

After vaulting over a fence and falling through the pool cover on the night of October 7, a full-grown moose found himself stranded in a backyard swimming pool in Manchester, NH. Local firefighters staged an emergency rescue, catching the whole endeavor on camera.

Dachshund Races Also Helps Bring Attention To Dachshund Problem [GALLERY]

Rudy Fernandez — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:36:25 +0000

The 2011 Dachshund Races will be Thursday July 21 at the Festival Gardens across from the Abilene Zoo. For the last four years I have been the master of ceremonies and race track announcer. There have been times where I could not contain my laughter during a race because those low-rider dogs are so unpredictable and funny. I can honestly say that dachshund races are funnier to watch than a monkey riding a dog. While the races are fun and has brought hundreds of dachshunds to the race in previous years, this years race brings an additional challenge of 87 rescued dachshunds from Mesquite that are needing homes.