All tag results for 'shelter'

When it comes to doing awesome legal things, Colorado is leading the way!

Many states have a specific breed of dog as their state dog, but not Colorado!

Colorado has made shelter pets their state pet!

Tags: adopt, cat, colorado, dog, governor, hickenlooper, shelter, shelter pet, state pet

Riverside County Animal Services has a dog named Banjo that was rescued from some train tracks.

The little cutie was so popular that so many people went on their website to try and research the pooch, the website crashed!!

A spokesman said:

Tags: banjo, crash, cute, dog, funny, rescue, rescue dog, servers down, shelter, website

PETA has been fighting for animal rights for years.

They're often the only voice speaking up for those who have no voice of their own.

Though recently they've come under fire for allegedly euthanizing 90% of the animals they've sheltered!!

The Virginia Department for Agriculture and Consumer Services said PETA euthanized 1,675 of the 1,877 animals they took in their care in 2012.

The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is attacking PETA over these numbers, saying:

Tags: animals, awful, cat, death, dog, euthanasia, euthanized, kill, killing, murder, peta, pets, sad, shelter

OMG!! That is just too cuteeee!

At the Pets Fur People animal shelter in Tyler, Texas, there is a cutie pooch named Domino.

He's an adorbz lil Boston Terrier and we just wanna squeeze him!

Lil Domino was adopted recently with the help of his one special skill…

He can say "I love you!"

Don't believe us??

Check out the video (above) and hear it for yourself!

Tags: adopt, boston terrier, cute, dog, domino, i love you, pup, shelter, talking dog, tyler texas

Victory, a 1-year-old Chihuahua, was born with deformed front legs.

Since her front legs are only half the size of a normal dogs', she has to kind of hop around, and that's where her nickname came from: Kangaroo!

With a protective vest, a set of wheels and a sort of sled device, she'll be able to move around much easier!

Tags: chihuahua, cute, dearborn, dog, donations, orthopedic devices, prosthetics, shelter, victory, walk

Ricky Gervais is always looking for a way to inform the public on the harsh realities many animals face.

Even when the motivation comes from a Twitter fan!

A follower of the comedian tweeted Ricky and asked for a retweet so he and his sister can get a dog.

Ricky agreed….but the dog had to be a rescue…and then he took the time out to tweet about shelter dogs in general!

Tags: adoption, animal rights, dog, fan, pets, rant, rescue, ricky gervais, shelter, twitter

Really? This is a reason to commit a dog to death?!?!

A poor pit bull has been left on death row after his owner turned him in for euthanasia…..

After the owner suspected that the dog is gay….

However, thanks to a plea on Facebook, this pit may have a chance to continue his happy life.

Tags: dog, euthanasia, gay, pets, pit bull, rescue, sad, shelter, tennessee