All tag results for 'shelter'

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

Zachary Quinto had a rough go when it came to adopting his first dog.

How rough was it? He has turned his dog hijinks into a short film!

In Dog Eat Dog, the flick retells Zachary's experiences when he decided to adopt his dog from the El Lay Animal Shelter.

Watch (above) as the video puts a cute and thoughtful take on the process of picking a companion.

These pups are SOOOOOO ADORBz!!! We wish Zachary could adopt them all!

Tags: adoption, dog, dog eat dog, inspiration, pets, shelter, video, zachary quinto

Lena Dunham is all about girl power, but her new babe is all boy cuteness!

The Girls creator has added Lamby to her life, after adopting him and introducing the pooch to world on Wednesday.

Lamby Dunham came from the BARC shelter in Brooklyn, and we can definitely see why Lena picked him…he's just too ADORBz!!!!

Here's what Lena wrote about him on Instagram:

Tags: barc, brooklyn, cute cute cute, dog, girls, inspiration, lamby, lena dunham, pets, rescue, shelter

Puppy mills are absolutely horrid, unforgivable and heinous…there's no ifs, ands, or buts about that.

The advances in technology have created online puppy mills, where commercial breeders can sell innocent puppies for profit, without caring for their welfare.

In a study done by 16 volunteers as well as investigators for nonprofit organization, International Fund for Animal Welfare, the team found nearly 750K ads DAILY on puppy buying websites as well as sites like Craigslist, eBay classifieds, and more.

Of these ads, 62 percent of puppy websites had dogs coming from mills.

The biggest culprit was

Tags: business, dogs, kennel, pets, population, puppy, puppy mills, sad, shelter, technology

Deck the halls with lots with puppies…la la la la la L.A. la!

Ellen DeGeneres is in the spirit of giving and she wants to give shelter animals another chance at life for December.

Joining the campaign run by Best Friends Animal Society, Ellen tweets her support:

Tags: best friends, ellen degeneres, pets, rescue, shelter, society, twitter