After an October 2 fire left two Grass Valley, California apartment units uninhabitable, firefighters rescued a black-and-white cat and later handed it back to its overjoyed family in a reunion video shared October 7.
After April wildfires forced Gainesville shelters to place 150+ animals in emergency fosters, a October 13 WUFT update finds nearly every Alachua County foster pet has a permanent home — with Golden Corral and Diamond still waiting.
Outlaw, a BLM mustang who jumped a fence near Liberty Reservoir after a lawnmower spooked him, was captured after 66 days with a hay-lured pen and 59 fence panels — and Gentle Giants’ October update shows him wearing a saddle for the first time.
A man clearing a fence in Chapel Hill, Texas, heard whimpering from a water-filled concrete hole. Smith County Constable Josh Joplin helped him lift out Astro with a lariat rope, and the dog went home to his family.
On Oct 11, Phoenix firefighters rescued three dogs and three cats from a house fire near 37th and Van Buren, reviving some with Fido oxygen masks before Arizona Humane Society care.
Crews battling a house fire on Westview Avenue in Bedford, Virginia, found a large dog unconscious inside. They carried him out, and EMS revived him before he was rushed to an emergency vet.
When a frightened dog named Cody backed even farther under a backyard shed in Bay Shore, New York, firefighters stopped digging and brought out air bags, hydraulic rescue tools and cribbing. It took about 20 minutes.
A fawn spent what rescuers believe was several days trapped in a storm drain beside an apartment complex in Cary, North Carolina. Firefighters, animal control and public works crews spent hours getting it out with a tripod and a harness.
Aphrodite, a tiny Nigerian dwarf goat, spent a night stranded on a cliff ledge in Metchosin, B.C. Firefighters cleared a path, lowered a rescuer with pockets full of goat treats, and brought her home to her relieved owner.
Snowy, a 23-year-old horse, got stuck in a ditch tangled in branches in Staffordshire, England. Firefighters cleared the way, two neighbors brought a telehandler, and later he walked back into his stable on his own.