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.
Harley, a senior dog at the Wayne County Humane Society in Wooster, racked up more than 5 million video views without a single adoption application — until Amanda and Jesse Schossler changed their minds after losing two dogs.
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.
Bill Von Herbulis, 72, clung to a dock pipe for over an hour after his wheelchair tipped into the water at a New Smyrna Beach marina — until a stranger called 911 and Volusia County Sgt. William Leven dove in.
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.
Tucson Fire Department Engine 3 tracked faint meows to a hollow cavity behind an auto shop’s brick wall on Oct 12, freed the unharmed kitten, and the shop owners adopted her on the spot.
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.