“It was an epic moment.” At Mexico’s Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, students learn far more than what is written in their textbooks. Alongside their academic studies, they are…
It was the hottest day of the year. One warm afternoon in May, staff and volunteers at Celia Hammond Animal Trust in the UK began receiving urgent calls from concerned…
In March 2020, when the world was beginning to shut down because of COVID-19, Carolyn Christ came across a newspaper ad that immediately caught her attention. A nearby animal shelter…
“We couldn’t believe it.” On the morning of April 26, the Jackson family’s home was filled with sadness. Charlene Jackson and her loved ones were spending their final hours with…
“When I saw the bird, I teared up.” After a long day of running his landscaping company on Nantucket, Massachusetts, Dave Montanile came home ready to relax. But shortly after…
“I thought, ‘Man, it’s really been a long time.'” Last September, Portland resident Tiffany Garner and her boyfriend noticed two girls walking past their house. The girls picked up something…
The tiny townspeople are helpless to stop them. Tucked between grassy hills on the southern coast of England is a charming little village that looks like something from a storybook.…
“ refused to look the other way.” A few months ago, Bryan was driving through Alabama on his way to a search-and-rescue training course when he came across a situation…
“It was sad to see them in a basket.” The other day, Alexis Aguilar, cofounder and rescue coordinator at Feeding Perris Strays, received a message about a mother dog and…
“It looked like he was trying to tell me something.” A few months ago, a stray cat suddenly started showing up outside Jaclyn Andersen’s home near Memphis, Tennessee. Andersen was…