A man has been rescued after he spent nearly a week chained to a tree in a mountain forest near Vancouver in what police believe was a failed suicide attempt. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A newborn piglet was rescued from an untimely death on the road -- and the slaughterhouse -- when a driver found it in central England. Staffers there said they believe it was born in a truck that was hauling its mother and then rolled off. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

An animal protection group on Friday rescued more than 200 animals, including 26 hissing cockroaches and two bearded dragons, from an eastern Texas home. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

These tiny newborn hedgehogs are proving a handful for carers at a rescue centre - after the mild weather triggered a string of early orphaned arrivals.

See their cute pictures. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Struggling in frigid temperatures a horse named Beau floated in an old spring well for about four hours on Friday. His owner, Linda Smiley, watched helplessly as rescue workers tried to pull the four-year-old horse from the icy water. She was visibly shaken as she talked about her family's horse. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

She was stuck for five days and still survived. Good deal. picked by moe 4 months ago

Nine cubs, adult and tiger had been in decaying Romanian zoos.

The picture tells it all really... picked by bevissimo 2 months ago

A seal pup snagged in fishing line at the Children’s Pool in La Jolla is swimming free. As the seal grew, the net was in danger of choking it. But federal law protecting seals prohibited good samaritans from setting the pup free. picked by dollyllama 3 months ago

Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution.
The Justice Department says it targeted 16 cities as part of its "Operation Cross Country" that caps off five years of similar stings nationwide. picked by bingo 4 weeks ago

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 160 feral cats and kittens have been rescued from the site of the London 2012 Olympics as demolition work continues at a pace. picked by bevissimo 6 months ago

A total of 1,340 people, 367 of whom are mentally handicapped, have been rescued from forced labor since the notorious brick kiln forced labor scandal came to light in June. picked by deepchill 12 months ago

Six adults and two children from Eritrea were rescued from the back of a German chemical tanker and taken to a London hospital. picked by Pocksucket 6 months ago

After 6 years of detention, Ingrid Betancourt was rescued from leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops picked by wildminou 3 weeks ago

Princess is reunited with her pups after they were trapped under a pile of rubble. WSVN's Rene Marsh reports. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

A nursing assistant from Lowell is being remembered as a hero after she died while helping evacuate nursing home residents during a fire. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Two men who ventured into a protected seal colony in La Jolla this week to free one of the sea mammals from a fishing net could face civil or criminal sanctions, a federal spokesman said Friday.

*Update to this. No good deed... picked by dollyllama 3 months ago

"It was something that hit me. It was instinct that I needed to get them out and save them so they wouldn't die," she said. "When it first started, just the couch was on fire, but when I drug him out, by the time I got back in, the whole living room was black smoke and I couldn't see nothing." picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

A dolphin swam up to two distressed whales that appeared headed for death in a beach stranding in New Zealand and guided them to safety, witnesses said Wednesday. picked by dollyllama 4 months ago

The train was bearing down, and Wesley Autrey Sr. was trying to lift Cameron Hollopeter off the wet, slippery subway tracks where the young man had fallen after suffering an epileptic seizure.

*Update to this and this. 1 year ago today picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Happy endings for roaming pooch and his family! picked by dollyllama 2 years ago