Check Out this Adorable 36-Pound Cat
Is this the Internet's next viral kitty star? Meet Meatball (!!), a 36-pound cat that the Phoenix's Maricopa County Animal Care & Control shelter picked up, after he couldn't fit into a standard kennel. The shelter is trying to find an organization that deals with overweight cats to take him. Good luck, Meatball!
Your Morning Cry: Poodle Found Living in Trash Heap Is Now ASPCA's Dog of the Year
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) named their Dog of the Year, and what a dog it is! Blind senior poodle mix Fiona was found living trash heap in South Los Angeles, and I'm not kidding, I started tearing up when I typed that. The kind folks at Hope for Paws took in Fiona,…
Two Legged Dog Adopted; My Eyes Seem To Be Leaking
Roo, a chihuahua believed to have been born without front legs, has been adopted from a Los Angeles-area animal shelter. All together, now: Awwww.
This Thanksgiving, Some Opt To Forgo Gobbling Gobblers
Animal lovers, vegans, and haters of deliciousness are increasingly adopting turkeys rather than enjoying them with gravy. Apparently no one let their well-intentioned rescuers know that turkeys are huge assholes.
Surfer Saves Kangaroo From Shark-Infested Waters
This feel-good adventure could only have happened Down Under!
Duck Tales
Here's some Friday cuteness: animal control officers in Garden Grove, CA made a rare rescue mission to save a group of 14 ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain. The article comes with a video, complete with peeps and worried quacks from the mother duck who was "frantically pacing around the drain opening" when…

