Animal Rescue

Atlanta rapper Sterling “TrapKing” Davis took a break from touring to work at an animal shelter scooping kitty litter, which led him to quit his career and open his own cat rescue. The former rapper joins LX News to talk about breaking stereotypes around cat ownership, his cat raps, and a new dating app for cat lovers.

A dog was seen stranded on a frozen river in Fargo, N.D. Local authorities called to the scene braved the cold waters to rescue the dog.

Lynea Lattanzio is a self-identified “crazy cat lady.” She has turned her own home and 12 acres of property over to abandoned cats to keep them happy and healthy while she tries to find homes for those that are adoptable. Over the past 28 years, she has saved more than 38,000. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories travels to Parlier,...

A 13-year-old horse named Libby got stuck in the mud Tuesday afternoon at the Burrage Reservation in Hanson, Massachusetts, and was unable to break free. “It’s like seeing your kid going through trauma,” said the horse’s owner, Gretchen Zwicker. “She’s traumatized, she’s a very sensitive horse.” Zwicker was out riding when Libby started acting up. “She was being naughty,”...

Save a draft beer, save a dog. That’s the idea behind a new project by Thomas Hooker Brewery. The Bloomfield company is offering draft beer at a discount and part of the proceeds help a dog rescue. Inside Thomas Hooker Brewery on Tobey Road, it’s a tough time for draft beer. With restaurants and taprooms across the country closed,...

Bailey, a long-haired Chihuahua mix, is sprawled out on the kitchen floor enjoying tummy rubs from the hands of three children simultaneously. But her life didn’t always look like this. She was once a stray.

A group of local heroes rescued a fox tangled in a soccer net in New Hope, Bucks County.

The last puppy that was in a car stolen during a carjacking in New Haven Friday has been returned to a local animal rescue. Loyal Companions Animal Rescue said one of their fosters was transporting three puppies around 9:30 a.m. when he pulled over to clean up puppy poop. He was mugged and his car was stolen. The stolen car…

A local animal rescue is trying to find a puppy that was in a car stolen during a carjacking in New Haven Friday.

A disabled Husky mix who went missing when a car thief drove off with the dog still inside the vehicle has been found dead.

Former employees of a troubled Connecticut animal rescue say there were told to lie about sick animals and conditions at the facility, and worry that state inspectors didn’t do enough to help.

Two Connecticut State Police troopers went above and beyond the call of duty when they escorted some feathery friends to safety last week.

A donkey and an emu who bonded with each other can stay together, thanks to actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays the villainous Negan on the TV zombie thriller “The Walking Dead” and will keep the pair on his New York farm.

For 53-year-old Harry Brown, a homeless veteran with terminal pancreatic cancer, life has dealt some difficult blows. But a trip to Long Beach to say goodbye to family and friends proved especially devastating when his beloved service dog, Olivia, wandered away while he napped in a park ten days ago.

Rescuers plucked several ducklings out of a storm drain in West Hartford Wednesday.

Rescuers plucked several ducklings out of a storm drain in West Hartford Wednesday.