by Virginia Alaniz | Jun 12, 2018 | Animals, Awesome, Featured
It’s common knowledge that when a mother’s offspring is threatened she can quickly summon her superpowers to keep them safe from harm, hence the term “Mama Bear.” Recently, a surveillance camera captured this exact scenario when a leopard tried...
by Matthew Silvan | Jun 7, 2018 | Animals, Featured, Inspiration
In February, Gerber chose 18-month-old Lucas Warren as their next “spokesbaby.” On a recent vacation to Tampa, Florida, Lucas was introduced to the very first Gerber baby, 91-year old Ann Turner Cook. Gerber helped arrange the meeting with Cook, and the...
by Kelli Finger | Jun 7, 2018 | Animals, Featured
Dasha, a brown bear, was held captive in a cage outside a restaurant in Yerevan, Armenia. For ten years, this was the only home she knew. Dasha and her mate, Misha spent their days climbing the cage’s bars to beg diners for food scraps. To help them cope with...
by Kelli Finger | Jun 6, 2018 | Animals, Featured
During Memorial day weekend in Harris County, Texas, around 200 people abandoned their animals for the Houston-area shelter to take in. The shelter can usually hold 150 animals, one per cage. It’s overcrowded with three to four animals per cage. One of those new...
by Kelli Finger | Jun 5, 2018 | Animals, Awesome, Featured, Inspiration
I love stories where humans save animals. Reading and often writing of heroic animal rescues is heartwarming for me because, for these dogs, their lives greatly improve after rescue organizations step in. Have you ever read a story where a dog saves a human being?...
by Kelli Finger | Jun 1, 2018 | Animals, Featured, Inspiration
Some children with autism can’t stand to be hugged or touched. Can you imagine being a parent unable to embrace or have any physical contact with your child? For one 5-year-old boy named Kai and his family, this is their reality. Things changed when the little...