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When a former member of the Queen’s Guard heard that his service horse is set to retire, he thought it was the perfect time to show gratitude to his old friend by formally adopting him. Ezphia Rennock and a horse named Agricola met nearly two decades ago in an army barracks in London. From 2000
An Italian man named Luca Trapanese has been involved in social service programs ever since he was a teenager. So when he held Alba, a baby girl born with Down syndrome who needed a family, he knew in his heart that he was going to be the father of the abandoned child. From the moment
This couple never expected that at their age, they would become adoptive parents to a precious baby boy. Keia Jones-Baldwin, a North Carolina-based therapist, and her husband, Richardo Baldwin, were planning to adopt another child into their family of five. They were looking into older children to add to their happy bunch. But then, an
This couple from Ohio just agreed to adopt two sisters only to find out a surprise of a lifetime two weeks later – they were pregnant with twins of their own! A family of two easily became a family of six due to a serendipitous turn of events. Calena Durel and her husband, BJ, experienced
Joseph and Shanna Weight had been married for nine years before they decided to add another member to their family, and the chose to do it through adoption. They adopted their first child, Milo, in August 2013 five years ago. The little boy’s birth mom became pregnant again, and all she wanted was for the
Due to circumstances that are out of his control, Lewis Jimenez and his dog, Titus, were separated for four months. Titus ended up in an animal shelter. Lewis adopted the pit bull when he was just 2 years old from the Austin Animal Center in Austin, Texas. He actually hadn’t planned on adopting a pit
Staff from the animal rescue site have shared photos of one shelter dog who developed a strange habit of carrying his food bowl around everywhere he went, and the pictures will surely capture your heart! A dog named Oliver was found as a stray in Memphis, Tennessee after he refused to leave a family’s backyard.
Nellie, a spotted pocket pit bull, was rescued from a shelter on Christmas Eve of 2014 in Stockton, California. The poor pup, who was just a year old back then, was luckily saved from a pound. According to a Facebook post by the Final Frontier Rescue Project, the day that Nellie was rescued, she was
Old dogs for adoption? A man from Colorado just can’t stop himself from doing this one thing – adopting senior dogs. In fact his place became a home for animals with special needs. Steve Greig currently has eight senior dogs, four chickens, two ducks, a rabbit, and a pig. With all these animals as his
When you see Otávio today, you’d probably say that he is just a regular dog – playful and always wagging his tail like a true happy pup. This joyful demeanor would naturally make you think that life has always been like this for him, full of nothing but fun and love. However, that is far
Zachary and Pee Wee are two senior Chihuahuas whose owner recently passed away. They had no one to take care of them after that, so they were surrendered to a big public shelter in North Carolina. However, the shelter didn’t have enough space to accommodate them as they were already very crowded. Soon after, they
There are families who are fostering dogs while waiting for their forever home. And this is one of those stories with the sweetest ending. If you are a dog-owner, could you ever imagine abandoning your pup? If you truly loved your pet, then the answer would be a huge no. But the sad reality is