Animal Rescue

A Riverside County animal rescue is looking to give Chance the cat a second chance at life. ARE Animal Rescue in Hemet, which saves homeless animals from the euthanasia list at local shelters, pulled Chance from a shelter in January. At the time, the cat’s condition was so severe, the shelter was going to put him down. ARE took...

The operator of a dog rescue organization denied Monday that she wrongfully took a homeless man’s longtime canine companion, saying he voluntarily gave up the animal earlier this year. Plaintiff Elliot Haas sued Little Love Rescue and Brittany Littleton on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking unspecified damages and an injunction preventing the defendants from harming the dog,...

Have no fear, kitty, Riverside County Animal Services are here to save you from your tight predicament. And it’s a good thing they were. The female calico cat was found trapped Tuesday morning in between two brick walls in Cathedral City, and it didn’t look like she had much of a chance of getting herself unstuck. A resident called...

In a video posted to their Youtube channel, Riverside County Animal Services rescues a cat trapped between two walls in Cathedral City.

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

Nearly two dozen neglected and sick dogs found at an Ontario home without food or clean water were rescued Wednesday after complaints from neighbors. The malnourished dogs, mostly retrievers and spaniels, were relying on small tree branches for food, according to the Inland Valley Humane Society & SPCA (IVHS). They range in age from 1 to 13 years. Neighbors said…

Without food and clean water, nearly two dozen dogs ate small tree branches to stay alive at an Ontario home.

A husky is rescued from prowling around the riverside freeway at midnight. Vikki Vargas reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020.

A 3-month-old Australian cattle dog is recovering after firefighters responded to an unusual report of tire trouble in Riverside County. The puppy was stuck after poking her head through the center of a spare wheel Wednesday in Coachella. When Riverside County Animal Services Officer Jose Cisneros arrived, the puppy’s head was sticking through the center hole of the wheel....

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

Social Media Video: Animal rescuers who dealt with emergency situations first-hand after the Woolsey fire and Ridgecrest earthquake, have launched a ‘Disaster Relief’ first-aid kit for pet owners.

NBC4 and Telemundo 52 announce the return of pet adoption campaign Clear the Shelters launching now and culminating on Saturday, August 17.

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.

Bailey now enjoys tummy rubs, but life didn’t always look this good for this rescued dog. We follow up with Bailey, one year after her adoption at NBC’s Clear The Shelters.

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.

The Woolsey Fire that has burned 70,000 acres, destroyed at least 150 homes and forced the evacuation of more than 200,000 people in Los Angeles and Ventura counties was also mobilizing the local animal rescue community, as volunteers scrambled to find shelter for thousands of small pets and large animals alike.

More than a dozen wolves have made their way to Southern California after being rescued from a questionable fur farm in the midwest.

Rescuers caught their first glimpse of the donkey wounded by an arrow on July 18. The animal was able to elude animal services until being successfully captured on Tuesday.

Remember the donkey who was found with an arrow in its head? Well, meet the volunteer group who aided in its rescue. Kathy Vara reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. Friday, July 27, 2018.