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.

A kitten named “Kitty Love” caused quite a stir in Contra Costa County over the weekend after she climbed up six stories into a Cypress tree and could not get down.

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,...

The Bobcat Fire did more than char nearly 116,000 acres of vegetation and destroy some 170 homes and other structures as its aftermath threatens the habitats of many federally endangered species and biologists are trying to relocate them before winter storms and mud destroy their homes, it was reported Monday.

Watching his hometown burn from 2,500 miles away, Ryan Okrant knew he wanted to help. He just had to figure out how.

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.