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News Articles: animal rescue

Georgia DNR and Florida FWC work to disentangle right whale No. 5217 off St. Simons Island on Dec. 4, 2025. Credit: Clearwater Aquarium Marine Research Institute/taken under NOAA permit 24359. Credit and permit number required for use. Aerial survey funded by NOAA Fisheries and Georgia DNR.

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  • Animals

In two-day effort at sea, team partially frees whale of fishing gear off Georgia coast

A team from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was documenting the second North Atlantic right whale calf of the season about 4 miles offshore of the Florida/Georgia border on Wednesday when they received an urgent message.

December 08, 2025
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
Tens of thousands of pets — if not hundreds of thousands — were left in places like New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina because disaster response agencies told people to leave pets behind.

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  • Animals

A lesson learned after pets were left behind in Hurricane Katrina: Save the animals

People were forced to leave their pets behind during Hurricane Katrina, creating an unprecedented animal welfare crisis that has shaped the country's disaster response ever since.

August 26, 2025
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By:
  • Nathan Rott
A baby seal was rescued from New Haven, Conn., over the weekend. The pup, believed to be a few weeks old, is now recovering at the nearby Mystic Aquarium.

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  • Animals

Why did the baby seal cross the road? It's not a riddle for this Connecticut city

A baby seal was rescued from the streets of downtown New Haven, lethargic and underweight. He is now recovering at a nearby aquarium, which hopes to eventually release him back into the ocean.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during his first post-presidency campaign rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington, Ohio, U.S., June 26, 2021. Photo by Shannon Stapleton/REUTERS

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  • News

Georgia Today: Trump orders release of classfied documents; Puppy mill busted; Kemp seeks relief aid

On the Friday, Jan. 24 edition of Georgia Today: President Trump orders the release of classified documents related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr:; more than 100 dogs are on the road to recovery after being seized from a South Georgia puppy mill; and Gov. Kemp asks state lawmakers to approve millions of dollars in Hurricane Helene relief aid.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
This image released by the U.S. Coast Guard, shows Connie the container dog, which was found trapped inside a shipping container on  Jan. 31, 2024.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The life and work of Seuk Kim, pilot and animal rescuer

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Seuk Kim, a volunteer animal rescue pilot who died in a crash earlier this week, transporting several dogs.

December 01, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Mohammad Saud (left) is one of two bird-saving brothers profiled in the documentary <em>All The Breathes. </em>Above, he and his employee and friend Salik Rehman tend to an injured kite.

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  • Global Health

Whatever happened to the brothers who save birds whose wings are cut by kite strings

Since their round of fame in the Oscar-nommed documentary All That Breathes, the brothers are gaining worldwide support — and an infusion of donations.

August 28, 2023
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Screenshot of the social post for "CatVana" created by Kayla Delcoure for Pippi's Place.

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  • Animals

How a cat rescue worker created an internet splash with a 'CatVana' adoption campaign

If you're on the market for a "2015 Furcedes" named Buddy you're in luck, thanks to a social media manager's campaign modeled after Carvana. Pippi's Place in Atlanta has a Furrari and a Meowzda, too.

May 19, 2023
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By:
  • Matt Adams
Country music legend Dolly Parton, pictured here in March, announced the launch of "Doggy Parton" on Wednesday. The collection includes pet apparel and accessories, some featuring the singer's face.

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  • Business

Barking 9 to 5! Dolly Parton launches 'Doggy Parton,' a pet apparel collection

The line features fringe-trimmed cowgirl dresses, rhinestone-bejeweled harnesses, gingham shirts and bandanas, concert T-shirts, toys and even a blond wig inspired by the singer.

August 31, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
These canines are some of the nearly 500 beagles that Homeward Trails Animal Rescue collected earlier this year from an Envigo research facility in Virginia. Now Homeward Trails is taking in additional beagles from Envigo, which bred the dogs for pharmaceutical research, after a federal judge ordered thousands of remaining dogs to be released.

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  • Animals

Animal rescue groups across the U.S. band together to rescue 4,000 beagles

A federal judge ordered thousands of dogs to be rehomed from a Virginia research facility after several inspections revealed poor conditions. Animal rescue groups are working to do just that.

July 14, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A 1-year-old Shiloh shepherd named Tinsley led police to the scene of her injured owner

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  • Animals

This heroic dog traversed the interstate to lead police to her injured owner

What started as a report of a dog loose on the highway ended with the timely rescue of two injured humans. One-year-old Tinsley, a Shiloh Shepherd, is getting praise and extra treats for her heroism.

January 05, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Staff members at the Kabul Small Animal Rescue are working to put together travel crates so the organization's dogs and cats can safely be evacuated out of Afghanistan.

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  • Animals

An Animal Rescue Group Is Racing To Get Hundreds Of Pets Out Of Afghanistan By Aug. 31

Kabul Small Animal Rescue's American director is raising money to airlift more than 200 dogs and cats, the group's staff and their families before foreign troops leave at the end of the month.

August 25, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
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