A dog named Oreo is, thankfully, recovering after being chained to the back of a car by her neck and dragged for about 100 yards at 35 miles per hour.

Rocky, a Pit Bull mix, went viral after his local humane society posted a video in which he looks on from his room while potential adopters pass him by.

Friendly neighborhood firefighters rescued a poor pup who fell and couldn't get up in Miami Beach, Florida last week. Watch the heartwarming video!

In Indonesia, 50 dogs have been rescued from a truck headed to an illegal slaughterhouse, thanks to Sukoharjo police and Dog Meat Free Indonesia (DMFI).

After being informed about the dog, climber Hilario "Layo" Aguilar, put together a rescue mission to save the pup, whom they named Canelo.

A Kansas resident was en route from Utah when his dog bolted. Thanks to the dog's microchip, he has been reunited with his family after months of searching.

Monika, a Russian rescue dog, has defied doctor recommendations of euthanasia. She survived and now sports four brand new, titanium prosthetic legs.

In North Carolina, a ten-month-old Labrador-mix named Tucker was found walking the streets with what appear to be vicious burn markings on his face.

Jet, a small schnauzer, was found left in a crate in a park by a concerned citizen. Not only was the pup abandoned, but he also appears to have been abused.

Smokey, a 100-pound blue Pit Bull, ended up being the lucky recipient of some good, old-fashioned boy scout kindness and ingenuity on a Trail in Hawaii.

Hundreds of dogs have finally been rescued from Daniel Gingerich, an Iowa dog breeder. None of the standards for animal welfare were at all provided.

A shelter's longest resident, a nine-year-old Pit Bull mix named Cano, has found a new forever home after waiting over 200 days!

A two-year-old Shih Tzu mix is now safe and sound after paddling her little heart out into the ocean. What she was fleeing from remains unclear.

A group of friends boating around Fort Lauderdale, Florida, rescued a small dog stranded in open ocean. They posted the video on TikTok.

Five cyclists discovered an elderly, blind dog, abandoned and weak on a mountain trail. They gave her a second chance for a compassionate, late-life story.

An Iowa firefighter has a new best friend after adopting a 16-month-old Mastiff, named George, that he rescued from an apartment fire.

A woman hiking with her dog looked back over her shoulder to see that her pup had vanished. She'd fallen down into a deep rock crevice.

An Indiana dog has a new lease on life after a group of cave divers discovered him at the bottom of a 30-foot pit while they were exploring caves in the Dewey Hickman Nature Preserve (via WLKY). The group rescued the dog and placed him in the care of Harrison County Animal Control.

A dog named Poppy unexpectedly died after giving birth to a litter of ten puppies. Once her foster parents learned that another rescue dog, Pepper, had just recently lost her entire litter, they decided to introduce her to the pups.

The Chaffins can only wonder what their beloved Bella went through during her harrowing adventure. “How does any dog survive in the White River National Forest for a month, much less an eight-pound, ten-month-old, little Cockapoo?” the Chaffins wrote.