Julia Powell

Inspectors with stowaway Connie - Photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class Lucas Loe / US Coast GuardIt was amid a mountain of shipping containers that US Coast Guard inspectors managed to locate this sweetheart, who was trapped inside for as many as 8 days without food or water. At the international port in Houston, Ryan McMahon, a petty officer 2nd class, was conducting a … [Read more...] about ‘It’s scratching, dude’-US Coast Guard Inspectors Rescue Stowaway Dog from Shipping Container

Erica Hart with her thermal imaging drone - SWNSMeet the pet detective who has helped track down and reunite 330 lost dogs with their owners for free--using a thermal imaging drone. She doesn't accept a penny for her work, saying that the joy when an owner is reunited with their animal is all the reward she needs. Erica Hart, 44, got her first drone as a present from her … [Read more...] about She’s a Pet Detective Who’s Tracked Down and Reunited 330 Lost Dogs with Owners for Free-Using Thermal Imaging

When followers of a Twitter account named "Animals Dying", saw a video showing a dark figure swimming in muddy water while holding a fawn, they probably didn't expect a happy end. But they were in store for a pleasant surprise. Although the creature in the grainy footage initially appears to be an alligator at first, the labrador retrievers soon reveal themselves as a … [Read more...] about Video of a Dog Rescuing Drowning Fawn Goes Viral via Surprising Twitter Account

KTOZ Schroniske in Krakow, where hundreds of people came in to adopt dogs either permanently or temporarily to get them out of the weater. credit KTOZ SchroniskoAn animal shelter in Krakow was left without words after a weekend of action saw lines out of the door of people who came in to temporarily adopt a dog in the face of an onrushing cold front. Dubbed "Operation Frost," … [Read more...] about When Dog Shelter Makes Appeal for Homes as Temps Plummet Below Zero People Arrive in Droves

Kobe the husky digging holes in the yard - SWNS / Chanell BellIt would have made front-page news around the country: a quiet Philadelphia neighborhood exploding suddenly into flames days before Christmas; but because of a clever dog with a heck of a nose, it's only making news here on GNN. A disastrous gas leak was detected underground by Kobe, a 4-year-old husky owned by … [Read more...] about Dog That Won’t Stop Digging Saves Entire Neighborhood After They Find Dangerous Gas Leak Underground

Kassy and her two litters - released from the Zoo. At the Potawatomi Zoo in Indiana, a mama golden retriever has her paws as full as can be these days looking after a huge litter of pups--but half aren't hers. The zoo had the unhappy issue of an African painted dog who was a first-time mom and wasn't displaying the level of care required to raise her litter of 8 pups. The … [Read more...] about This Golden Retriever is Nursing 3 African Painted Dog Pups at Indiana Zoo After Mother Abandoned Them

credit - Arlington, WA Police Department, released. In Arlington, Washington state, a hero dog changed his tune and alerted her owners to a fire consuming their neighbor's house. It was 3:00 a.m. and a fire was quietly burning the workshop of a nearby North County home. Douglas O'Connor, II, was asleep in the house next door when his dog Lucy woke him up. "Normally, I just … [Read more...] about ‘Bark was Unlike’ Any Heard Before

Best Friends Pet Resource Center - FacebookAli Paepke had very little hope that a dog named Neo would be able to fit in at her rehabilitation center. The poor pooch had been in a shelter for over a year--more than 450 days, and was part of an ongoing animal abuse trial, which Paepke said typically creates an animal that's difficult--and in many cases impossible--to … [Read more...] about Abused and Stuck in Shelter for 450 Days ‘Mind-blowing’ Dog Charms Everyone at Rehab and Finds Forever Home

By Pietro SchellinoCaring for a pet helps stave off cognitive decline for people over 50 who live on their own, according to a new study of almost 8,000 participants. Researchers found that pet ownership was associated with slower rates of decline in verbal memory and verbal fluency among the older adults who were living alone. The study included 7,945 mostly-white British … [Read more...] about Owning Pets Helps Stave Off Dementia for People Over 50 Living on Their Own

credit - Adams SPCAFor the pooches and purr-babies in the SPCA shelter of Adams County Pennsylvania, Christmas came early. By Saturday two days before Christmas, every last one of them had found a new owner, leaving the kennels vacant on Christmas Day for the first time in 47 years of operations. The team says that one cat arrived Saturday evening after they took the photo … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania SPCA Shelter Empties Kennels for First Time in 47 Years: ‘A true miracle’