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Local non-profit flies animals from overcrowded shelters, allowing them another lease on life [Video]

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) Local pilots are taking to the skies to fly animals from overcrowded shelters. Dog Rescue Flights said 390,000 dogs are euthanized each year. To help reduce that number, the nonprofit frees up space in shelters by flying animals to sanctuaries, no-kill shelters and adoptive homes. It feels good to be able []

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Guessing the shelter dog – blindfolded! [Video]

How well can our team guess which shelter dog it is blindfolded? All of these perfect pups are available for adoption in our Los Angeles adoption center!Love animals? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubBestFriendsBest Friends Animal Society is a leading animal welfare organization working to end the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters by 2025. Founded in 1984, Best Friends is a pioneer in the no-kill movement and runs lifesaving programs all across the country, as well as the nation’s largest no-kill animal sanctuary. Working collaboratively with a network of animal welfare and shelter partners, and community members nationwide, Best Friends is working to Save Them All®. For more information, visit bestfriends.org.

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This is The Methane Moment [Video]

Slashing methane emissions as quickly as possible is the fastest way to slow global warming. EDF discovered the magnitude of the methane problem 12 years ago — and has been putting the urgency of solving it in the global spotlight ever since.Finding these invisible emissions is tough, and we don’t have a clear picture of where they are or who’s responsible for them. With the data produced by MethaneSAT, we’ll be able to measure methane at a scale never before seen — and polluters worldwide will have no place to hide.Learn more at edf.org

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Abandoned pup found along busy Dedham road available for adoption [Video]

BUSY START TO 2020 FOR A GOOD SAMARITAN HELPING OUT A GOOD BOY. ITS THE REASON ONE YEAR OLD PEANUT BUTTER ENDED UP HERE AT THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON AND NOT IN A MORE DIRE SITUATION. WHEN SOMEONE STOPS. WHAT THEYRE DOING, SEES AN ANIMAL IN NEED, AND ACTUALLY TAKES ACTION. ITS JUST A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE. MIKE DEFINA AT THE AHL SAYS. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, PEANUT BUTTER WAS FOUND WANDERING ALONG ROUTE 109 AT NIGHT WHEN A STRANGER WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE THE PITBULL WHO DIDNT HAVE A COLLAR, TAGS OR MICROCHIP. HE IS A DARK COLORED DOG, SO HE WAS VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE THE DAY HE WAS FOUND, TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE TEENS AND LOW 20S PEANUT BUTTER WAS BROUGHT HERE TO THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON IN REMARKABLY GOOD CONDITION AND IS NOW PART OF A GROWING LIST OF ANIMALS HERE WHO HAVE BEEN RESCUED BY PEOPLE WHO JUST HAPPEN TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. THE EARLY PART OF 2024 HAS BEEN VERY BUSY. WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY CATS, WHICH ARE WHICH ARE CATS THAT ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, STILL SEEING A LOT OF KITTENS COMING IN. AND THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH THE ELEMENTS THE WAY THEY ARE, THEYRE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, SUCCUMBING TO THE ELEMENTS. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WONDERING, AT HOME, YES, PEANUT BUTTER IS UP FOR ADOPTION AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW HE COULD POTENTIALLY JOIN YOUR FOREVER HOME, YOU CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, WCVB.COM. REPORTING IN DEDHAM, MATT

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Muscatine animal shelter dealing with Canine Distemper Virus [Video]

An animal rescue group in Muscatine is dealing with an outbreak of Canine Distemper Virus. Supporters of It Takes A Village recently received an email from the group, detailing the outbreak. We have an emergent situation that continues at our shelter.with many symptomatic dogs, and two positive Canine Distemper Virus tests so far, we continue []