The Dodo

1 week ago | thedodo.com | Sarah Ashley

Kita was just 10 months old when Cross Your Paws Rescue found her. She had been living outside on several acres of land, fending for herself in the middle of winter. Immediately, the terrified dog was set up with a foster family. “She would just sit in the corner and stare at the wall,” Julie Cole, fundraising coordinator at Cross Your Paws Rescue and Kita’s foster mom, told The Dodo.

1 week ago | thedodo.com | Maeve Dunigan

Alone on the streets of New Jersey, a lonely pup named Fiddler recently found himself in need of a helping hand. Perhaps hoping someone might see him, Fiddler scrambled onto the roof of a suburban home. High above the street, he paced along the roof’s shingles, waiting for the right person to walk by. Eventually, someone saw Fiddler and posted a photo to Facebook. When rescuers from Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge saw the post, they headed to the scene and coaxed the pup down from the rooftop.

1 week ago | thedodo.com | Ashley Ortiz

A few weeks ago, Logan’s Legacy 29 founder Suzette Hall received a devastating call for help. A Good Samaritan in Los Angeles, California, discovered a mound of white fluff near a landfill and soon realized it was a group of dogs trying to survive. The nearly identical dogs were small and appeared to be puppies. But when Hall’s volunteer team eventually arrived at the landfill, they realized that one of the dogs was older than the others.

1 week ago | thedodo.com | Maeve Dunigan

This past April, staff members at Little Creek Navy Base in Norfolk, Virginia, noticed an unusual pair of visitors huddled outside one of the administration buildings. The furry guests were a pair of baby otter siblings, only about 5 to 6 weeks old. At first, staff members left the otters alone, hopeful that their mother might return for them. But when she didn’t come after 24 hours, staff members contacted Evelyn's Wildlife Refuge for help. Rescuers immediately knew the babies were in danger.

1 week ago | thedodo.com | Caitlin Jill Anders

Livy Vic was leaving the Moonlite Diner in Hollywood, Florida, and getting ready to head home when she spotted a cat in the parking lot and really wanted to say hello. Vic began calling the cat, making sounds and trying to get her to come over. The cat was playing hard to get — but apparently, she wasn’t the only animal lurking nearby. “I took my phone out to capture trying to pet it, and when I bent down to call it over, that’s when the zoo came,” Vic told The Dodo.