She was scared, shut down and completely overwhelmed Meet Tinkerbell: a sweet dog whose story begins in a heartbreaking place. Earlier this month, a pair of Good Samaritans driving through Exton, Pennsylvania, spotted Tinkerbell sprinting across a local highway. The worried onlookers pulled over and followed the pup into the woods. One woman grabbed a comforter out of her car, which she arranged on the shore of a nearby creek, while the other bystander called 911. By this point, little Tinkerbell was struggling on the muddy waterbank, her desperate eyes searching for help. Lucky Dawg Animal Rescue Soon, firefighters and police officers arrived. Using a Dunkin’ breakfast sandwich as a tasty incentive, they slowly lured Tinkerbell out of the creek and safely secured her. Rescuers brought Tinkerbell to Lucky Dawg Animal Rescue, where president and founder Mary Bauer greeted them. “[Tinkerbell] was scared, shut down and completely overwhelmed,” Bauer told The Dodo. “We knew she ...
"We had never seen anything like this before.” When Protect Animals Worldwide got a call about a dog who had fallen into an open tar pit at a construction site, they rushed there as quickly as they could. When they arrived, they found a pup covered in tar, struggling to breathe from the weight of it all. Looking at him, they had no idea whether he would make it. “They had no signs up, no warning, and people had told us that this wasn’t the first time this had happened,” Luana of Protect Animals Worldwide told The Dodo. Protect Animal Worldwide The tar was covering the dog’s face, including his nostrils and eyes. He had no idea what was going on, and his poor body was shutting down. “It was everywhere,” Luana said. “Our hearts were breaking.” Protect Animals Worldwide AD The team rushed the pup, later named Luciano, to the groomers, and with a veterinarian by their side, they began the tedious process of removing the tar from his body. They had to stop the process at one...