Wedding held for therapy dogs at North Texas hospital

Wedding bells were ringing at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center on Friday, but it wasn’t for patients.

San Diego woman gives up 140 pet rats after population gets out of hand, now ready for adoption

How would you like a rat for a roommate? At least 140 rats have been put up for adoption in San Diego after their owner relinquished them to the San Diego Humane Society when her pet rat population got out of control.

Massive 190-Pound Mastiff rescued from Utah canyon after getting stuck

Rescuers in Salt Lake County, Utah, helped carry a large mastiff down from Grandeur Peak on Sunday, October 13, after the dog became stuck and was unable to move.

Police arrest Florida man in death of disabled dog

Jephthe Jean Francois is facing 15 charges, including animal cruelty and grand theft auto.

Fort Worth animal shelter offering free adoptions for big dogs

Fort Worth Animal Care and Control is asking for the public’s help to get more than 600 animals into a new home.

Owning a dog could help you live longer, study suggests

A University of Toronto study published Tuesday found that dog ownership is associated with a lower risk of death over the long term. 

$8K reward offered for information in ‘heinous’ case of beagle found skinned alive

An $8,000 reward is being offered for information leading to arrest in what the Humane Society of the U.S. called a “heinous” case involving a female beagle being skinned alive in southwest Missouri. 

Dog steals owner's dentures, gets hilarious new smile

Eunice and Maggie live with her parents and her father wears dentures. One afternoon while he was sleeping, he took his dentures out and placed them next to the couch. At some point during his slumber, Maggie grabbed the dentures and began playing with them. 

Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Reserve kicks off annual 'Fat Bear Week'

Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Reserve has announced the bracket for its fifth annual “Fattest Bear” of Brooks River competition, which will honor one of the park’s largest bears with the hefty title.

‘I’ve created a monster’: Labradoodle inventor calls the breed his ‘big regret’

If you are the owner of the very popular and adorable labradoodle breed, you might be thinking that bringing this lovable pooch into your home was a great idea. But the actual man who invented the dog nearly 30 years ago calls the breed his “big regret.”

Dog that lived at shelter for more than 400 days finally gets adopted after human moves in

A Kansas dog who has lived in an animal shelter for more than a year was finally adopted on Tuesday, a week after a man moved into the shelter to try and help find the dog a home.