9 Animal Rescues from 2014 That Will Put a Smile On Your Face

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.care2.com/causes/9-animal-rescues-from-2014-that-will-put-a-smile-on-your-face.html


by Abigail Geer December 31, 2014 7:00 pm

Animal rescue is always a cause for celebration, and this year there has been no shortage of incredible rescue stories where people have gone above and beyond to help those most in need.

To help put a smile on your face as you welcome in the New Year, we’re sharing some of the most inspiring animal rescue stories of 2014:

1. The Pig On Wheels


Image credit: Edgar’s Mission


Trotting into the hearts of people all over the world is Leon Trotsky, is one resilient little pig. After an accident that caused his injury and claimed the lives of his two siblings, which saved him from ending up on someone’s dinner plate, he found his way to Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary where he got his very own wheelchair.

2. Zeus the Starry Eyed Owl



Image credit: Wildlife Learning Center

Found lying motionless and emancipated on someone’s front porch after flying head first into a wall, rescuers soon realized that the cause of this owl’s accident was blindness. Named Zeus (the god of the sky) due to his mesmerizing starry eyes, he is now cared for at the Wildlife Learning Center as he was unable to be released back into the wild as he would not be able to survive on his own.

3. Elephant Raju Rescued After 50 Years in Chains

FULL story at link.

[shenmue]

1. Ultra squee!

Rescue is good.

[Thinkingabout]

2. I rescued another dachshund in November 2013, it took a year to get her in my lap

All the time but I succeeded, she is very loving, would do this again in a heartbeat. Little dogs needs some one to love them but I need a little doggie to love me more.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. I did the same with a little Yorkie. He had a mouth full of rotten and rotting teeth,

lost 18 of them and it took a full year before he came around to accepting us. Now he runs the house.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Sniff......grabbing tissues.

This is an area that helps us keep our humanity alive.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Autocorrect strikes again -- "lying motionless and emancipated" ? nt