Tag: adopts

Nurse Adopts Patient’s Beloved Dog to Help Him Heal

Caregivers often do everything they can to make their patients as comfortable as possible during difficult times. But Jennifer Smith, RN, of the Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility in Rome, New York, went a step further. At 7 a.m. on the Monday after Thanksgiving, Smith received a desperate call from one of her patients. Sixty-year-old John Burley’s beloved dog Boomer …

Firefighter Adopts Kitten He Saved After Developing ‘Very Special Bond’ During the Cat’s Rescue

Rescuers adopt kittens rescued from the pipe Courtesy Brandon Mulvaney Fireman Brandon Mulvaney’s family just got a little bigger and furlier. In August, Mulvaney – a firefighter with the Saginaw Fire Department in Michigan – received a warning at 1 a.m. about an animal trapped in a rain drain. Mulvaney and several others were dispatched to answer the call and …

101-year-old woman adopts 19-year-old cat from animal shelter

Old cats can still make new friends. Older animals tend to have a harder time being adopted. For a cat in North Carolina, however, its advanced age helped it find a home that was very special. Gus and owner (Catawba County Human Society) Jane Bowers, the executive director of the Humane Society of Catawba County, spoke to Fox News about …

Dog Who Just Had Litter of Puppies ‘Adopts’ Abandoned Kitten

A New Yorker shared heartwarming photos and videos on social media showing the thriving relationship between her beloved dog and a stray kitten she found and abandoned by her mother. Brittany Callan from Geneseo is the proud owner of six Dobermans, including Ruby, who is four and a half years old and breastfed a litter of six pups a few …