Animal Rescue Stories
Read featured animal rescue stories and see pictures and videos of some of the rescues and adoptions completed by Animal Hope in Ft. Worth Texas.
Voodoo – The Blind Bully
Voodoo is a six-year-old blind bully. He is completely healthy aside from the fact that he is blind! This handsome boy uses sound and smell to guide him. He is super sweet and gets along with other dogs and people. Voodoo gets super excited when he bumps into a...
Rescue Dog with Bilateral Cherry Eye
This baby was dumped outside of Cleburne with bilateral cherry eye. Cherry eye is a term for the prolapse of the third eyelid gland. This third eyelid is located inside the lower eyelid and serves as a protective layer for the eye. It contains a special gland that...
Blair – The Adorable Pup in Need of Dental Care
Blair came to us from Mansfield Animal Control in need of dental care to deal with some bad teeth. We are working on getting those teeth back in tip-top shape so Blair will be ready for a new home! You can donate here to support Blair's recovery. View our available...
Carrie – The Little Dog with Flea Dermatitis
Carrie came to us from Mansfield Animal Control with some bad skin caused by flea dermatitis. This condition is caused by an allergic reaction to flea saliva. Flea allergy dermatitis causes itchiness, redness, bumps, pus-filled spots, and crusts. In severe cases, it...
Haengbok – Breeding Cocker Spaniel From a Puppy Mill in Korea
Do you know someone with a cocker spaniel shaped hole in their heart? This is Haengbok (which means Happiness). Haengbok came to us all the way from Korea. He was a breeding dog at a cocker spaniel puppy mill in Korea and is debarked. Our rescue friends in Korea tell...
Tadpole – The Dog with Horrific Injuries
This pup, who we named Tadpole, came into Fort Worth Animal Care and Control today with pretty horrific injuries. While he can't tell us what happened, it looks like he may have been hit by a car as he has a degloving injury on his forelimb and road rash on his neck....
Squishy – The Kitten with a Broken Jaw
Squishy the kitten has a whole host of medical problems... a broken jaw, a degloving injury on his chin, and radial paralysis of his right front leg. A concerned citizen took him to an emergency hospital and they reached out for rescue assistance. We’re going to...
Don Draper – An Amputee Pig
Don Draper is our amputee pig rescue. He came to Fort Worth Animal Care and Control with a necrotic leg and extensive wounds all over his body from a dog attack. His owner's neighbors attempted to care for his wounds at home but by the time he arrived at Animal...
Autumn – The Twerking Dog
Autumn the twerking dog has a movement disorder caused by damage or birth defects to her cerebellum. It doesn't bother her, though! She loves going outside and playing with the other dogs. Her movement disorder does not slow her down at all from twerking! We have...
Mindy Sue – Pit Bull Hit By A Car
Mindy Sue is a Pit Bull hit by a car. She came to us from Fort Worth Animal Care and Control with a fractured vertebra, a dislocated elbow, two fractures of the femur and a fractured tibia. She required $7,500 in surgeries! This is outside of our normal medical budget...