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Two dogs rescued from Cairo, both born without the lower portions of all four legs, both taught to walk with prosthetics by the same extraordinary woman — two years apart. They're therapy dogs now, and they will wreck you in the absolute best way.
The beloved theatrical cat video festival returned nationwide on August 7, expanded to over 330 locations, with a portion of every ticket going directly to local cat shelters. Yes, watching cat videos in a packed movie house is now a charitable act.
A great blue heron, completely unbothered, riding a wading hippo through a river as if it had reserved the window seat — one of eight standout clips from this year's Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards proving that nature writes the best jokes.
Amber from Heart of the Underdog Rescue couldn't bring in the mama without finding the babies first — so she went back and found all eight of them. Watch S'mores go from wide-eyed stray to radiant mama who knows, somehow, they're going to be okay.
A river otter is trying its very best to start something. The capybara? Philosophically unmoved. Capybaras have become the internet's forever spirit animal, and this trending TikTok clip is the clearest possible argument for why.
