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  In November of last year, two stray dogs were unexpectedly taken into the care of the workers at  Stillwater Animal Welfare (SAW)  in Stillwater, Oklahoma, as they were getting ready for the holidays. SAW was used to tending to multiple creatures at once, but their bond was stronger than most. Together, the two heeler mixes—later dubbed Bonnie and Clyde—went everywhere. Although they were appreciative of the kindness and support of their new SAW friends, they truly flourished in one other's companionship. FACEBOOK/STILLWATER ANIMAL WELFARE After they each received clean bills of health, Bonnie and Clyde’s friends at SAW started advertising them for adoption. Within a few days, a family fell in love with Clyde and decided to take him home — but no one showed up for Bonnie. Later that night, the heartbroken girl curled up on her empty bed and burrowed her head in sadness. “Bonnie is all alone since her brother got adopted,” SAW wrote on  Facebook . “[S]he definitely misses having

  Tiffany Maki and her dogs had just spent a short time at the park when she noticed a small, fluffy boy sitting by himself on the grass. He was tied to an overturned crate and barking at onlookers. He must have gotten lost during the half hour that Maki and her dogs spent playing at the park because he wasn't there when she arrived. “He was barking at everything and growling, but he was wide-eyed,” Maki told The Dodo. “Just terrified.” TIFFANY MAKI Maki has lots of experience in animal rescue, and she could tell that the dog, later named Explorer, was more scared than anything and didn’t really want to hurt anyone — he just didn’t understand what was happening to him. “As I would walk closer, he would bark and lunge at me to make me keep my distance,” Maki said. “I knew no one else probably would have tried to grab him for fear of being bitten.” TIFFANY MAKI Maki decided she couldn’t just leave him, so she waited there with him for a while, gaining his trust, before safely securin

  Seven puppy siblings discovered themselves huddled inside a cardboard box earlier this month, attempting to stay warm. The puppies were found abandoned in a secluded area of Saskatchewan, Canada, in a dump blanketed in snow. There was little chance they would be noticed. Still, they clustered together, possibly hoping that assistance would arrive as they kept their eyes fixed on the horizon. PRETTY IN PINK ANIMAL RESCUE Miraculously, a community member in the area happened to see the puppies’ fuzzy faces peeking out from the box. Horrified, the passerby posted about the puppies on a community Facebook page, asking for help. Eventually, local police were at the scene, moving the puppies to safety. PRETTY IN PINK ANIMAL RESCUE It wasn’t long before someone contacted  Pretty in Pink Animal Rescue . Shelter cofounders Lindy Adams and Kristen Schick were crestfallen, but not necessarily shocked, to learn about the puppies’ situation. “It's always upsetting,” Adams and Schick told The

 When Pita initially arrived, her new friends at the crowded Los Angeles shelter were unsure of what to do. Her pregnancy was so acute that it looked as though she would give birth at any moment. They couldn't take care of her since they didn't have the time, space, or funds, so they contacted  MaeDay Rescue , who agreed to take her in right away. MAEDAY RESCUE When Natalie Garcia, founder of  MaeDay Rescue , first saw Pita, she couldn’t believe how big her belly was. “She looked like she had swallowed a watermelon,” Garcia told The Dodo. “It was insane. She could hardly walk. She was so uncomfortable.” MAEDAY RESUCE Garcia took Pita to the vet to have an ultrasound done, and no one could believe how many puppies she had growing inside her tiny body. She was going to give birth any day, so her rescuers settled her into a foster home and waited. Poor Pita was nervous from everything she’d been through and exhausted from being so pregnant, but she slowly began warming up to her r