A family in Elbert County, Colorado awoke to find their horse Summer trapped in the home's basement. Summer had fallen down a four-foot window well and landed in the basement, which was not constructed with a walk-out d...

Firefighters in Bridgend, Wales, were called to a home in Pontycymer because a sheep had been spotted walking around on the roof. A fireman at the scene said, “We have never had anything like that before, though we ha...

The Humane Society of the United States named Yogi, a golden retriever, the 2011 Valor Dog of the Year for saving his owner's life after a bicycle accident. Paul Horton of Austin, Texas, went over the handlebars on his m...

A female poodle fell out of the sky onto the grounds of Shorncliffe Nursing Home in Sechelt, British Columbia. How she came to be flying over the nursing home is explained by the deep talon marks in her back and sides,...

(Video Link) A deer fell through the ice covering a frozen lake. A helicopter pilot came in close to observe and reasoned that he could use the force generated by his blades to blow the deer onto the ice and to the...

Danielle Michoud and her husband encountered a woman who was locked out of her car in Manchester, New Hampshire. Michoud was the smallest of the three, so volunteered to try getting in through the partially-open sunroof....

An Associated Press photographer had snapped a pic...  ...i nuclear complex in Japan. A team called Sheltie Rescue went into action after the picture was published,...  ...own by phone at a shelter and got her go-ahead to rescue the dogs. In the wee hours of Sunday morning,...  ...rbroath (Image credit: Ta...

Rescue workers banded together on Tuesday to retrieve a...  ...ff at Torrey Pines State Park. San Diego Fire and Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque told the story...  ...ok lifeguards about 30 minutes to rig a series of rescue ropes. A female lifeguard then rappelled abou...

A stray 4-month-old kitten in Louisville, Kentucky, helped himself to the remnants of a discarded can of soup and got his head wedged tight inside the can. The kitten was brought in by MAS animal control officer Raymond...

Hideaki Akaiwa was at work on March 11th when the...  ...s wife was missing somewhere in the flooded area. Rescue workers told Hideaki that all they could do was w...  ...and dove beneath the rushing waves, determined to rescue his wife or die trying. I'm not exactly sure whet...