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|In: Animal Rescue|Last Updated:
10 Years of Life Saving, What To Do Next?

This year, Dallas Pets Alive! is celebrating our 10th anniversary as a foster-based rescue organization dedicated to saving the lives of healthy and treatable pets at greatest risk of euthanasia in North Texas. While we celebrate this milestone, we also want to celebrate YOU because together, we have transformed more than 11,000 animals’ and their families’ lives! 

Most pets that come into our care have medical issues so severe that shelters don’t have the capacity to care for them. More than a ⅓ of the animals DPA helps are considered Major Medical Cases ($1,000 or more in medical expenses). 

In 2021 we spent a total of $255,000 medical treatment for 1,385 animals from basic vaccinations to heartworms to major surgeries.

In honor of our 10th anniversary, long-time DPA supporters and advocates, Amy and Peter Baldwin, have stepped forward to launch The Baldwin Family Urgent Medical Care Fund. The fund’s

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|In: Terrier Dog|Last Updated:
Very long-Lost Pet dog Escapes New Property, Is Reunited With First Operator Many years Later on

A movie of a Yorkshire terrier identified as Louie reuniting with his operator soon after two years has long gone viral, attaining practically 1 million sights.

Louie, from Oakdale, New York, escaped from the backyard of a pal of proprietor Tiana Vignola, who was dogsitting at the time. For two years, Vignola has been searching for her pet dog, on a regular basis submitting on a “Assistance Find Louie” Fb site and putting up petitions to get their story on regional information.

Sal Ciaravino grew to become the hero of the tale when he and buddy Matt discovered Louie in the streets in the rain. Though Louie experienced a collar on, no name was present. “I recognized a puppy on the side of the highway so we stopped and checked the collar and it experienced no identify,” described Ciaravino in a comment.

“He was so friendly, he permit us select

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