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SMART, which stands for Specialized Mobile Animal Rescue Team, was founded in 2008 with the goal of providing animal-only services that weren’t offered by the LA Animal Services or other agencies.

A Palms Springs man cried tears of joy when he was reunited with his long-lost dog, more than a year after he went missing.

It might sound like one of Liberty Mutual’s “Limu Emu” ads, but police in Massachusetts really did have to wrangle one of the large, flightless birds this week. But the emu that wandered away from its home is back with its owners thanks to the Franklin Police Department, the agency said Monday.

It was a tail-wagging and heartfelt reunion Tuesday for a North Andover woman and her beloved pet dog, who reportedly was missing for more than a year following the devastating Merrimack Valley gas explosions. Salem News reports Altagracia Baldera was forced out of her home Sept. 13, 2018 due to the disaster. Seeking shelter, she and her pooch Virgo reportedly...

An aggressive bull took authorities on a 14-hour, 18-mile chase through three New Hampshire communities Monday before police had to shoot and kill it in Bristol. The 3,000-pound animal had become aggressive and police said they had no choice but to euthanize the animal before it hurt someone. From the neighborhood diner to the local florist, the bull caused quite...

A young girl was bitten by a rabid skunk Monday evening in Weymouth, Massachusetts. The skunk attack was reported at a home belonging to the girl’s grandmother about 5:30 p.m., Weymouth fire officials said.

A dog struggling to stay afloat in a Massachusetts river was saved when an animal control officer and a police officer hopped onto a paddleboard and hauled him to safety last week, police said. Charlie was unable to get back to shore while swimming in the Herring River, according to a Scituate Police Department Facebook post on Monday.

You’ve probably heard stories of cats hiding inside car engines. Or even squirrels. But a groundhog? That’s exactly what mechanics at Audy Automotive on Bridge Street in Dedham, Massachusetts found when they looked under the hood of one of their customers’ cars on Tuesday morning.

A Massachusetts couple had quite the fright earlier this week when they woke up to an unexpected guest in their bedroom: a 2-foot-long python. It was around 12:30 a.m. on Monday when Mansfield Animal Control Officer Jeff Collins received a call about a snake roaming an apartment building at Copeland Crossing, according to The Sun Chronicle. “They saw him in...

An emu prone to escaping from its enclosures is spreading its wings and moving into a bigger animal sanctuary, thanks to a community that rallied around him. Ralph, better known as “The Bird,” has been at the Rockin’ T Equine Sanctuary and Rescue in Libson Falls, Maine, for about a decade

An abandoned dog is recovering after someone left it along Route 28 near Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, Massachusetts, over the weekend.

Police in Camden, Maine, say a pet python, missing since Friday, appears to have slithered out a window in its owner’s home on South Lewis Avenue.

A New Hampshire police department has come to the aid of a couple of adventurous raccoons.

A mystery sea creature believed to be some type of a shark washed ashore at a Maine beach on Thursday morning.

Police and animal control took part in a joint effort to rescue a puppy who was impaled by a tree branch.

A New Jersey police officer saved a fawn by performing an emergency C-section after the baby deer’s mother was hit by a car.

A fox attacked three women in Burlington, Massachusetts.

A cat that was found frozen in the ice on a pond has been rescued by police in Newton, New Hampshire.

A New Hampshire mother is facing multiple charges after police found her living with a 6-week-old infant inside a feces and trash-filled home with no heat or electricity earlier this week.

Six puppies that were rescued after being dumped into a Massachusetts river will soon be up for adoption.