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Jubilee, a 4-year-old Siberian husky, initially had trouble finding interested adopters at Monmouth County's Husky House — a nonprofit that helps abandoned huskies and other dogs across the Tri-State area. "I came from a 'breeder' who couldn't sell me because he said I was 'weird' looking. Huskies are majestic looking dogs and I don't know why I don't look like them," the 'pup' wrote in a Facebook post.

With the chain of unfortunate events occurring around the world simultaneously, one cannot help but to hope for a silver lining that would tone down, even for a moment, the devastation that is unraveling before our very eyes. More often that not, it can come in the form of a heartwarming news about a certain incident involving animals and their selfless acts.

When Emily Jokinen woke her husband, Jack, in the middle of the night, to tell him that she'd found a puppy in the house, he wasn't quite able to understand what she was saying.

An Arizona man’s emotional support animal is creating quite a buzz. Prescott Valley, Ariz., resident David Keller thinks the application process to register an emotional support animal is too easy — so he tried registering a swarm of bees as his service pet.

How would you describe your dog? What’s their personality? How soft are they? What other animals do they look like? This is what Stephen Shkuratoff of Calgary, Canada, wanted to know. Shkuratoff is a devoted dog lover and a blind man. He is also a member of the Facebook group Dogspotting Society — a place for members of different Dogspotting groups to discuss their own dogs and get to know other group members.

A small black and white pup is continuing her road to recovery after being rescued just in time from a freezing Illinois lake over the weekend.

Many dog parents already know their pets communicate with them, but what EXACTLY are they trying to say? A speech-language pathologist with an 18-month-old dog is working to find out, and she’s already discovered that her dog Stella can literally tell her things — like she’s tired after playing and now would like a nap, or that instead of playing at this moment she would prefer to eat, and that she would like to go outside, specifically to the park.

A stray dog was found keeping a litter of five kittens alive by cuddling the newborns, who had been abandoned in the snow on a freezing cold night in Canada. A passerby who spotted the dog and kittens alerted the Pet and Wildlife Rescue shelter in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, who rushed to the scene.

Reading in the presence of a pooch may be the page-turning motivation young children need, suggests a UBC researcher.

Farmers in the Malnad region in South India are reportedly dying their dogs' fur with tiger stripes to scare off bands of marauding monkeys. Apparently the monkeys are wreaking havoc on their corn crops.

Having a pet comes with endless perks, from the loving snuggles to the warmest of welcomes every time you walk through the front door. But, of all the responsibilities that come with having a pet, picking up their sh*t has probably got to be up there with the worst of them. In fact, I bet …

Andrew Taylor came up with the idea because of a lack of ‘good’ sticks at the local park

Dogs can act like illness psychics.

Scientists find higher cortisol levels in owners matched by raised levels in canine companions

I met two Aibo owners whose enthusiasm for Sony's robot dog seemed extreme at first glance. Now I'm not so sure.

People found guilty of the worst cases of animal cruelty will face up to five years in prison under a new law proposed for England and Wales. A Parliamentary bill from Environment Secretary Michael Gove raises the maximum term from six months. The harshest sentences would be for dog fighting, abuse of puppies and kittens, or gross neglect of farm animals.

When you can’t bear to say goodbye — and have $50,000 to spend.

The best therapists for silly human problems don’t say a word.

We dote on our cats and dogs, but is it a one-way relationship? Here’s what science tells us about how to decode their emotions, whether they are avoiding us or getting a little too amorous with our legs