Rescue Reads

The frail old dog was wandering aimlessly in the middle of the street, wondering how he got there. It was getting dark early on this freezing afternoon in Brooklyn. Horns were honking, but the dog’s hearing isn’t great. Neither are his eyes. He narrowly avoided, more than once, getting crushed under the wheel of an …

The cat appeared out of nowhere. The construction worker was on his break when a black cat walked right up to him and sat down. He wondered how she got there because the site was in such a remote industrial area. There were no homes or apartment houses for miles. The cat seemed very interested …

Abandoned in a carrier when the temperature outside was below 20 degrees. The man noticed an unattended bag, right on our corner, and saw it move. He unzipped it to find a shivering little dog. The man knew we were right up the block and brought him to us. Nicholas, as we named him, was …

It was freezing when the woman took her dog out on their usual morning walk. The dog, always well-mannered in his harness, started pulling as they were getting close to the abandoned building on the corner. When they were almost in front of it, the dog pulled her to the curb. He began nosing his …

It was a very long journey, seven years in the making, that brought her to us. Litter after litter was born to this Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, as she spent her days stuck inside a dirty barn in Ohio. She sat there patiently and accepted her lot in life. Although her constitution was delicate, no …

We received a call from a man who needed medical help for his ten-year-old dog. His neighborhood vet was closed because of COVID and they advised him to contact us. He had discovered a growth on Chumley’s back and it was getting bigger every day. The owner couldn’t manage him on a bus and he didn’t have …

One night, a kindhearted man was walking his dog in the rain and heard mewing sounds coming from a pile of garbage. His dog was barking and laser-focused on a certain spot. The man knew there was a live animal in there. He called his friend who was a cat rescuer, and she came over …

The woman lived in Maryland and needed to surrender her dog. There were several rescue organizations in her area, but a friend recommended that she contact our Society. Sasha was two years old, a classic beauty, and weighed 101 pounds. The woman had grown up with Great Pyrenees dogs; she cherished the breed and Sasha, in particular. …

A lot of people come in for the young ones. In our Vladimir Horowitz/Wanda Toscanini Horowitz Adoption Center we have everything: young, middle-aged, and senior animals who come to us in need. One is Highway, a Dalmatian mix. It’s easy to imagine him as a youngster with his whimsical spots and sweet disposition. Highway is aptly …

Nacho is a senior Chihuahua, around ten years old and blind. His lean little legs are long and vulnerable. He was being roughly handled by a group of teens on the street. A concerned adult stepped in and sensed that they had no attachment to the dog. When she offered them ten dollars, they gladly made …