Houston SPCA agrees, then declines interview with Watchdog Mary about how its handling animals saved from floodwaters in Texas. 

Animal rescuers and shelters are overwhelmed right now with thousands of animals found after Hurricane Harvey, many were saved from flood waters.

A family from Corpus Christi, Texas contacted Watchdog Mary, upset the city’s Animal Care Services department demanded they pay $100 to reclaim their dogs after Hurricane Harvey hit the area.

When a young man named Connor woke up last Thursday morning, he had no idea he was about to be a lifeline for two lab mixes, Thelma and Hercules, stuck in the oncoming path of Hurricane Harvey.

Youngblood all of a sudden heard firefighters outside their house.  She raced out and asked them for help. "We tried bringing the dogs but the current was too strong. We had to walk with the firefighters in shoulder high water, they didn't have a boat," said Youngblood. "They told us bringing the dogs back inside was the best thing to do." 

Pure joy is what Anai Montero felt the moment she was reunited with her Boston terrier, Rex, after 12 days of agony. This incredible reunion is the result of a dog with a will to stay alive, and an owner who refused to stop searching for him. 

“She’s having her babies now!” Those words, yelled by an animal shelter worker, are what started quite an adventure for a pregnant husky and a rescue volunteer, Jennifer Taylor.

Ron needed a miracle. And he got one! “It’s almost as though he can’t believe how much yummy food he can eat, or how many treats his foster mommy gives to him, or how soft and snuggly a dog bed can be.”

"Flutter, flutter, wham! Wham! Wham!"  That's what pedestrians who walk by this Boston area office building have heard all week, as they watched this confused seagull fly into a mirrored glass window in Beacon Hill. 

Veronica and Marty Barillas never thought the word "horse" would mean so much to them.

Nine years ago, their son Nico was born with Down syndrome. He's mostly nonverbal and communicates with an iPad app. Veronica and Marty are always looking for ways to enrich his life and find ways to teach Nico to express himself. 

“Resilient.” That’s how everyone who has met Jacob, a 6-year-old pit bull, describes him. He’s come a long way, mentally and physically, over the last year, but now he finally has a place to call home.

Cute, floppy ears are one of a lab puppy's most adorable attributes.

So when a dog named Remi developed a weird growth in one of his ears, his foster mom, Carlie Childres, was a bit alarmed.

The presents brought to this 9-year-old boy's birthday party weren't filled with Lego's, or action figures or games. Instead he asked for gifts for rescue dogs and he maybe sparking a new trend!

There's an urgent situation in San Antonio tonight and dozes of dogs are at risk. Earlier this week animal control officers seized 82 dogs from a local rescue and brought them to the municipal shelter.