Philanthropy Project

Pets for Vets

Nonprofit organizations that match homeless pets with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or brain injuries are giving second chances both to people and animals. The pets provide healing and stress relief for veterans returning home from war zones.

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Actress Saves Lapdogs From Euthanasia

posted: 104 DAYS 8 HOURS AGOcomments: 163

filed under: Good News, Animal Welfare, Charitable News

X17online.com

Katherine Heigl pays the cost of transporting 25 lapdogs from Los Angeles to New Hampshire to avoid being euthanized. The small dogs are overpopulated in Los Angeles, and there already is a waiting list to adopt the pooches in New Hampshire.

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Dogs Land Holiday Flight to Freedom

posted: 109 DAYS 9 HOURS AGOcomments: 78

filed under: Animal News, National News, Animal Welfare

Thanksgiving week is special for some 50 dogs who fly from Chicago to New York in hopes of finding homes. Out west, the dogs likely would have been euthanized. Instead, they got pheasant and sweet potato, and a chance at a better life.

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Top Dog Wins $1M for Shelters

posted: 109 DAYS 7 HOURS AGOcomments: 3

filed under: Animal Welfare

A chihuahua rescued from a puppy mill is top dog in more ways than one. "Dr. Papidies" is tapped as the nation's cutest dog. But his owner isn't keeping the $1 million in prize money -- she's giving it to two Colorado animal shelters.

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Scottish Widow Leaves $7.5 Million to Met

posted: 114 DAYS 12 HOURS AGOcomments: 0

filed under: Good News, Animal Welfare, Arts and Culture, Charitable News

A retired civil servant and music lover from Scotland stunned her friends and family by leaving $7.5 million to New York's Metropolitan Opera. The opera buff also loved bird-watching and gave nearly the same amount to the UK's Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.

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Pets 'Pawpawty' to Support Charities

posted: 167 DAYS 5 HOURS AGOcomments: 0

filed under: Good News, Animal Welfare

Martin Cleaver, AP

Romeo, a North Carolinian cat and Dougal, an English dog and their owners have gone Twitter crazy since discovering that thousands of dollars could be raised to support animal help groups through their intercontinental soirees.