Cassie had been in the same rural shelter since she was a puppy. Then suddenly her entire world was turned upside down.

“Crammed into a too-small crate, abandoned on a road with hardly any traffic,” a North Carolina animal shelter wrote March 17 on Facebook. “Hours passed. Maybe days, maybe longer. No one knows exactly ...

Abandonment is, sadly, something rescue groups see far too often. Many dogs are left to fend for themselves, confused and scared, after being suddenly discarded by the very people they trusted.

Matilda may have come into the Northern Ocean County Animal Facility scared and unsure, but with time, love, and patience, ...