Harrowing stories of rescue emerge from Texas floods
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Austin Pets Alive! and Kerrville Pets Alive! rescued and reunited five cats with their families, after the pets got separated from their owners during the July 4 flooding in Central Texas.
Pet owners are being urged to protect their animals in the hot weather following the rescue of a dog from a hot car. Wiltshire Police officers were called to a vehicle in Stirling Road, South Marston, to reports of a dog in distress at just before 8:30 BST on Wednesday.
On the one-year anniversary marking the passing of Christie Williams' dog, she decided to volunteer in his honor to give a canine from animal control a "freedom ride" to whichever rescue agreed to take them. But when she arrived and met Sarah, a blue nose pit bull, there was an instant connection.
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A rescue operation is underway after a truck fell off the Delaware Memorial Bridge and into the river on Friday, July 11. The accident involved no other vehicles but left one lane of traffic closed, causing morning delays.
HUNT, Texas (KABB/WOAI) — A family of nine narrowly escaped a terrifying flood that tore through their Hill Country home in the middle of the night. Tad Deupree recounted the harrowing experience, saying, "We really thought we were going to die."
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FOX 13 Tampa Bay on MSNFlorida man dubbed 'Nail Bandit' accused of sabotaging fire rescue vehicles with sharp objectsA so-called "Nail Bandit" faces criminal charges after Florida deputies say he repeatedly used sharp objects to damage fire rescue vehicles for more than a year and a half.
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Interesting Engineering on MSNRescue drone beats chopper, battles strong winds to fly up 3,973 ft in 4 minsThe tests were carried out in strong winds (up to 36 mph), which even helicopters struggle with. Jetson ONE also proved it can take off and land in tight spaces with just one pilo
Sometimes, paw parents have no other choice but to drop off their dogs at daycare. Although the pets and their humans look sad as they bid farewell, their enthusiastic reunion makes it all worth it. In one such instance,