There’s a new celebrity in town, and this one has four legs and fur (or not). Pets have been steadily gaining in popularity over the past few years, to the point where they are now bona fide celebrities. Just take a look at some of these furry or feathered stars and you’ll see what we mean.
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Gang of wild turkeys terrorize small Oregon town
Pilot Rock City has had enough. The residents are tired of cowering in their homes with the blinds drawn while a horde of enraged turkeys terrorizes their community. The fowl-army rolls into Pilot Rock in numbers reaching up to 70, but in classic guerrilla warfare style, the birds splinter into smaller groups when they hit the town.
A Christmas miracle: St Nick returns lost dog to North Pole
A family in the North Pole had a Christmas miracle when their husky was rescued by a man who calls himself ‘St. Nick’. Jeff Hayes and his brother-in-law were heading home to the North Pole, Alaska when they stopped in northern BC.
We’re pawsitively obsessed with Phillies Catcher Cameron Rupp and his new babe Lola
If Cameron Rupp isn’t 6 feet of dog-loving babe we don’t know what is. The Phillie’s catcher is a family man, great baseball player and above all, dog rescue advocate. He’s involved in the Pennsylvania SPCA, often paying for the dogs’ adoption fees.
Firefighters rescue dog from frozen river, happy ending for family
A dog in Swift Current, Saskatchewan fell through the ice of a frozen river. Luckily, a quick call to the fire dept. saved his life.
Shootout lead to lost puppy rescue, family has happy ending in San Diego
A family experienced a holiday miracle while watching a televised shootout in San Diego. Salina Hurtado’s 9-month-old pitbull puppy went missing shortly after Thanksgiving. She searched their Oceanside neighborhood, suspecting that Catalina had been puppy-napped.
Princess Fiona at the Cincinnati Zoo the Hippo smooches adorable little girl
Fiona the Hippo’s cuteness level was already at 100 before she smooched an adorable fan. One lucky little girl shared a kiss with the hippo princess through the glass of her enclosure. Credit: @cincinnatizoo IG The hippo was born prematurely in January 2017.
Buttermilk the escape artist pup scales chain link fence in video!
Buttermilk isn’t your average beagle. She can leap tall buildings in a single bound! Well, not really.
Party possum commits B&E, hits the sauce and gets arrested in Florida
Just when we thought Florida couldn’t get any wilder, an opossum goes and proves us wrong. An opossum in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa Island County broke into a liquor store the day after Thanksgiving and decided to keep the holiday spirit going. She knocked over a bottle of 21-year-old bourbon and helped herself to a couple of drinks.
Instagram’s doing their part to save the animals, bans harmful hashtags
Remember the 2017 baby dolphin selfie-tragedy? To recap, a group of tourists took a baby dolphin out of the water at a Spanish beach and passed him around for selfies. The traumatizing incident caused the baby dolphin to pass away.
Jack the Husky: Bad-To-The-Bone Doggo Banned From Six Us States and a Federal District
You may have gotten into some trouble as a youth, but have you gotten into banned from any state that borders on Virginia trouble? Jack is a Siberian Husky who has been up for adoption for over a year in a Delaware shelter. His adoption bio caught the attention of the twitter user Historian Cole when she noticed that he is specifically not allowed back into Maryland.