It was more than 72 hours after the quake and no cry for help could be heard from the rubble of Beichuan Middle School amid the din of heavy machinery around.
A rescue team from Chongqing was doing a last search on the school's collapsed main building, giving up hope of any survivors - when a sniffer dog barked.
Rescuers started moving heavy concrete chunks at the spot and two hours later, they found a girl in coma, her legs wounded badly, but still breathing.
She was reportedly the ..
Neighbors hope gift at a block party helps Torrance mail carrier heal from a pit bull attack on his route.
Two months after letter carrier Moon Choi was attacked by a pit bull, residents along his Torrance route gave him a hero's welcome Saturday.
And then they gave him a puppy. "A very unintimidating puppy," as one neighbor put it.
Choi's own dog had recently died, and with the approval of his wife, residents surprised him with Happy, a 7-week-old maltipoodle - half Maltese and half poodle.
Surrounded by neighbors, Choi cupped the tiny dog in his hands and pressed ..
CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) — Pheasant hunting season brings out the best in Tess, a 5-year-old German wirehaired pointer who became a national champion despite the loss of one leg. "When you let her out of the truck, she's hunting from the second she jumps off that tailgate. Just like that," said the dog's owner, Keith Kemmer, snapping his fingers.
"She never quits. The other dogs, by the end of the day, they'll come up and lay by the truck. Not her."
It was Kemmer who accidentally ran over the dog's right rear leg with his pickup about four years ago. He said ..
The lion may well be the king of the jungle, but in an animal rescue centre in Rajasthan the roaring cats are at the mercy of two dogs.
Ironic as it is, two German Shepherds stand guard in shifts to ensure the safety of 31 lions, 19 tigers and a tigon (cross between lion and tiger) in Naharagharh rescue centre on the outskirts of Jaipur. Spread across two hectares, the centre was set up after the Centre banned lions, tigers, panthers, bears and monkeys from performing in circuses some years ago.
According to ..
LAKE ISEO, Italy (Reuters Life!) - St Bernards have long saved lives in the snow. Now dogs are being trained in Italy to jump off helicopters and rescue people drowning at sea.
Dog lover Ferruccio Pilenga says his Italian Dog Rescue School, where large Newfoundlands, German shepherds and labradors learn to take the plunge from a helicopter and tow drowning bathers to safety, is the first of its kind.
"Any dog weighing more than 25 kilos is suitable to become a rescue dog, as long as it is docile and likes the water," Pilenga told Reuters at a training session for around ..
A prison officer saved his dying sniffer dog by giving him the kiss of life.
Handler Steve Tugwell, 42, leapt into action when he saw Welsh springer spaniel Frodo lying unconscious, reports The Sun.
Frodo had been play-fighting with fellow sniffer dog Patch when Patch's jaws got entangled in Frodo's collar and choked him.
Frodo appeared lifeless when Steve hacked off the collar with a knife.
He moved Frodo's tongue, which had turned purple, aside, formed a cone with his hands, and blew three times down the dog's throat.
Steve, who works at Long Lartin prison in Worcester, said: "He ..