Early March 2018. It is the tail end of a long winter that is reluctant to release its icy grip. There is nothing to stop the wind in the wide open spaces of Great Falls Montana and the wind chill adds to the misery of animals living outside.
 

He was found lying on the...

We don’t know what led to the little family’s homelessness. All we know is that they were trying to make the best of what life had thrown at them, together. She took her “family” of three cats with her everywhere she went, pushing them before her in a shopping cart. Li...

They stared each other down, muscles tensed, eyes locked, each one daring the other to move. Maximus didn’t stand a chance against an adversary of this size and ferocity, but he was never one to back down from a fight The growl started almost inaudibly, deep in the big...

We received a call from a local bank stating that they found two baby ducklings in a box by their front door. We collected this precious cargo and put them in foster care. At four months old, they are all grown up and looking for their forever home. These handsome boys...

The call came in on December 4th. “There is an animal sanctuary with over 1200 animals that will be out of food in three days. Can you help?” “Of course,” I replied. Three days later we delivered thirty tons of hay and paid for thirty more. At first glance you couldn’t...

She lived alone in a tiny little house out in the country. Late one night she made a frantic 911 call stating that someone had broken into her home. Both police and emergency medical services responded. She was transported by ambulance to the hospital where the EMTs re...

He was born with a condition called Eyelid Agenesis where the upper eyelid is not formed. This leads to exposure of the cornea from incomplete blinking, as well as scratching and irritation from contact hairs lying directly on the corneal surface.

It can be managed te...

Monday; just another day in the life of a long haul truck driver, but to us it is something entirely different. When we opened the doors on that 18 wheeler we didn’t see 42,000 pounds of dog and cat food, we saw thousands of faces that will eat tonight.  The joy that t...

He lay in a crumpled heap on the road, 45 miles on the other side of the state line in the densely wooded Lochsa/Highway 12 corridor.   He was suffering terribly. The pain coursing through him was as unbearable as was the heat rising in waves off of the asphalt. Minute...

The odds were stacked against him. He was born without back feet and abandoned on someone’s doorstep in a box along with his littermates. The thermometer read close to 90 degrees in the shade and the kittens were so weak and malnourished they could barely move or make...