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Dominga Finds a Miracle With Bear’s Angels!

Dominga is an “old dog” with a huge tumor that was rescued off the streets of New York City by Almost Home of Long Island. Concerned citizens in the Bronx reported the homeless dog to Almost Home as...

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New Angels Willie & Eden are Doing Better Than Expected!

Willie on his first day in foster. Willie has a dislocated elbow and a broken leg. If it continues to bother him 6 months from now, Willie could lose his leg. The Tortorella Foundation would like to...

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UPDATE: SUCCESS! Tortorellas & Suruluna Raise $2k+ For Spice

The Tortorella Foundation pledged $1000 dollars in matching funds to Suruluna to pay for surgery on Spice’s leg, so this sweet young girl will be able to run and have a healthy and joyful life!...

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UPDATE*** Princess Laya Smiles Through The Pain

Last week (early October 2015) Adopt Me Animal Rescue in Wisconsin was contacted about helping a dog and not just any dog. This dog was hidden away in the back of the shelter in North Carolina. No...

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Lucie was Dumped & Rescued Quickly

Lucie (Formerly Dixie) has found her forever home! Her foster family, including her foster brother pictured here, has applied to keep her forever.   On a dark October night, a rescue volunteer was...

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Brooklyn Sky Finds a Miracle!

In a horrible twist of fate, Sky somehow has had to avoid euthanasia at the same shelter in North Carolina twice. First she was adopted from the shelter directly to a forever home, which turned out to...

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Wilma & Nick Were Abandoned In Their Home

When their family was evicted from their home, they simply left their dogs in the house. And there Wilma and Nick sat until animal control found them and took them to a North Carolina shelter. Then...

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Bronx is Rescued, Needs Surgery to Save Leg

Bronx is a 9-month old puppy who was “in the back” of a North Carolina shelter. That means the dog is unadoptable and simply awaiting euthanasia if a rescue doesn’t save him. Bronx had a broken leg,...

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UPDATE: Maddie is our newest angel — She still needs help!

Meet Maddie. Maddie was found on the side of a rural road in North Carolina with significant injuries. A Good Samaritan took her to the vet, and it was discovered she was not only hit by a car, but...

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Suruluna Received 10k For New Dog Homes!

  Suruluna prides itself in working with other rescues and shelters by taking in and helping the dogs who most consider “harder to place,” “issue dogs” or dogs who just do not do well in a shelter...

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TFF Helps Fund Medication, Care for 17 Cats!

                                      Prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, The Tortorella Family Foundation learned of a woman who pulled 17 cats out of a North Carolina shelter that would have...

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PETS ALIVE Receives Training Facility From TFF!

                The Tortorella Family Foundation donated the funds for a training structure/facility to be assembled (more like built!) by volunteers and staff. In the cold, New York winters, getting...

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Laverne & Shirley Headed North!

At home in their new rescue! ACT Ohio is looking for Laverne & Shirley’s forever home. Just before Thanksgiving the foundation learned of two pigs who could be euthanized if not rescued before the...

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3 Mange Dogs Get Much Needed Help

Wally was rescued by Suruluna and has mange. For more information on animals like Wally, Jewel & Ruby, or to donate to help them, visit Suruluna.org. Wally, Jewel and Ruby all came to Suruluna with...

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Tortorellas Help King Make a Full Recovery

King is a house dog. He was attacked by two off leash dogs in his own yard. His owner called Nina Dix in North Carolina, desperate for help a few days after the attack because King’s wounds started...

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Zion Gets Adopted – Gideon Still Recovering!

Gideon and Zion were found in rural North Carolina by a good samaritan. She was full to the brim with foster dogs but wanted to help. She temporarily took them in and searched feverishly for a...

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ADOPT ME HAS WARMING PARTY “On Us”

  Adopt Me animal rescue is not afraid to take sick animals, aging animals, injured animals or animals located halfway across the country! In fact, on a gloomy Tuesday in February, Adopt Me Animal...

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Buddy Loses Owner, Finds New Friends

Meet Buddy. His “owner” is dying of cancer and reached out to find someone to take this 5-year-old purebred Blue Heeler. Buddy has had no recent vetting, and he was never neutered. It is suspected...

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New Fences Allow Rescue Animals More Play Time in Ohio!

The Animal Cruelty Taskforce of Ohio’s rescue dogs anxiously await the completion of the Tortorella Family Foundation sponsored fence, which was completed in March 2016! The fence sponsored by the...

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Pickles is Saved But Very Sick!

Pickles was discovered at the Cumberland County, NC shelter with sores on his body and pneumonia. He was set to be euthanized when a volunteer contacted the Adopt Me Animal Rescue, who agreed to pull...

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