The gray-and-white mother cat sat alone on a striped blanket inside an open pale-blue carrier. She was medium-sized, with a white chest, white front paws and yellow-green…

The tan-and-white dog stood comfortably beside the shelter worker, balancing on three legs as naturally as another dog might stand on four. His short coat was clean…

The beige carrier sat open on the floor of a quiet shelter meeting room. Inside, a small adult tortoiseshell cat pressed herself against the back wall. Black,…

The two dogs sat so closely together that their shoulders touched. Inside the quiet shelter meeting room, the larger dog kept his body angled toward his smaller…

The cream-colored dog sat beside the woman in the shelter room, his faded green collar visible against the fur of his neck. He was a medium-sized adult…

Mabel sat inside an open carrier in the shelter’s quietest cat room. The elderly long-haired cat rested on a small knitted yellow blanket, her front paws tucked…

A concerned passerby noticed the Husky standing in the snow on a Philadelphia street, restrained so tightly to a metal pole that she could not seek warmth…

A hairless dog lay on a dirty tarp beside a crowded set of metro stairs, surrounded by the constant movement of commuters. Her pink, inflamed skin was…

At only three months old, Rosie had already endured enough discomfort to leave visible marks across nearly every part of her body. The tiny pit bull puppy…