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Feather the dog has a heavy history.

On Nov. 23, Good Karma Pet Rescue of South Florida announced that the organization is helping a senior dog found abandoned and in need outside a pet store.

"She was left in a small plastic storage container outside of PetSmart (off camera, of course)."

A dog with a host of medical issues is on the mend after she was abandoned inside of a plastic bin that was left outside of a pet store in Lauderhill.

The veterinary team from Good Karma Pet Rescue said the dog was found in horrible, life-threatening condition when she was found over the weekend.

Good Karma Pet Rescue is asking for support to raise funds for Sassy, a 5-month-old kitten battling a rare condition.

Sassy, a 4-pound orange kitten described by Good Karma Pet Rescue as “a loving, playful kitten who deserves a full life,” was born with atresia ani, a congenital defect where the body doesn’t form a rectal opening.

Veterinarians on Monday removed a dart from a cat's body after it was struck by a blowgun in Hallandale Beach.

According to Good Karma Pet Rescue, on Aug. 13, a volunteer who had been taking care of the cat for seven years was delivering food and water and noticed a dart had pierced its backside.

A cat who was shot with a blowgun dart received emergency medical treatment on Monday at the Good Karma Pet Rescue in Fort Lauderdale. 

Caregivers at the rescue said a woman who regularly feeds a colony of cats in Hallandale Beach first noticed that he had been shot with a dart about a week ago. The woman told them the cat was hiding in the bushes, terrified and wouldn't come out. 

On June 23, just two years after he was adopted from the Humane Society of Broward County, Nino was dropped off at the same shelter where he once found his forever home.

Described as a “sweetheart” who is well-behaved, in tune with his emotions, and overall “the perfect dog,” the 7-year-old Pointer mix wasn’t surrendered for one of the usual reasons, which typically include financial restraints, allergies, or behavioral issues.

An animal shelter has started a foster search hoping to find a temporary home for a rescued pup.

Good Karma Pet Rescue is asking if anyone can take in Milo, a beagle mix found trapped in a canal in Fort Lauderdale over a week ago.

The shelter said the good Samaritan who rescued Milo can no longer keep him, and now they’re looking for a new home for the dog.

Milo will soon be vaccinated, neutered and microchipped so he can be fostered into a home and hopefully adopted.

Days after rescuing a dog spotted struggling to swim in a Fort Lauderdale canal, the animal’s rescuers are hoping to track down his owner.

Geraldine Campbell, a good Samaritan who helped the dog, spotted the 1-year-old male just barely keeping its head above water in a canal off Seabreeze Boulevard, late Sunday night.

“I didn’t know it was a dog, I was just like, ‘What are they all looking at?’ And then I see a head, and then I’m like, ‘What are we looking at?'” she said. “And then we realized it was a dog at some point, because we could see him a little bit closer, and clearly, he’s not supposed to be in the water, and he was looking to get out.”

They’re sitting in the back of your closet, laces tied together, so the pair won’t be separated. They haven’t been thrown out, because you just can’t bear to bring them to the trash can. But they’re there, sneakers no longer being worn for some reason or another.

Perhaps you have a collection of children’s shoes — it seems every month a new size is needed.

A cat has died after swallowing a toxic substance in North Lauderdale.

The feline passed away at Plantation Midtown Animal Hospital at around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday.

Her name was Sprout, and she was kept comfortable on her last day under a blanket hooked up to an IV.

“She has muscle tremors, she’s very lethargic, she’s not able to sit up or eat,” said veterinarian Marissa Sloan.

Barley, the green-eyed rescue kitten, needed a good home — but soon the little cutie needed rescuing after being stolen from his cage.

Three-month-old Barley went missing on March 8, just two days after arriving at a PetSmart store in Boca Raton as part of an adoption program run by Fort Lauderdale-based Good Karma Pet Rescue.

After more than two days of traveling, five dogs arrived in South Florida to get a second chance at life. This was thanks to the work of a rescue group who saved the pups from a meat market in China.

Before the sun was up Saturday morning, Good Karma Pet Rescue of South Florida was already at work.

Five dogs endured a long journey, making their way from China to the Miami International Airport.

"Five lives were spared today, and now we are going to get them amazing homes," said Deven Soto, with Good Karma.

LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) - A group of dogs that were saved from the meat trade overseas were given a warm welcome by volunteers after they touched down in South Florida, and their arrival was made possible thanks to a local animal rights group.

Cameras captured veterinarians greeting the five new four-legged residents in Lauderhill, Sunday.

The dogs are getting the “ulti-mutt” new start, thanks in part to the tireless efforts of the animal rescue group.

“These dogs are so happy, and they are forgiving, and they trust people,” said Deven Soto with Good Karma Pet Rescue. “They are Velcro dogs, all of them, and they are happy to be here.”

A paralyzed puppy is getting the help she needs from a physical therapist for people.

Veterinarians said they had never seen a case like Goldie's before. 

Her spine is deformed, her legs are paralyzed and an at-home amputation left her tail mutilated, according to Good Karma Pet Rescue.

The pet facility said it rescued the pup after she was severely neglected and almost starved to death by her previous owner. 

A disturbing story of animal abuse unraveling in Broward County after a dog was found in such poor condition that it had to be put down.

That dog’s owner is now under arrest.

An alert utility worker spotted the dog, saw the shocking scene and notified police.

A local animal rescue group has bought and restored an RV to be a mobile veterinarian clinic for the only vet in the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas.

"We met a veterinarian while we were doing some relief work there with the animals and his home was destroyed, his practice was destroyed, which meant that there was no way for the animals to get medical care if he wasn't in business," said Deven Soto of Good Karma Pet Rescue.

A South Florida pet shop that was shut down last year after advocates say animals were found living in filth may reopen its doors.

The owner of the Pembroke Park pet store is trying to reopen "Dr Do Little" under a different name, NBC 6 has learned.

A pet rescue group will take over the closed Broward animal shelter in Pompano Beach and fill it with dogs and cats in the coming months.

Broward County has awarded Good Karma Pet Rescue a $1 a year lease to operate the shelter, at 3100 NW 19th Terrace, and take 30 dogs and 40 cats a month from the county’s main shelter near Fort Lauderdale International Airport.

One of 31 puppies found living in deplorable conditions at a Pembroke Pines pet shop has been hospitalized for a third time since November.

Nathalie Santana of Good Karma Pet Rescue said Tuesday that five of the six puppies in their care “have been adopted into amazing homes,” but Salchi the basset hound is back in a hospital for the third time since the dogs were found covered in fleas and living in heaps of feces-covered hay and grass at Dr. Do Little Pets off Hallandale Beach Boulevard.

A dog that was found in sad shape got some canine care, and that’s not all. The puppy has fetched a whole new family! The pup, named Matty, is now being treated like a prince.

“Oh, he’s going to have the best life ever,” said David Mejia, who adopted the dog. And with his new home, let’s just say he’s found his voice.

She’s emaciated, dehydrated and probably sad.

A street dog nicknamed “Bahama Momma” was one of three animals to arrive at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Sunday night on a rescue flight from the hurricane-battered Abaco Islands in the Bahamas.

The other two animals on the flight chartered by the Fort Lauderdale-based Good Karma Pet Rescue were a cat and a rabbit.

A good Samaritan came to the rescue of a dog that she found in poor shape in a Pompano Beach neighborhood, and now the abandoned pup is on the road to recovery at a vet’s office in Lauderhill.

Michele Stadler said she had just gone on her morning walk when she found the canine on a sidewalk near her home off Southwest 14th Court, at around 7 a.m. on Friday.

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In response to conditions a local animal rescue founder called “torture,” a Broward County animal rescue organization has joined with Big Dog Ranch Rescue, a Loxahatchee Groves-based animal rescue organization.

Good Karma Pet Rescue of Fort Lauderdale announced the partnership in a statement on June 21, the first day the ninth annual Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, also called the Yulin Dog Meat Festival.

Dozens of puppies arrived in Florida from China that were going to be part of a meat festival in the city of Yulin, they were rescued and are now in the Sunshine state waiting for a family that loves them to adopt them.

A 911 caller reporting a man selling puppies in a Hollywood Walmart parking lot helped deputies rescue 12 canines from a "deplorable," hot van, according to an arrest report.

The discovery on Sunday led to the arrest of German Lara, 71, of Hallandale Beach. He faces animal cruelty and other charges.

Agé de seulement trois jours et totalement livré à lui-même, un adorable et minuscule chaton a été secouru par des pompiers qui l’ont tout de suite emmené chez le vétérinaire. Sur place, le pronostic vital de l’animal est évidemment engagé.

Pour offrir une chance à ce tout petit chaton de survivre, le vétérinaire contacte l’association Good Karma Pet Rescue qui accepte de s’occuper de la petite boule de poils.

When Hugo Leiza and his roommates heard about a half-starved dog tied up in a backyard a few blocks from their Miami home, their emotions got the better of them.

They were just going to take him. Consequences, whatever.

They started out with some food and water, walking over to the house in the Liberty City area.

As she was rushed into hospice care, Joan Price had one main fear: What would happen to her beloved Isis?

The black cat she had found as a stray in her apartment complex was her constant companion.

She continued paying rent she couldn't afford, $1,100 monthly, so the cat could live in the apartment, and asked the building's maintenance man to feed Isis. From her bed in a Hollywood, Fla., assisted living facility, Price made countless calls in November trying to find Isis a new home.