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The 2026 Puppy Bowl: Howlarious Highlights From the Most Heartwarming Event of the Year

Bar Mor Hazut

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Escaped dog’s life saved after farmer tries to end it, rescuer finds dog’s pawrent resulting in a heartwarming reunion that broke their heart, vet saw her cry and: ‘Then she said if we still wanted companionship, she had a puppy that needed a home.’

Laurent Shinar

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Reptile lover rescues neglected gecko from family who bought it for their kids and forgot about the animal, giving it a plush new home and clean bill of health: ’He is very active and curious, not shy at all.’

Laurent Shinar

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The heartwarming story of the canine loving couple who the Doggo Distribution System visited six times, creating a loving fur family of rescues, pawrent says: ‘when you accept the DDS’s offerings your life changes so beautifully.’

Laurent Shinar

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Couple performs roadside rescue of 14 week old purebred Mudi puppy who was hanging on to life, after tense night the puppy pulls through and is found a furever home with loving family, rescuers say: ‘It was bittersweet bringing her over there’

Laurent Shinar

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Sympathetic man carries shelter dogs around NYC in backpack to help get them adopted, and it works: 'This guy's success rate is incredible'

Briana Viser

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Man rescues ‘completely wild’ German Shepherd for Christmas from his neglectful neighbors who held the dog in a cage for years, man says: ‘He plays the perfect gentleman in front of my coworkers to gaslight me, before coming home and being a menace’

Laurent Shinar

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Sea turtle gets stuck between rocks right at ocean's coastline, brave surfer comes and gets the turtle out of the rocks so it can happily swim away

Briana Viser

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Beef jerky responsible for rescuing a highway runaway pupper who’d escaped her home and took her rescuers on a neighborhood chase, dog’s pawrents said: 'Rosie! How did you get out of the yard!??!’

Laurent Shinar

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A pet store’s closure caused 100 puppies to end up at the shelter giving a prospective dog pawrent the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rescue her dream dog instead of funding a puppy mill: ‘Lo and behold, there were two Boston terrier puppies.’

Laurent Shinar

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Heartbreaking footage of a guy abandoning a dog on the side of the road gets a happy ending when a woman serendipitously passes by and rescues him: ‘Homeless for 5 seconds.’

Elna McHilderson

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Canine loving couple rescues 4 month old puppy, but after failing to find the dog’s owner they make difficult choice to rehome with a trusted friend after hearing that: ‘A belgian malinois and new parenthood don't mix’

Laurent Shinar

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Mother elephant faints while trying to save baby from manhole, veterinarians and workers save both of them in sweeping rescue: 'I love that CPR on an elephant is basically just jumping on them'

Briana Viser

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Escaped Paraguayan parrot ‘Chris’ found by local after luring him out of his treetop hiding spot with an apple, but the rescuer finds the reunion bittersweet as he sees the ‘EXTREMELY small cage’ he was living in

Laurent Shinar

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One escaped ferret’s rescue leads to a rehoming of two ferrets in an effort to reunite the fluffy sisters in a loving home that can care for them: ‘So everyone, please say hello to Churro and Cinnamon, the newest permanent members of our family!’

Laurent Shinar

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Man unkonwningly adopts his soul dog after never wanting a pet and becomes the most devoted dog lover, he: ‘even started volunteering once a week at a rescue’ to help other dogs

Laurent Shinar

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