Envigo Pleads Guilty, Incurs $35 Million Fine After DOJ Rescues 4,000 Dogs From Facility Over Welfare Concerns
A research company that breeds and supplies lab animals pleaded guilty to animal welfare violations and contamination-related charges on Monday and was hit with a huge $35 million fine, two years after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) rescued more than 4,000 beagles from a facility in central Virginia, according to a statement. Envigo RMS […]
Florida Coast Guard rescues 8, including child, after boat capsizes off Florida
A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) aircraft crew was called in to rescue seven adults and one child after their boat capsized 36 miles west of the Boca Grande, Florida, coastline on Saturday. Boaters reported a 28-foot boat capsized and sank off the coast of Boca Grande, near Fort Myers, U.S. Southeast Coast Guard officials said […]
Good Samaritan Rescues Driver from Houston Flooding
A Houston, Texas man barely survived a severe storm thanks to a good Samaritan. Jeff Jones was driving home in his pickup truck on Tuesday when heavy rain and winds battered the city, damaging homes, downing trees and flooding roads. Jones was trying to get back to his family when he “misjudged” a submerged railing […]
Hero off-duty FDNY firefighter rescues 4 pups from e-bike blaze
It was a rough rescue. An off-duty New York City firefighter rescued four French bulldogs from a burning Brooklyn apartment on Friday after an electric bike exploded just outside of him in a “huge fireball,” he told The Washington Post. “I said, ‘We’ve got to go right now,’” Smoke Eater Hero Joe Pendergast, 33, told […]
Michel Pereira rescues dozens of dogs in Brazilian floods
UFC middleweight fighter Michel Pereira was caught on video rescuing dozens of dogs from a forgotten area as Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state was hit by devastating flooding. More than 25 inches of rain has fallen in the Brazil region in just a few weeks. This is reportedly more than the average annual rainfall […]
Coast Guard rescues injured sailor off Georgia coast
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued an injured man after his yacht ran aground off the coast of Georgia this week. On Wednesday afternoon, Coast Guard Charleston lookouts received a distress call from a sailor reporting a sinking yacht near Sapelo Bay, Georgia, according to a news release. According to the Coast Guard, the man radioed […]
Colorado police dog Mercury rescues missing woman, 85, clinging to tree in ravine
He deserves a shot. A K-9 and her handler rushed to the rescue of an 85-year-old woman who spent two hours clinging to a tree in a Colorado canyon last week. Dramatic video of the mission shows Mercury and Greenwood Village Police Officer Austin Speer sniffing out the woman just minutes after walking onto the […]
Floodwaters start receding around Houston area as recovery begins following rescues and evacuations
Floodwaters in the Houston area began to recede on Monday as residents returned to their homes and began taking stock of the damage after days of heavy rain pounded the region and led to hundreds of rescues, including those stranded on rooftops. Officials in Harris County, where Houston is located, said there were no deaths […]
Storm Chaser Rescues TX Family After Tornado Destroys Home
A Texas family called on brave souls to help as a tornado touched down near Hawley on Thursday. When the twister hit the Lambert family, they clung desperately inside their closet while the storm raged outside, Fox Weather reported. report on friday. Image from MyRadar Weather show Twister as it landed near Holi: destructive #tornadowith […]
Heavy rains over Texas have led to water rescues, school cancellations and evacuation orders
Severe storms once again battered the Houston area Friday, exacerbating Texas’ already dangerous flooding and prompting numerous high-water rescues, including rescues from the roofs of flooded homes. Authorities doubled down on emergency evacuation orders for low-lying residents and warned the worst was yet to come. “This threat continues and will only get worse. This is […]