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Home. Some pets never have one to call their own. We'd like to help change that by introducing you to an extraordinary adoptable pet every week. Meet Humphrey, a 4-year-old domestic short-haired tuxedo cat hoping to warm up to you.
Since coming to the Fort Worth Animal Care & Control of Texas from another shelter, he's been "waiting for his forever home for a while," Sherri Eason, manager of the PetSmart Charities's everyday adoption center in Fort Worth, tells PEOPLE. "He is a very sweet, loving cat who just needs some time to get to know you."
Although the feline is shy at first, that will change. He really "starts to warm up once he's in someone's lap," adds Eason. "He really just needs time to acclimate to a nice, quiet home and have the chance to be someone's forever friend."
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Home. Some pets never have one to call their own. We'd like to help change that by introducing you to an extraordinary adoptable pet every week. Meet Bruno, an energetic Blue Heeler mix looking for a place to run free.
Found as a stray by the Fort Worth Animal Care & Control of Texas, Bruno was originally adopted in Nov. 2012. But sadly, his family chose to return him to the shelter three months later.
Since then, the people-friendly pooch has been aching to get back out, and to a place where he can roam freely.
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Best known for her role in 2010's The Last Exorcism, actress Ashley Bell, who returns in the movie's sequel The Last Exorcism: Part II, out March 1, is a passionate animal lover who spends her free time fostering animals in need. Right now, her L.A. home is a temporary haven for close to a dozen rescues – and, thankfully, her permanent pal, cat Harrison, doesn't seem to mind the extra roommates.
In her first PEOPLE.com blog, she reflects on how the lovable kitty came into her life, and the work she's done with the Delta Rescue of Acton, Calif.
You can find her on Twitter @OfficialAshBell.
Don't worry. Despite the fact that you saw me smash a cat with a camera in my last film, The Last Exorcism, in real life, I'm an animal lover. Thanks to movie magic, that little guy is alive and well and signing autographs in New Orleans. And this week, my devil-possessed alter ego returns in The Last Exorcism: Part II.
Growing up in Santa Monica, I had eleven brothers and sisters, all spayed and neutered, possessed (he-he) with horrible breath and all of them rescues.
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What's in a name? A whole lot when it comes to 1-year-old Chihuahua Victory, who always puts her best paw forward – even when she physically can't.
The disabled dog was born with deformed front legs, which cause her to totter around, almost like a kangaroo. Now, she's getting a chance to take the next step toward a normal life.
Victory is due to receive a protective vest, a set of wheels and a sled-like apparatus to improve her mobility, thanks to people around the world who heard her story and wanted to help, reports Today.
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Credit: Courtesy of SPCA of Martinsville-Henry County
Home. Some pets never have one to call their own. We'd like to help change that by introducing you to an extraordinary adoptable pet every week. Meet Snowflake, a terrier mix who just wants to give you some love.
After Snowflake stayed at a Virginia city pound for at least two months, the Martinsville-Henry County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals took the pup in. When she tested positive for heartworms, the community came together to raise funds for the 2-year-old's treatment.
With a month to go until her second round of treatment, this house-trained and on-the-mend pooch needs a forever home. "Snowflake is incredibly lovable and is one of the gentlest dogs we have ever met," Chase Inman, the Martinsville-Henry County SPCA director of marketing and development, tells PEOPLE. "She is polite and humble, and she loves everyone she meets."
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Home. Some pets never have one to call their own. We'd like to help change that by introducing you to an extraordinary adoptable pet every week. Meet Sassy, a 5-year-old female Blue Heeler, who has a lot of love to give.
Sassy was plucked from a puppy mill by National Mill Dog Rescue of Peyton, Colo. The 56-lb. pup – who thinks she's a lap dog, despite her size! – is "incredibly friendly and loving," the organization's animal care manager, Kim Lehmann, tells PEOPLE. "She's a favorite at National Mill Dog Rescue; every day she offers the most enthusiastic greeting to all of the staff and volunteers," she says. "Everybody adores Sassy and cannot resist stopping whatever they are doing to snuggle with her for a bit."
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Credit: Courtesy Humane Society of Wicomico County
Home. Some pets never have one to call their own. We'd like to help change that by introducing you to an extraordinary adoptable pet every week. Meet Mish Mish, a 3-year-old cat who was given up when a new pet came into the picture.
When a kitten moved into Mish Mish's Salisbury, Md., home, she didn't take it well. She stopped using her litter box – presumably because she was jealous – and things took a turn for the worse. The cat was forced to live in a basement for a while until her owners decided to hand her over to the Humane Society of Wicomico County.
"She's had a hard life," says Angela Bounds, one of the adoption coordinators at the shelter, who adds that Mish Mish was a street cat before she lived in that home. "But she's excellent, she's my favorite cat in the shelter."
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Credit: Courtesy Downtown Dog Rescue
Home. Some pets never have one to call their own. We'd like to help change that by introducing you to an extraordinary adoptable pet every week. Meet Ms. Amanda Jones, an 8-year-old dog who has bounced back from a rough past.
This pit bull terrier mix lost an eye after being rescued from a hoarding situation. Amanda and over 100 dogs were saved by a nonprofit group, and many of them needed medical attention. When she arrived at California's Downtown Dog Rescue in 2010, she was severely underweight and her injured left eye couldn't be saved.
"Her spirits were low and she had no trust in people," says rescue spokeswoman Lori Weise. It didn't take long for the sweet dog to realize that people aren't all bad. In her time with the group, she has really turned around – mentally and physically.
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Home. Some pets never have one to call their own. We'd like to help change that by introducing you to an extraordinary adoptable pet every week. Meet Lydia, a 5-year-old Staffordshire terrier that has been without a permanent home for far too long.
Can you imagine being in and out of temporary homes for four years? That's been the pattern of Lydia's life ever since she was scooped up as a stray by a municipal shelter in Long Island, N.Y., nearly four years ago. Since then, she's lived in a kennel with a dog trainer and now in a foster home with a volunteer for the League for Animal Protection of Huntington, N.Y.
Though she's been shuffled around from home to home, Lydia's glass is always half full. "I have never had a dog who smiles as much as she does," says foster mom Jennifer, who prefers not to reveal her last name. "She never complains, even though she has to be crated much of the day due to the fact I have other dogs."
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Credit: North Little Rock Animal Shelter
Home. Some pets never have one to call their own. We'd like to help change that by introducing you to an extraordinary adoptable pet every week. Meet Bennie, a 2-year-old dog that adores being around people.
He may have been found roaming the streets of North Little Rock, Ark., late last year, but this pointer mix was clearly a pet in his previous life.
"He was somebody's dog at some point," says Julia Coulter, lead animal control officer at the North Little Rock Animal Shelter. "A lot of people have to start from the bottom up with a new dog, but you can tell he's been around people and he's got that going for him."
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