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    Dr. Amir Khalil, a veterinarian with the animal rescue charity Four Paws International, carries a sedated coyote at a zoo in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, during the evacuation of animals in April.
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    'I'm Just For Animals': The Veterinarian Who Rescues Animals From Conflict Zones

    Sep 02, 2019
    Dr. Amir Khalil has led rescue operations and created sanctuaries around the world for 20 years. In April, he embarked on his biggest mission: saving animals from a struggling zoo in the Gaza Strip.
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    Ten years ago, black Lab mix Abby ran away from home. Now, she has been reunited with her owner Debra Suierveld, who tells NPR's Scott Simon that Abby has fit right back in with the family.
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    10 Years After She Went Missing, A Black Lab Is Returned To Her Owners

    Feb 10, 2018
    Ten years ago, black Lab mix Abby ran away from home. Now, she has been reunited with her owner Debra Suierveld, who tells NPR's Scott Simon that Abby has fit right back in with the family.
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    Storm, an English golden retriever, rescued a baby deer from the Long Island Sound on Sunday.
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    Long Island Dog Rescues Baby Deer From Water

    Jul 18, 2017
    Amid the lapping waves, a baby deer was in over its head. Then an English golden retriever came to the rescue.
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    He Rescued A Dog. Then The Dog Rescued Him

    Mar 10, 2016
    Eric O'Grey was 51, obese and suffering from diabetes and high cholesterol when he took home an overweight shelter dog. Now the duo are headlining a campaign on how pets improve humans' lives.
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    Firefighters cut through the half-foot thick ice to rescue two cows stranded in a frozen pond.
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    To Save 2 Cows, All It Took Was A Good Icebreaker

    Feb 01, 2015
    This week, the City of Fountain Fire Department in Colorado repurposed some firefighting tools for a chillier job: rescuing cows that had fallen through a half-foot of ice into freezing pond water.
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