12-Year-Old Boy Has Been Piggybacking Disabled Friend Around School for Six Years
A 12-year-old boy from Meishan, in China’s Sichuan Province, has been hailed as a hero for making it possible for a disabled classmate to move around at school by carrying him on his back for the last six years. When he was only 4-years-old, Zhang Ze was diagnosed with a debilitating and incurable condition called myasthenia gravis, […]
Runner Finds Puppy During Marathon, Carries It for 30 Km
A Thai marathon runner recently made international news headlines after it was reported that she ran 30km carrying a small puppy she found on the side of the road during the 42km race. Khemjira Klongsanun was 12km into the Chombueng marathon in western Thailand, on Jan 20, when she saw a puppy dog by the side […]
Amazing Community Helps Donut Maker Sell Out Early Every Day So He Can Spend Time with His Sick Wife
An amazing community in Seal Beach, California, have been helping the owner of their local donut shop spend more time with his ailing wife by buying all of his products so he can close hours earlier than usual. John and Stella Chhan have been running the modest Donut City donut shop on Pacific Coast Highway for almost […]
Mexico’s “Dog Man” Travels the Country Rescuing Stray Dogs
Edgardo “Perros” Zuniga has been travelling all around Mexico on a tricycle, looking for abandoned and injured dogs to rescue and put up for adoption. He has rescued over 400 dogs in the last 5 years. When he left his home in Jalisco in 2013, 48-year-old Edgardo set a very clear goal for himself – to […]
6-Year-Old Girl Takes Care of Disabled Father After Her Mom Abandons Them
A 6-year-old girl from China’s Ningxia autonomous region managed to melt the hearts of millions with her dedication to her disabled father who she has been taking care of ever since her mother left them. Tian Haicheng, a 38-year-old man from Haiyuan County, in Ningxia, had his entire world turned upside down four years ago, when […]
Mule Wins Horse Dressage Competition the First Time He Is Allowed to Participate
Wallace the Great, an 11-year-old rescued mule from Gloucestershire, recently made history by becoming the first ever mule to win an official horse dressage competition in Britain. Wallace and his trainer, Christie Mclean, had been turned down from official dressage events several times on grounds that he wasn’t a true horse, but a cross between a […]
Woman Donates Kidney to a Total Stranger After Finding His Ad Online
A 30-year-old woman from California is being hailed as a hero for saving a stranger’s life by donating one of her kidneys to him. At the start of 2018, Jessica Morris, a 30-year-old dental technician from Orange County, California, set a very special new year resolution – to save someone’s life. A two-hour drive away, […]
Clever Dog Figures Out How to Use Money to Pay for Treats, Sort Of
They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but there’s a dog in Colombia that would certainly argue with that. The clever pooch started paying for biscuits with tree leaves after seeing students pass banknotes to a food stall attendant in exchange for the tasty treats. He decided to try it for himself one day, and […]
Woman Risks Her Life Tending to Abandoned Cattle in Fukushima Radiation Zone
A Japanese animal lover risks her life every single day by venturing into the Fukushima exclusion zone to feed a heard of 11 cows abandoned after the 2011 nuclear disaster. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Fukushima in 2011 claimed the lives of over 20,000 people, and forced another 160,000 to leave everything behind […]
Chinese Father Finds Missing Daughter After 24-Year Search
Wang Mingqing’s daughter went missing 24 years ago, but even if the chances of finding her became lower with each passing year, he never gave up hope. After decades of tireless searching, the nearly-impossible happened – Wang received confirmation that his daughter had been found thousands of miles away, on the other side of the country. […]
Woman Spends $19,000 on Kidney Transplant for Her 17-Year-Old Cat
At 17-years-old and suffering from kidney failure, Stanley the cat was on the last of his nine lives. Luckily, his owner decided to gift him a tenth, by shelling out $19,000 for a kidney transplant. Betsy Boyd earns just $46,000 a year, working as a part-time writing professor, and her husband Michael is a freelance journalist […]
Kindhearted Cop Pretends to Be Couple’s Dead Son for 5 Years to Comfort Mother with Memory Loss
Five years ago, a compassionate Shanghai policeman took on the role of son to help comfort an elderly couple he had never met before. They had lost their own son in a tragic accident 15 years ago, and the policeman’s similar appearance helped comfort them. In 2003, Liang Qiaoying and her son, Liang Yu, from […]
Woman Documents Fixing the Wing of a Live Monarch Butterfly Using Household Items
Romy McCloskey, a professional costume designer from Texas who also raises monarch butterflies as a hobby, recently received a lot of praise online, after a series of photos of her using household items to fix the deformed wing of one of her butterflies went viral. McCloskey apparently started raising monarch butterflies and releasing them into the […]
Illinois Man Ordered to Stop Offering the Homeless Shelter from the Cold
An Illinois man who has been offering shelter to homeless people in his Chicago neighborhood has been ordered by city officials to cease and desist or risk having his home condemned. Greg Schiller, of Elgin, Illinois, began opening his home to a group of homeless people last month when the temperatures dropped dangerously low. He […]
Squirrel Still Visits South Carolina Family 8 Years After They Rescued Her
A squirrel that was nearly killed eight years ago by an owl when she was just four weeks old, continues to visit the Greenville County, South Carolina family that rescued, raised and later released her into the wild. In October 2009 the baby squirrel was left severely injured after being attacked by an owl. She […]