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Courtesy of Sue Overment Scruffy the canine escape artist is giving Welsh animal welfare officers a run for their money. The 12-year-old trouble-making terrier has been rescued twice this year by the same inspector from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), in two different parts of of the U.K., BBC News reports. Earlier this year, RSPCA inspector Julie Fadden helped to save Scruffy from a bad home situation in the town of Merthyr Tydfil. "The dog was living in very poor conditions, so I rescued him," Fadden told the South Wales Evening Post. Last month, Scruffy was adopted by new owners in Swansea, some 60 miles away. But just two days after moving in, ...

Emma Williams, Manchester Evening News Syndication These two dogs are more than just best friends, they share a rare bond. Ellie, a young cavalier King Charles spaniel in England, is almost completely blind. While her owner and a local animal organization are working to raise money for a vision-restoring operation, a German shepherd named Leo has taken matters into his own paws, and is protecting and guiding her. "Ellie has cataracts on both eyes and is only aware of shadows," explains Jean Spencer, manager of Rochdale's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in an interview with the Manchester Evening News. "But Leo, who's an absolutely massive dog, has become her ...

What was once lost is now found. Muffy returns home after nine years on the road. Photo: AP Even for dogs, there's no place like home! Nine years after Natalie Lampard reported her dog Muffy missing from her backyard in Brisbane, Australia, she was notified that her pooch had been found -- 1,200 miles away! According to the Associated Press, when officials from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were called to inspect a home in Melbourne on suspicion of animal cruelty, they found Muffy resting on a scrap of cardboard. Luckily, Lampard had microchipped Muffy before the dog went missing, so it only took the RSPCA a few days to track down Lampard's current contact ...