Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dog named Yuki was successfully adopted, but only after waiting significantly longer than her 9 puppies. Surpassing the 220-day ...

They’ve scrolled through horror stories, forums, and news pieces until the fear feels louder than hope. The couple wants to grow their family, but every headline and anecdote makes them pause and ...

Patches first made headlines in April 2023, when he arrived at Richmond Animal Care and Control weighing 40.3 pounds Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Pennsylvania residents Caitlin Trone and Christian Mayer were both adopted, but Trone's adoption was open and Mayer's was not. Mayer's closed adoption created a lot of guilt and shame he had to ...

Entertainer and speaker Willie Moore Jr., who was adopted and later found his birth family, poses with his birth mother, Katrina Walton, left, and his ‘forever mom,’ Flora Moore. Photo courtesy of ...

Imagine this story, one that happens nearly every single day in adoption centers around the world: a mother dog arrives with puppies, her puppies get adopted quickly, but the mother gets left behind.