On Thursday, a Roto-Rooter crew used their drain equipment to help find a dog trapped in a foxhole in Upstate New York. After locating the dog with a tiny camera, they eventually helped a group of firemen dig out the 8-year-old jack russell terrier called Bella.

Watch the video below, or at Clip Syndicate.

Two pet goats befriended a little orphan foal who previously was sickly and dying.  With the new friendship, the foal's health immediately improved and now they’re one big happy family -- with the goats jumping like horses, and the young horse head-butting.

Watch the wonderful video from WPTZ in New Hampshire.

11 year-old Tanner asks everyone he meets to consider what life would be like without socks.

Launching a holiday sock drive to benefit needy children in Orlando, so far, he's collected more than 500 pairs -- and he's hoping for more by his Dec. 14 deadline.

In the wake of a recession, he decided to give people a small economical way they could help others. "Instead of spending $20 or $30 [on Toys for Tots], it would be $1 or $2 [for socks]," he said.

Tanner, who is in a lull between football and basketball seasons, has a history of helping kids through his own charitable giving.

READ MORE, w/ photo, at the Orlando Sentinel

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A miracle of survival in Baghdad among horrific bomb blasts this week: A man who was presumed dead stunned neighbors when he returned to his toppled home to find his pet dog remarkably unharmed in the blast. The dog had been chained to the roof, which had collapsed into rubble, and was met with enthusiastic petting from the man.

Watch the video below, from Clip Syndicate...

Thanks to James Pavoldi for submitting the link!