A three-legged mama dog had an “inspiring” journey — and now, she needs a home of her own. “I have had a rough life for a 4 year old,” a North Carolina animal rescue said April 15 in a Facebook post ...

The baby koala will stay close to mom for the next year, at which point it will be big enough to climb trees solo Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.