In my city, the girls from the "Kind Home" animal shelter saved a mother dog and her 12 puppies from being put down.
There is a stray animal capture service operating here, and—in violation of the rules—they destroy the animals; at least, that is what people say. Volunteers from the shelter learned that residents of a certain neighborhood had filed a complaint about a mother dog and her puppies, and that the animal control team was coming for them. The volunteers rushed over and brought the mother and puppies back to the shelter.