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Sandra Bullock may be known as an acclaimed actress, but she’s also a supporter of disabled animals. Bullock is the owner of two rescue dogs, Ruby and Poppy.

However, these aren’t typical rescue dogs. Ruby has two legs and Poppy has three, according to PeoplePets.com. Bullock has said that her dogs go everywhere with her, because, as she feels, who else would walk a two-legged dog?

Bullock considers herself a proud mother, constantly showing pictures of her dogs to anyone who wants to see them – including attendees of the recent Golden Globe award ceremony!

"We were just showing [fellow nominee] Emily Blunt pictures of the two-legger, and I don’t know if she was horrified or what," she joked to the news provider.

Bullock’s story could inspire other people to adopt animals with disabilities. As Bullock feels, just because an animal is missing legs does not mean it’s in bad dog health. The actress told the news source that there are probably plenty of normal-looking dogs with emotional issues.

Unfortunately, disabled dogs may have a higher risk of being euthanized in a shelter. Statistics from the Humane Society show that an estimated 3-4 million animals are euthanized every year, and sometimes the sicker ones are the first to go.

People who were outraged by the tale of Timothy the cat, who was glued to a Minnesota highway, are now offering a reward to make sure the perpetrator is brought to justice. Ken Wahl, who is donating his Golden Globe he won for "Wiseguy," is one staunch supporter of Timothy’s cause.

Timothy, who was in poor cat health when he was found at the side of a highway, has gained national attention for his horrific story.

When Joyce Borgen was driving on Highway 60, she saw a cat on the side of the road. She decided to pick it up and noticed that its paws were bloodied and had remnants of glue. Borgen took the cat to the Second Chance Rescue Center in Sioux Falls, where staff took him in for treatment. Unfortunately, the poor feline died from his severe injuries.

Now, people who are horrified by the story are offering a reward for the person who’s responsible, according to ArgusLeader.com.

The pool has reached $12,000 so far, and the story gained even more attention when Wahl threw his Golden Globe into the reward fund.

Talk about crammed! Animal welfare officials in New York City recently performed a rescue effort after a woman called asking for help that she was living with 35 cats – in a one-bedroom apartment.

However, according to UPI.com, although the typical stereotype for people who have lots of animals is that they’re messy and unorganized, the apartment was clean and the animals were well-fed.

The 25 cats and 10 kittens were all in good cat health, which has animal cruelty experts believing that the felines were well cared for and this was not a case of neglect.

"She clearly cares about these animals," Tim Rickey of the Animal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals told the news provider. "If the situation is let go, six months from now, we could see over 100 cats. The numbers just skyrocket as they continue to breed. It’s a situation she recognized was out of control."

According to the New York Post, it took rescuers more than three hours to gather all of the cats throughout the apartment.

Scooby Roo, a disabled dog who was born with only two hind legs is receiving outpouring support from some Hollywood actresses.

After being abandoned because of his predicament, Scooby Roo was found in poor dog health underneath an abandoned, wrecked car in Los Angeles. The dog was quickly taken in by the charity Fuzzy Rescue, which specializes in animal rehabilitation and adoption.

Scooby Roo gained national media attention upon news that Michael Jackson’s children heard about the story and wanted to pay for the dog to get a cart so he could move around. Since then, actresses Shannon Elizabeth and Alyssa Milano have stepped up to the plate, donating money to pay for the new wheels.

Now enjoying full mobility with the help of a special cart, Scooby Roo is thriving in the shelter. Milano also stepped up to be the dog’s godmother, receiving updates on his condition and being allowed to play with the pup, according to Radar Online.

When Scooby Roo visited the actress, she took to her Twitter account to talk about her love for the dog.

“I fell in love with Scooby Roo,” Milano posted. “I helped him get wheels. How could I not?”

The popularity of Chihuahuas drastically rose with the emergence of the Taco Bell dog and various movies featuring the pint-sized pups. Unfortunately, now many animal shelters in California are noticing an over-abundance of Chihuahuas and were left trying to come up with ways to save them.

Hoping to avoid the euthanizing of dozens of dogs, the Kern animal shelter in California paid to fly 36 Chihuahuas to cities such as New York to help curb the overpopulation, according to KGET.com.

Using animal friendly airline Pet Airways, which provides pet care by pampering animals with a first-class treatment, the shelter hoped to save the animals lives by getting them out of California.

"If those 36 didn’t go out, a dog like this that has been in the adoption center for an extended length of time would probably have to be euthanized," Kern County animal control director Guy Shaw told the news provider.

Other groups are beginning to try to save the lives of Chihuahuas as well. Recently, Virgin America airlines flew 15 dogs from San Francisco to New York, where the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals picked them up, according to the Los Angeles Times.