Purrfect family: injured dog at Edmonton shelter nurses 5 pups and a kitten

She was a young, homeless single mom trying to raise a family of five, but true to the spirit of the season there was room for one more.

Esperanza had been badly injured when she was hit by a car, but the young shepherd-cross with the thick white coat was still managing to care for her newborn puppies – and a kitten – when she was found on a central Alberta reserve — via redwolf.newsvine.com