As if rescuing a puppy weren’t enough, it seems animal champion Randy Grim also has a knack for timing.

Over at the mother ship, reporter Carolyn Tuft has a story about Grimm - a veteran critter advocate in the St. Louis area - recovering a young dog from an abandoned East St. Louis home this week.

The puppy’s mother and litter-mates, however, were not as lucky, the apparent victims of some macabre animal abuse.

While Grim waits for a family to adopt the surviving puppy - now named Milagro, Spanish for miracle - he’ll claim something of his own.

Even before this week’s heroics, Grim was scheduled to receive a resolution tomorrow at City Hall from Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed for his “tireless dedication to the protection of animals.”

I’m sure there will be lots of ap-paws.

Grim, with one of his many four-legged friends