Rescues Team Up to Save 14 Dogs About to be Euthanized

• A shelter was planning to euthanize 14 dogs because they were closing up for the holidays.
• Thankfully, a concerned animal lover informed the Best Friends Animal Society, which contacted other available shelters.
• The dogs are now being treated and cared for at a rescue shelter and will soon be up for adoption.

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Animal rescue groups teamed up to give shelter dogs a new life in time for the new year.

A concerned animal lover emailed the Best Friends Animal Society in December about a Texas shelter’s plans of euthanizing 14 dogs. They were closing over the holidays and could not care for their animal residents.

The organization immediately contacted its animal rescue partners to look for an available shelter. The Helping Hounds rescue group near Syracuse, New York, volunteered to be the dogs’ holiday home.

Best Friends picked up the pups from Texas and loaded them into a pet-safe transport van.

But they only reached Indiana before Christmas, so they decided to reach out to local shelters for help. So, during the Christmas weekend, Indiana’s Brown County Humane Society and Bartholomew County Humane Society became the dogs’ temporary home.

The Indiana stopover shelters proved to be a comfortable home for several of the dogs, so they agreed to keep them until they find their forever families.

The remaining dogs were driven to Helping Hounds, where they are now being treated for previous injuries and health issues. While they are waiting for a few weeks to get the go signal for adoption, they are relaxing in the warm, welcoming shelter.

Best Friends Animal Society’s senior strategist Audrey Lodato expressed their thanks “to the many people who jumped in to help transport these dogs across the country during the holidays.”

They added, “The only way to achieve no-kill in the U.S. is through collaboration like this transport between shelters, rescue organizations, and community members. Shelter staff have been overwhelmed during the pandemic and need extra support from the community to provide services for pets.”

Source: PEOPLE