"Grace" was a sweet senior Boxer dog that was picked up stray by an animal control officer on June 17, 2020. No owner came to look for her and she was rescued by Atlanta Boxer Rescue on June 24, 2020. Jason and Anne made generous donation pledges to the rescue for saving her. A few days later we got a nice note from the rescue.  

"Irene" was another sweet senior dog that came into the animal shelter this week. She had a nice red-ticked coat, long floppy years, and a stellar, single blue eye. She was picked up stray by an animal control officer on June 18, 2020. When no owner came looking for her, she was rescued by Second Chance Habitat on June 23, 2020. She was heartworm positive, but generous pledges from Becky, Nancy, Heidi, Adela, Cindy, Dana, Alice, Jason and Anne helped the rescue cover those costs. Thanks all! 

"Maggie Mae" was brought into the shelter on June 18, 2020. I would never have known it based on her sweet personality in the shelter, but the callers and responding animal control officer said she was being quite the pistol out on the streets. But it turns out she was probably defending her puppies which were somewhere in the neighborhood.

​Later, when an officer went back to look for her puppies again, her owner came out and surrendered her to the officer. Thankfully, with the efforts of some citizens and police, Maggie was reunited with her puppies which were found in a crawl space under a nearby house. All went safely to Pup and Cat Co Rescue on June 22, 2020 and were sponsored by pledges to the rescue from Adela, Nancy, Jason, Becky and Anne. 

​Summertime is upon us and kitten season is in full swing. In just a matter of hours the shelter can receive well over 15 kittens. Finding homes for them all is always a challenge. But thankfully there are a few local rescues that are bailing out the shelter kitties. "KitKat" and "Kelly" were from a litter of five that were rescued by Altered Feral State rescue on June 12, 2020. 

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"Amber" was a happy Akita and Ductch Shepherd mix (that's a guess!) that was brought to the animal shelter as a stray on June 2, 2020. No owner came to claim her and she was adopted into a new home on June 9. Her wonderful adopter sent an update to us: 

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"Eli" was a happy pitbull puppy, about 8-months old, that was surrendered to the animal shelter on June 3, 2020. At first, the lady said he was a stray dog they had found. But another woman out in the car said he belonged to her brother. I can't figure out why so many people don't tell the full story when surrendering their pets. Perhaps it is to avoid some guilt or accountability. But it really hampers the shelter's efforts to re-home the animals when all the information about a pet isn't given at intake.  "Eli" proved to be a sweet pup and it showed in his video. He was adopted the day after being surrendered! 

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"Copper" was turned in stray to the animal shelter on May 27, 2020. He didn't have a tag or microchip, but his owner called after seeing him on the adoption website. He was reunited with his family on June 2, 2020.

They say every dog has his day, and Murry finally got his! Murry was picked up stray on May 22, 2020. He was already neutered, but no owner ever came looking for him. Things were looking bleak because Murry needed to go to a home without other pets, and that severely limits things. But he finally found a match when a couple spotted his post in the internet and came to meet him. They didn't have any other pets at home, so Murry would have their undivided attention! He was adopted on June 1, 2020.

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"Blaze" was a beautiful, young German Shepherd puppy that came into the animal shelter as a stray on May 28, 2020. I knew she would be popular, but wasn't prepared for the 30 adoption applications that were submitted in just a few days. And I was again shocked that no owner came forward to claim her. She made one lucky family very happy when she was adopted into their home on June 1, 2020

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