SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — People are not the only ones displaced by the Los Angeles County fires, so are many pets. As a result, rescue organizations in the Bay Area are taking in Southern California dogs that were up for adoption before the fire, to make room in those L.A. shelters for dogs that are lost or had to evacuate.
The goal is to get these dogs a “forever home” here in the Bay Area.
They may be senior dogs but they seem to be in perpetual motion. Four of them just recently traveled up to San Francisco’s multiple senior dog rescue from fire-ravaged Los Angeles
“We are taking dogs that were at the shelter and up for adoption at the shelter, and we are taking those dogs and we’re just immigrating them up here to San Francisco to put them back up for adoption up here so that the shelters, the local shelters in LA have room for the evacuee dogs and the dog that they find,” said Muttville CEO and Founder Sherri Franklin.
Muttvilles dogs range in age from 7 to 17… and two of the l.A. Transplants are sierra and kit
Melissa and Glen Daimler stopped at Muttville Tuesday after hearing they were taking in dogs from Southern California
“I have been wanting to come in for a while to volunteer, and with the LA fires have been even I’ve been wanting to help in some way, I had heard that there were a number of dogs who were coming here, and we just thought that we can come here and help,” Melissa said.
For now, the goal is to get as many of these senior dogs adopted as possible because another 10 will be arriving from Southern California on Wednesday.
And that’s just the beginning.
“I think we’re probably going to get about 50 of these dogs, and that’s above and beyond our normal intake. So we’re really excited to be able to help,” Franklin said.
So if you’ve been thinking about adopting, especially a senior dog like this guy now is a great time. Muttville is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
