BLACKWOOD, N.J. (AP) A group of dogs rescued from flood-ravaged Louisiana is waiting for new homes in New Jersey. Novik said the Dog Is My CoPilot nonprofit animal rescue organization was planning to bring 10 dogs to the Wood River Valley to be put up for adoption but only four made it on the flight due to unforeseen space constraints.
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Eighteen of the animals were taken to the Camden County Animal Shelter in Gloucester Township.
“Just seeing the vans come up and see the dogs jump out was really cool”, said Camden County Animal Shelter Operations Manager Mike Bricker. “They’re all great dogs”.
According to the Idaho Humane Society, the dogs should be available for adoption beginning early next week.
The Camden County Animal Shelter started out with 18 available puppies available for adoption on Friday, and before the shelter’s doors were even opened, one of the rescued dogs, “Sophie”, had already been adopted.
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Although the animals’ back stories are mostly unknown, Bricker said Eliza, a 4-year-old female Great Dane, was displaced after her family’s home was lost in the flooding. “Some shelters were flooded and a lot of people have had to surrender their animals after losing everything in the floods”. Before departing New Jersey, they took 12 cats off the hands of shelter staff and transported them up to Vermont.
