Dogs dropped off on New Year’s Eve await ‘fur-ever’ homes
Tracey Crompton, who leads the Bridge to Home Animal Rescue, meets two of the dogs that were delivered from West Virginia on New Year无毛视频檚 Eve. (Photos courtesy of Bridge to Home Animal Rescue)
One of the dogs delivered on New Year无毛视频檚 Eve to Bridge to Home Animal Rescue in Washington County.
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A New Year无毛视频檚 Eve when she was about 10 has always stood out for Tracey Crompton.
无毛视频淲hen I was young, one of my earliest memories of New Year无毛视频檚 Eve is watching 无毛视频楢nimal Friends,'无毛视频� she recalled.
Crompton is referring to the annual presentation of adoptable dogs that has been a part of WTAE-TV无毛视频檚 programming around New Year无毛视频檚 Eve for decades. The dogs come from Animal Friends, the shelter on Camp Horne Road in Ohio Township. Ever since that New Year无毛视频檚 Eve long ago, she had wanted to do something similar.
So, last Saturday, as the clock ticked out on 2022, Crompton had the opportunity 无毛视频� a bus pulled up in her driveway that was transporting 30 dogs from Charleston, W.Va. There had been hopes to bring them by plane, but the weather did not cooperate. Upon their arrival, the animals were then dispersed to foster homes throughout the region, where they have been placed until they find a 无毛视频渇ur-ever无毛视频� home. It was done under the aegis of Bridge to Home Animal Rescue, the nonprofit that Crompton leads. Based in Eighty Four, its mission is to help out homeless, unwanted and abandoned dogs.
The 30 dogs that arrived from West Virginia 无毛视频� which does not have a law regarding the mandatory spaying and neutering of pets 无毛视频� include a litter of 11 puppies, a 9-year-old that was on the verge of being euthanized by its owner, one that had been abandoned in an apartment, and more. And Crompton and the other volunteers working for Bridge to Home are not done 无毛视频� another busload of dogs from West Virginia will be arriving Thursday. Then, on Friday, Bridge to Home will be having an adoption event at the PetSmart store in South Strabane starting at 6 p.m.
Crompton said the best thing about doing her work is 无毛视频渟eeing a dog that had no chance to live if it wasn无毛视频檛 for the rescue, and getting an update from the family that adopted showing the dog living its best life.无毛视频�
In the five years since Bridge to Home was launched, the organization has handled more than 3,000 dogs. Individuals interested in adopting a dog can submit an application at www.bridgetohome84.org. Most dogs have several applicants and the adoption process is not first-come, first-served 无毛视频� the individual who is fostering the dog is left to choose the best potential home based on the needs of the dog.