Karen Foley discovered our second Pet Project.

The Northeast Animal Shelter, located just a half hour north of Boston in historic Salem, is one of New England’s largest nonprofit shelters that does not destroy any of the pets entrusted to its care. They have placed over 100,000 dogs and cats since they opened their doors.

Two weeks ago, thirty-eight shelter dogs from Georgia were welcomed to New England to make room in southern shelters for other animals displaced by the terrible series of twisters. It was a 19-hour non-stop ride from Georgia in a specially outfitted Puppy Pipeline Rescue van, which has moved more than 4,000 dogs to no-kill shelters since 2007. The van travels at night so that the puppies can sleep much of the way. The recent shipment of puppies is just the first infusion of needy animals, with more to come from all over the hard-hit south.

The shelter has more than a hundred dogs, cats and kittens available for adoption. Maybe one of these animals is perfect for you.

Piedmont and Prize will be in Rhonda Nelson’s THE KEEPER (February 2012)

Charity in Karen Foley’s Untitled book (May 2012)

Alba in Cara Summer’s Untitled book (June 2012)

And Mami in Karen Kendall’s Bringing Home the Bachelor (May 2012)

Alba

Charity

Mami

Piedmont

Prize