388 dogs were fostered ❤️
Published on Oct 11, 2024 at 4:31 PM
When Hurricane Milton was about to hit Florida, animal shelters across the state worried about how the dangerous storm would affect their cats and dogs. Many shelters had no choice but to evacuate animals from their facilities.
One such shelter, Miami-Dade Animal Services, knew they were going to need a lot of help evacuating all of their dogs. A few days before the storm was set to hit, they posted an urgent call on their Instagram.
“With the tropical storm approaching, we are taking all precautions to keep our shelter dogs safe,” Miami-Dade Animal Services wrote on Instagram. “We are urgently in need of fosters … If you are able to open your home and keep our shelter pets safe from flooding, please reach out to us.”
It is for three days during the hurricane bevause the shelter is going to flood. Please go help these little angels♬ scott street – favsoundds
People wasted no time showing up to support the dogs in need. Even as they were dealing with preparing for the storm themselves, these foster families went out of their way to make the dogs feel comfortable in a scary situation.
Miami resident Mari Gvozdeva took in a foster dog named Scout. As soon as she and Scout got home, she gave him a nice bath, played with him and gave him a comfy place to sleep. In no time at all, Scout was settled right in.
@mariigvzShe is so sweet and kind🥰#miami#animalshelter#miamidadeshelter#shelter#volunteering#hurricane#miamihurricanes#florida#floridahurricane♬ Linger – SiriusXM Session – Royel Otis
As word got out about the dogs in need of foster homes, more and more people started showing up to Miami-Dade Animal Services. Just two days after they posted their initial call for help, there was a line out the door with hundreds of people ready to take in dogs.
The shelter was floored by the response.
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“We’re overwhelmed with gratitude for the incredible support from our community,” they said.
Within days, each and every dog at the shelter — all 388 of them — were with foster families. As the hurricane passed over Miami, the dogs were safe and sound in loving homes.
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Many of the dogs’ foster families have been posting videos showing off the amazing pups they got to spend a few days with, hoping to help them find forever homes. If any of the dogs have caught your eye, you can check out the Miami-Dade Animal Services adoption page.
He is going home to a sweet family and they can not wait to meet him!!♬ original sound – Sansa the bernese 🐻
Already, several of these posts have led to dogs getting adopted. It’s wonderful that so many happy endings have come of something as stressful as a hurricane.
To support Miami-Dade Animal Services, you can make a donation here. You can learn more about their adoptable dogs here.
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Wildlife Photographer Does A Double Take When He Encounters ‘Moving Pickle’
“Not sure if I’ve ever seen a more fitting name for a creature before … “
Two years ago, a wildlife photographer named Nick Volpe was walking around in the woods of Wellington, New Zealand, when he spotted something unusual. Inching across the forest floor was an animal who looked exactly like a pickle.
As a wildlife photographer, Volpe recognized the animal as a member of the subspecies of leaf vein slugs colloquially known as New Zealand pickle slugs. But because pickle slugs are typically nocturnal, he’d never actually seen one in the flesh before.
“To say I was excited to meet this creature … was an understatement,” Volpe wrote on X.
When Volpe picked up the slug, it became clear just how pickle-like the creature really was. The animal’s color was the exact hue of a well-brined cucumber, and their back was covered in spikes that resembled the bumps pickles have on their skin.
“He’s just essentially a moving pickle,” Volpe said on Instagram.
Pickle slugs are air-breathing gastropods who are only found in New Zealand. Because of their elusive nature, not much is known about them. They likely feed on algae and fungi during their nightly excursions.
Pickle slugs’ unique appearance actually serves a biological purpose. Their green coloring helps them blend in with their environment, while the bumps on their backs aid in their disguise.
“Those pickle-like protrusions on its back are actually papillae, a feature of several slugs that in some species can even inflate and enlarge to alter their appearance,” IFL science wrote on their website.
To the human eye, though, these slugs look like they belong next to your sandwich. Their eggs even look like the little pearl onions found in many pickle jars.
“Not sure if I’ve ever seen a more fitting name for a creature before,” one commenter wrote below Volpe’s Instagram post.
While Volpe hasn’t gotten to see a pickle slug since that day two years ago, he’ll always treasure the time he came face to face with one of nature’s most mouth-watering invertebrates.
“I am in love with this thing,” Volpe said.
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