Street dogs find homes thanks to Mexican army
These stray dogs were rescued by the Mexican army
Location: Zumpango de Ocampo, Mexico
The Doggies of Santa Lucia shelter was set up in an unoccupied kindergarten building
to provide up to 50 dogs with medical attention, food and shelter
(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SECOND LIEUTENANT VETERINARIAN, CARLA MEDELLIN, SAYING:
"The shelter's objective is to give the dogs a temporary home and to adapt them to life with humans and other dogs so they can be adopted by a family. In that adoption process, the Mexican army will give medicine if it's necessary, surgery for an injury, if they need surgery we will do it, we sterilize the dogs, we give them all of their vaccine shots."
Some dogs are chosen to work at the nearby airport
as sniffer or medical alert dogs
