Visiting the Adoptable Pets of Lifeline Facebook group will likely elicit tears of joy, or sadness. The board is a litany of adorable pet pictures, mostly dogs, many of which are posted with a ticking clock countdown to be adopted before they are euthanized. Sprinkled throughout those posts are some more encouraging messages from new owners who stepped up to adopt just in time to save a life.
On Dec. 28, Taylor Land, posted a video and pictures of her children with their new dog String Cheese which Land rescued from the euthanasia list.
“This dog is absolutely amazing!!,” she wrote. “He is so kind, friendly and playful! If anyone is considering getting a dog, please look at these lists! String Cheese is kid and dog friendly and absolutely loves life. There are so many wonderful dogs out there that deserve a second chance.”
A few posts below Lands’ is a sadder one: pictures of 16 dogs from Fulton Animal Services that must be adopted by Monday Dec. 30 at 8 p.m . or they will be euthanized. Among them are two puppies, Paulo and Araminta , a sweet senior named Black Star and a cutie named Carti.
Lifeline manages both Fulton and DeKalb County Animal shelters, where overcrowding is a daily struggle. Every day on the Lifeline website, Lifeline publishes its daily dog count at each shelter. On Dec. 28, at the Fulton County shelter, there were 391 dogs, which is 16 beyond Lifeline’s max capacity of 375. At DeKalb County, there are 543, which is 8 over the max capacity there of 535. This means between the two shelters, there are 24 dogs at risk of being euthanized if not adopted by Monday night at 8 p.m…