Shelter Dogs in Oxford, Mississippi Seek Homes through Rescues

Dogs like Little Bit, Apple, and Carlton languished at the Oxford Humane Society for months but now have a second shot at adoption:  they are being transported to Russell Rescue of Columbia, Tenn.

Volunteers like Katie Muldoon arrange transports.  Only a few are saved at a time.  Today's transport consists of six dogs.  But every dog that goes to a rescue is one less in the shelter, Muldoon says.  And this opens up space for other dogs that might otherwise have been euthanized.

Animals that enter shelters in the United States have a tough time finding homes, statistics show.  Nearly 10,000 animals are euthanized daily in shelters across the U.S.  Muldoon and Russell Rescue volunteer Carolyn Parkers points out that if the law required pet owners to spay or neuter their pets, the overpopulation problem would be solved within a few years if not months.

Dogs on their way to Columbia, Tenn.