Animal Rescue Corps drives 2000 miles to save 35 dogs
by: Michael Cunningham PIO
Published: April 22, 2025
COLTON, CA...Animal Rescue Corps (ARC), a national nonprofit dedicated to ending animal suffering, partnering with Priceless Pet Rescue, Southern California nonprofit pet rescue responded to a plea for help from an animal advocate in Southern California who has been working to humanely resolve a hoarding case involving dozens of animals after learning the property owner was hospitalized. ARC’s Field team deployed from ARC’s Rescue Center outside Nashville Tenn., and drove 2000 miles in two days to Colton, Calif, to help with the dire situation.
Upon arrival, the ARC field team found 30+ dogs of various mixed small breeds, including chihuahuas, chihuahua mixes, terrier mixes, havanese/maltese mixes, pomeranians, and poodles, The dogs. show many obvious signs of neglect common in hoarding, including internal and external parasites, eye infections, ear infections, skin infections, severe dental disease, overgrown nails, untreated bite wounds, abscesses, and severe matting.
“We drove 2,000 miles in two days to answer this call for help,” said ARC’s Executive Director, Tim Woodard. “Large-scale hoarding cases involving many neglected animals often are too much for an already stretched local animal safety net to humanely handle. I am very grateful to the advocates on the ground who worked to save these dogs and find them help. Now these dogs have a bright future ahead of them and will soon be in loving homes.”
Priceless Pet Rescue, a Los Angeles nonprofit organization, assisted ARC on scene and with placement of 13 of the small dogs who will eventually be available for adoption at one of their adoption centers
“It was clear these animals had been through so much, and we’re grateful to work alongside ARC to give them the second chance they deserve,” said Lisa Price, Executive Director of Priceless Pet Rescue. “Together, we’re making sure they get the love, care, and homes they’ve always needed.”
This case was discovered several weeks ago when the property owner was hospitalized after suffering a serious medical emergency. At that time, the property contained over 50 dogs and 30 cats. Since then, all of the cats and 20 of the dogs have been placed with local rescue organizations, leaving 35 dogs with an uncertain future until today.
The remainder of the dogs will be transported to ARC’s Rescue Center, about 30 minutes east of Nashville, Tenn., where they will receive a thorough veterinary exam, appropriate vaccinations, and necessary medical treatments before being matched and transported to trusted shelter and rescue partner organizations that will ultimately adopt them into loving homes. The case has been dubbed Operation Dusty Tails.
Donations and volunteers are urgently needed to help these dogs and other animal victims of mistreatment, abuse, neglect, and disaster: visit animalrescuecorps.org
Since 2010, Animal Rescue Corps (ARC), a national animal protection nonprofit, has provided large-scale animal rescue for communities that lack resources to address abuse In addition to emergency rescue, ARC offers education and shelter relief. ARC’s mission is to end animal suffering through direct and compassionate action and to inspire the highest ethical standards of humanity towards animals. To learn more about Animal Rescue Corps, visit: animalrescuecorps.org
Priceless Pet Rescue is a nonprofit organization, no-kill pet rescue with adoption locations in Chino Hills, Claremont, and Costa Mesa. We rehabilitate and rehome unwanted animals and stand behind our mission of saving one by one until there are none.
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