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'Operation Puppy Lift' Rescues 14 Puppies, Brings Pooches To Kent

Each of the puppies will be put up for adoption.

Puppies facing a life of hunger, homelessness, and death were given a second chance on the East End recently.

Calverton's Kent Animal Shelter recently teamed up with the Humane Society of Grand Bahama for "Operation Puppy Lift," which brought 14 pooches to safe haven.

Grand Bahama only has one animal shelter, the Humane Society of Grand Bahama, and it is plagued with overcrowding issues. To that end, "Operation Puppy Lift" was launched to help give the canines a new start at life.

"These dogs were rescues, and would have faced an uncertain future and most likely been destroyed if were not for Operation Puppy Lift and arriving at Kent for new homes," Pam Green, Executive Director of Kent Animal Shelter, said Thursday.

"The dogs were strays, running around the island, not having any owners before being captured and taken into either foster homes or to the Humane Society there. They had no life on the on the island or any future before being flown to the U.S.," she added.

HSGB works with no-kill shelters across the United States chosen to take in the puppies and save their lives.  

The 14 puppies flew into JFK airport this week, where Kent Animal Shelter workers then transported them back to Kent in Calverton.

All of the puppies will be vet checked, spayed/neutered, vaccinated and put up for adoption.

Each ‘potcake puppy,’ the term used for the local native mixed breed of the strays of Grand Bahama, are all under one year of age and range from four to eight months — and are in need of new homes.   


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