Student Event Helps Dogs Find Homes

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Some lucky locals went home with new furry forever friends at a student dog adoption event on Saturday.

The Compassion In Action (CIA) Club held its 4th Annual Dog Adoption and Animal Awareness Fair at Newport Harbor High School (NHHS) and adopted out 12 dogs, said club adviser Karen Coyne.

“(The fair) went very well,” Coyne wrote in an email. “Fortunately, 12 of about 45 (dogs) did get adopted, but we still have a long way to go.”

Dogs are being born faster than they can be adopted out, Coyne said, and stressed the importance of getting cats and dogs spayed and neutered. And it’s costing California taxpayers money, she added, they’re paying to keep strays at shelters and have them euthanized. So spaying and neutering pets not only keeps the pet population under control, but it saves taxpayers money.

The saddest part of the event was seeing the dogs that weren’t adopted sitting in their kennels at the end of the day, she said.

Three out of the four rescues present at the fair had dogs adopted out. Barks of Love was the only rescue group that left with the same number of pups that they came in with. Visit www.barksoflove.org for a list of their dogs up for adoption.

 

Read the full story about the club here.

 

Student volunteers for CIA Club set up for the dog adoption fair. —Photo courtesy of the CIA Club

 

Student volunteers set up the tables designated for the prizes of the drawings at the event. —Photo courtesy of the CIA Club

 

The booths at the dog adoption and pet fair gets busy at Saturday's event. — Photo by Jim Collins

 

Students Stone M. & Clayton S. play with one of the dogs up for adoption at the event. —Photo courtesy of the CIA Club

 

A visitor to the event gets a kiss from one of the dogs up for adoption. —Photo courtesy of the CIA Club

 

A dog up for adoption at NHHS's CIA Club event shows his happy face for the camera. —Photo courtesy of the CIA Club

 

A young girl tries to pet one of the dogs up for adoption at the event. —Photo courtesy of the CIA Club

 

A bandanna states the dogs' plea plain and simple. — Photo by Jim Collins

 

A dog soaks up the attention as he waits to get adopted. —Photo courtesy of the CIA Club

 

A dog shows his gratitude with a puppy kiss for his new owner. —Photo courtesy of the CIA Club

 

Student Tara Lynch helping Daisy find a new home. —Photo by Jim Collins

 

A dog up for adoption at the fair anxiously waits for a new family. —Photo courtesy of the CIA Club

 

Melisa Bozza and daughter, Marlo, play with one of the dogs that was up for adoption at the fair. —Photo by Jim Collins

 

The CIA Club: (left to right) freshman Lily Chavis, club President and founder Karen Coyne, and freshman Danella Carrese. —Photo by Jim Collins

 

 

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