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When Dog Shelter Makes Appeal for Homes as Temps Plummet Below Zero People Arrive in Droves

KTOZ Schroniske in Krakow, where hundreds of people came in to adopt dogs either permanently or temporarily to get them out of the weater. credit KTOZ Schronisko

An animal shelter in Krakow was left without words after a weekend of action saw lines out of the door of people who came in to temporarily adopt a dog in the face of an onrushing cold front.

Dubbed “Operation Frost,” the KTOZ Schronisko, or animal shelter, asked on Friday the 5th if anyone interested in adopting a dog could come in immediately as the weather over the first weekend of January was predicted to fall to -5degF.

“Due to the fact that some of our animals live in kennels, we urgently need to make room for them in a closed pavilion,” the shelter wrote on Facebook, according to a proprietary translation from Polish.

The shelter also asked people to think about opening up their homes just for a few foster days, but instead they received a Christmas miracle.

This is what it looked like Saturday morning.

And it kept on going through Sunday.

” “The amount of people that visited our shelter seemed endless and it is absolutely beautiful.”

By that time the shelter had seen over 100 canines find temporary or permanent homes.

“I saw an ad for winter action on my boss’s story and I’ve been talking to my mum about owning a dog for a long time,” wrote Ms. Pani Ola on Facebook alongside pictures of her new dog Hugo. “This freezing cold gave me such a kick to act that while sitting at work I thought, ‘if not now then never. ‘”

In a separate post announcing the conclusion of Operation Frost, the shelter thanked everyone for their “kind and open hearts.”

“All dogs from outdoor boxes were moved to indoor rooms thanks to your adoptions. We are very grateful and extremely blessed,” they wrote. “Thank you to everyone, without exception, for every adoption, for your kind and open hearts.”

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Julia Powell

Julia is a founder of PetsLifeGuide and an author of articles about German Shorhaired Pointers and accessories for them. She is a specialist about this breed since 2002

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