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WASHINGTON, DC -
As a white ASPCA van rolls into Washington, thirteen animals get a little closer to home.
They are dogs and cats rescued after Hurricane Sandy. Anna Strates from the Washington Animal Rescue League went to New York to retrieve them from a giant warehouse that served as a temporary shelter.
"We've had animals that were surrendered. They knew they'd lost everything. They cared enough about their animals to give them up," says Strates, as she fights back tears. "There was this one man that would come in every day to take care of his dog. And another small little Russian woman who came in every day to take care of her fat little Chihauhua. She would feed him whole carrots and she would come in really grumpy and by the end she'd be happy and warm and she still had no place to live," says Strates.
What the animals need now is rest.
"They definitely need de-stressing time. An emergency shelter is a stressful environment. Not the most perfect place for them to be. They're in crates. They don't get as much exercise as they might truly need," says behavior specialist Lisa Stemcosky.
It'll be days, and for some, weeks before the animals are ready for adoption.
"Bringing them here just brings it all full circle for me. I know that they'll have a great home," says Strates. A happy ending and a new beginning.
Friday, May 17 2013 11:26 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:26:33 GMT
A Prince William County man says he was suspected by Walmart security of possibly kidnapping his three young daughters -- all because they aren't the same race. Joseph and his wife Keana are an interracial couple. They have been married for nearly 10 years and have three daughters.
A Prince William County man says he was suspected by Walmart security of possibly kidnapping his three young daughters -- all because they aren't the same race. Joseph and his wife Keana are an interracial couple. They have been married for nearly 10 years and have three daughters.
A House committee chairman wants to know whether a retired diplomat who helped lead an independent review of the attack against the U.S. in Benghazi, Libya, will agree to be interviewed by committee investigators.
Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the...
Tuesday, May 14 2013 6:33 PM EDT2013-05-14 22:33:38 GMT
A military drone, once mistaken for a UFO along DC highways back in June took flight Tuesday. The X-47Bdrone is the size of a fighter jet, and took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft from just about any place in the world.
A military drone, once mistaken for a UFO along DC highways back in June took flight Tuesday. The X-47Bdrone is the size of a fighter jet, and took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft from just about any place in the world.
Tuesday, May 7 2013 12:33 PM EDT2013-05-07 16:33:25 GMT
Toasting with new friends just got a futuristic, and slightly creepy, upgrade. Budweiser recently unveiled the Buddy Cup, a pint glass with a built-in chip that connects to Facebook.
Toasting with new friends just got a futuristic, and slightly creepy, upgrade. Budweiser recently unveiled the Buddy Cup, a pint glass with a built-in chip that connects to Facebook.
Tuesday, May 7 2013 12:04 PM EDT2013-05-07 16:04:00 GMT
The nuns' habits didn't seem to be habitual garb for three young women so Colombian police asked them to step aside when they arrived on the Caribbean island of San Andres on a flight from Bogota. Police Capt. Oscar Davila says the three women appeared nervous, and the fabric didn't look right. The chief of the island's judicial police says more than four pounds of cocaine (two kilos) was strapped to the legs of each woman. Davila says all three broke into tears and launched into ...
The nuns' habits didn't seem to be habitual garb for three young women so Colombian police asked them to step aside when they arrived on the Caribbean island of San Andres on a flight from Bogota. Police Capt. Oscar Davila says the three women appeared nervous, and the fabric didn't look right. The chief of the island's judicial police says more than four pounds of cocaine (two kilos) was strapped to the legs of each woman. Davila says all three broke into tears and launched into ...
Thursday, May 2 2013 5:20 PM EDT2013-05-02 21:20:35 GMT
20 small raw chickens (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Customs officials say 20 small black raw chickens were seized from a passenger arriving from Vietnam at Dulles International Airport outside Washington.
Customs officials say 20 small black raw chickens were seized from a passenger arriving from Vietnam at Dulles International Airport outside Washington.
