Families Open Homes to Pets Impacted by Oil

Written by Jim Kelly Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Hundreds of families facing hardship in the Gulf were forced to give up their pets to a local shelter. After an NBC News report last week, thousands of pet lovers in all 50 states called the shelter and are in the midst of adopting pets to give them new homes.

Now, dogs like Lucky, pictured here on his way to Kentucky, are wagging their tails once again, making fast friends with loving families.

WATCH the video below, or at MSNBC...