Route 66 Animal Shelter closed down earlier this month, sending its remaining unadopted animals to the Barstow Humane Society.
Ten dogs remain from the Route 66 shelter, who are available to adopt without fees if already spayed and neutered. Route 66 Animal Shelter was the only non-kill shelter in the High Desert area but couldn’t sustain its humanitarian mission due to insufficient funding.
The shelter relinquished control to the city of Barstow on Monday, Dec. 9, which plans to euthanize animals.
For the time being, the Humane Society of Barstow has agreed to open its doors to the remaining animals while the city shuffles plans to re-open under its management. While some humane societies do in fact euthanize, it is unclear whether or not the Barstow branch does.
Barstow Humane Society screens homes and requires meet-and-greets to ensure its dogs and potential adopters are compatible, the organization said on social media.
“Please consider giving them a warm and loving home,” Route 66 Animal Shelter pleaded on Facebook. “They deserve it.” Route 66 also thanked the community for lending helping hands during a tumultuous time and issued a statement of appreciation via social media.
They specifically thanked their employees who stuck with them until the end, especially during the emotional transfer to the humane society.
“There were so many tears … so many stressful days,” former Route 66 employee Jasi Rodriguez said online. “We all poured our hearts out for our babies! I’d do it all over again with you all! Love you guys!”
The Route 66 dogs that are left include a German Shepherd mix, Pit bulls, large terriers, and husky mixes.
For more information, please email the Barstow Humane Society at Barstowshelterinfo@gmail.com. The 10 dogs left are also available on Adoptapet.com.
McKenna Mobley is a Daily Press reporter and can be reached atmmobley@gannett.com.
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