Meredith Vieira Shines Spotlight on Animal Aid USA

Meredith Vieira has won 14 Emmy Awards over the course of her career as a television journalist, and she’s won the admiration of animal lovers for focusing the camera on paws causes. A recent segment of The Meredith Vieira Show was dedicated to the rescue of dogs in need in rural Georgia.

The talk show host traveled to the Long County Animal Shelter in the town of Ludowici, where dogs who were facing their fate were among the 200 canines who received a new lease on life as Animal Aid USA— a non-profit organization which has saved more than 10,000 homeless dogs– conducted its largest rescue since its founding by Karen Talbot and Prince Lorenzo Borhese, a former star of The Bachelor and president of Royal Treatment pet products.

In the following video viewers are virtual visitors at the shelter as the dogs take their first steps toward a better tomorrow, and dog devotees will also meet canines whose home situations also warranted rescue:

• Hope, whose days spent at the end of a chain suddenly changed when she was spotted by Animal Aid USA co-founder Karen Talbot. Hope is now waiting for a forever family at Pet Haven Rescue in Royal Palm Beach, Florida.
• Blu, who was paralyzed when a neighbor aimed his gun. Blu has since undergone an operation, and while only time will tell if he will ever walk again he will no doubt one day race right into the heart of a loving pet parent.
• Scraps, a painfully thin dog who was found roaming the backroads of Long County is now on the road to recovery as he receives care from an area veterinarian.

As The Meredith Vieira Show episode continued a few adorable adoptables had the chance to lap up the limelight as they promenaded on the green carpet. Potential pet parents who are interested in adopting Neron should contact Wags Rescue in Horsham, Pennsylvania, and those who would like to welcome Rocky (or Blu) into their heart and home can contact One Love Animal Rescue.

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