“To you, they are the ‘Hugging Dogs,’” said Angels Among Us Pet Rescue, “but to us, they are the poster girls of the homeless pet crisis in Georgia.”
The hugging dogs in question were Kala and Keira, two puppies scheduled for euthanasia at a “high kill” shelter in north Georgia in 2015, but a photo of the pair locked in a heart-wrenching embrace ignited an internet frenzy. Their photo went viral on Facebook after Atlanta-based dog rescue charity Angels Among Us (AAU) shared it with their followers.
