Skip to main content

100 Puerto Rico pets arrive for fostering, adoption

By Abigail Constantino

WASHINGTON — One hundred animals from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico arrived in the D.C. area, and they are looking for homes and forever families.

Lucky Dog Animal Rescue flew the animals Saturday and they arrived in the area on the same day.

There will be an adoption event from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, at the PetSmart in Gaithersburg, Maryland (218 Kentlands Blvd.).

Scroll through some photos of these pets’ journey.

[custom_gallery]

Here’s what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale whose life and death captivated Germany

By The Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) — The remains of Timmy, the humpback whale whose life and death captivated Germany for months, will be turned into biodiesel as some of the mammal's bones are set to go to a Danish museum. A series of failed rescue attempts split the scientific community and a private initiative over whether it was more humane to let the weakened and sick animal die on its own or continue the efforts. The whale, nicknamed “Timmy” and “Hope” by German media, was found dead on May 14, stranded just off the small island of Anholt in the Kattegat, the broad strait between Denmark and Sweden that connects the Baltic Sea to the North Sea. Here's what to know:
Read Next Story

Related News

Here’s what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale whose life and death captivated Germany

David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100

Injured US military veterans find relief and awe swimming with a whale shark at Georgia Aquarium