These dogs are alive thanks to the brave actions of one woman, who saw a video online. Barbara Holbrook's conscience couldn't let her leave the animals to their fates.
Speaking with People, she explained she saw a video of someone dumping the dogs in the wilderness. "I saw the Facebook reel before I ever saw the TikTok," Holbrook told the outlet. "It was Friday evening, and I'd called off work that day. I saw all these comments about how awful it was, but not one asking if someone had gone to get them. So I thought — why not me?"
"Thankfully, two local organizations offered right away," she said. "They ended up with One By One Animal Advocates, and they're in a foster home now. They're getting vaccinated and spayed and neutered, and once that's done — and any legal stuff is sorted — they'll be adopted."
Abandoned Dogs
Holbrook is thankful that she was able to help the animals.
"Usually it doesn't go that smoothly," Holbrook said. "Sometimes you go out again and again and never find them. So this one meant a lot."
"I really believe most people are good. Something major has to be going on in their lives to do something like that. People think they'll live these happy, free lives out there, but they don't," she explains. "They're domesticated. They can't hunt. They starve, or they get shot because people are scared of them. A lot of folks say, 'let dogs be dogs,' and they don't realize what that really means."
She's thankful that she was able to help.
"A lot of people scroll past things like this and assume someone else will go get them," she says. "But sometimes, nobody is. If it's safe and you're able, go check."
