A dog waits in a cage at Miami-Dade Animal Services. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Valerie Mozell, animal care specialist, fills out the paperwork for Beans, who was surrendered to Miami-Dade Animal Services. His family, of 7 years, was down-sizing to an apartment and could not take him. He was spotted by someone that day and would be adopted the next day. He was lucky. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Isabel Fuentes, left, and her son, Renato, 7, return the puppy they had adopted a few days earlier to the shelter because it was throwing up. The dog, Miles, was adopted by a new family within a few days.
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Vet tech Grace Davin looks after the half-dozen pups brought into the shelter on a Friday morning.
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Anthony Villadamigo, left, found this dog running in Tropical Park and brought him to the shelter. The pup wants to play with Moises Pacheco, 2, center, and his mother, Lizangela Montejo, right, at Miami-Dade Animal Services shelter. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Gloria Acevedos, of Homestead, had to leave her dog at Miami-Dade Animal Services shelter. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Her paperworks said she was a stray picked up on August 30, a female, brown and black terrier mix, they named her Sonia, someone commented on her paperwork that she was "super sweet" and drew a heart. September 6, was her "out date." MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Dr. Brian Huntsman, left, one of the three vets on duty at Miami-Dade Animal Services, spays a cat, with volunteer Dr. Solange Krawiecki, right, watching his stitching. The shelter will average, spaying and neutering, from 17 to 32 cats per day. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Mortimer, the dog picked up in north dade was given these immunizations while being checked in at Miami-Dade Animal Services. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Animal Services officer Adrian Diaz picked up t his male dog after a neighbor reported neglect and abuse. Diaz named the dog "Mortimer'' and predicted he would be adopted. Mortimer ended up at the Greater Humane Society of Miami-Dade, which is a "no-kill'' shelter.
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This puppy -- with her umbilical cord still attached -- was left at Animal Services alone and with no information. Shelter workers named her "Sofie'' and said they would try to bottle feed her.
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Three kittens in a cage at the Miami-Dade Animal Services shelter. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Dr. Maria Serrano, right, one of the three veterinarians, on duty, at Miami-Dade Animal Services, hugs Carol Johnson, left, of Golden Rescue South Florida, Miami, because she will take Rinti, on right, a 9 year-old dog surrendered by his owner because she could not afford the cancer treatment for his face. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Carmen Franchi, left, plays with her new wards, Lucas, center, and Benjamin, right, at Miami-Dade Animal Services. Franchi will foster the pups until they can be adopted. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Samy Guimez, 11, of Hollywood, picked out a two-month-old kitten at Miami-Dade Animal Services. This kitten is the lucky one. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Mirta Maltes found this stray dog under a shed in a banana plantation in Homestead.
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Mirta Maltes feeds and picks up stray dogs in the Homestead area. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Mirta Maltes feeds and picks up stray dogs, like these two, in the Homestead area. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Mirta Maltes spotted this pup one late one afternoon. She had not seen him for a long while and thought he was dead. She has been feeding him for at least five years along with other stray dogs in the Homestead area. MARICE COHN BAND / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
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