Nevertheless, they were dedicated enough to spend their Saturdays arriving at the shelter before dawn, bathing and grooming the dogs and
cats (since that job was rarely tackled by the shelter staff during the work week), loading them into portable cages, hoisting the cages into their cars and trucks, driving about 10 miles to the
nearest shopping center, unloading the cages from the vehicles, calming the by - now terrified dogs and
cats, and imploring the public for the next eight hours to please consider adopting one of these
homeless creatures.