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Beautiful and Loving Atlas and Negra, Both Need Immediate Fosters / Rescues To Save Their Lives Today by 9 am

Sweet, beautiful, joyful dogs need fosters to reach out to ARC Animal Shelter urgently this morning to save their lives. Fosters save lives.


Fosters and rescue commitment are needed now to save their lives. These dogs are individuals who want to live, love, and be safe, and stepping forward to foster gives them the time and protection they need to save their precious lives.


Sweet Atlas is a Lab/Rottweiler mix who is beautiful, smart, and wants to run and play, and he loves people. A loving, responsible foster home is needed. Please reach out to the shelter if you can foster by 9 a.m. or as early as possible today. Fostering is possible directly from the shelter, and rescues are encouraged to reach out as well. He must have a commitment by 9 a.m. so that he is not at risk for euthanasia —it is crucial that a foster steps forward, and / or a rescue so that he stays safe and can live his long beautiful life ahead of him - he needs a foster urgently this morning, so that he lives to see another day.

According to the Instagram page @iloverescue, “The moment Atlas steps into the play yard, his whole body changes. His tail wags as if it has a life of its own. He leans into your hand, catching treats mid-air with so much joy. Every glance, every movement, says one thing clearly—I just want to be loved.” Atlas wants to live his life, and he deserves that chance.

Please know that individuals who offer to foster and can provide responsible, loving, kind homes truly save precious lives.

Please step up to be the foster for Atlas—he simply wants to live a full life filled with love. It is urgent and imperative that a loving foster home steps up before 9 a.m. / as early as possible on 2/12/2026 (today) to save his life. Please reach out to the shelter this morning; email is the quickest way to reach them at rescue@arcinlandempire.org. Animal ID: A005113 (please include this number when emailing the shelter).

Atlas is approximately four years old. He is ready to settle into a loving home and begin the life ahead of him. If you can offer that home, you will be saving his life—and he will appreciate that forever.

Negra is a stunning Husky/German Shepherd mix, approximately six years old. She is very sweet and kind, with a gentle nature that shines through in everything she does.

According to the Instagram page @iloverescue, “Negra came into the shelter back in November of 2025 with her sister, Chula, after their previous owner surrendered both of them. For a while they were kenneled together and coexisted peacefully. The stress of the shelter environment and being confined in a small space eventually became too much, so staff moved her into her own kennel.” Negra may be six years old, but she still has the playfulness of a puppy. She likes to carry her treat bag around the play yard, walks calmly on a leash, and explores the yard with gentle excitement. She leans into pets with so much love and clearly loves people, as if she has been waiting her entire life for comfort and kindness. She is kind and gentle with everyone she meets.
A loving, responsible foster home is urgently needed to give Negra safety and a chance to live the life she deserves.

Fostering saves lives.

Please realize that a foster can and will literally save the lives of sweet Atlas as well as Negra. They both need fosters to step up for them to be safe before 9 a.m. on 2/12/2026 to save their lives, so they do not die at the shelter from euthanasia.

As a foster, you become a true hero for a loving being who simply wants to be loved and live in a comfortable home with kind, compassionate people.

Dogs are loyal and loving beings, and both Atlas and Negra deserve to be able to walk out of the shelter today and into a loving home. Please be their hero. They are both incredibly sweet, beautiful and special.

The shelter is located at: 1630 Shearwater Street, Ontario, CA 91761 Phone: 909-321-1080 Please step up to foster this morning and reach out first thing—email is the quickest way to reach the shelter: rescue@arcinlandempire.org.

These wonderful, beautiful, loving animals deserve to make it out of the shelter and into loving homes.

They simply want to live their lives with love, joy, and to be a blessing to the families who welcome them.

Stepping up to speak up for these beautiful, loving dogs — Negra, Atlas means saving their lives today. Email, call or visit the shelter urgently this morning to speak up to foster; rescues are needed too. The shelter has a foster program where most all dogs can be fostered from the shelter directly, where food and medical care is covered.

Time is critical for Negra, a beautiful Husky and Atlas, a beautiful Rottweiler/Lab. These dogs are affectionate, and full of love — and immediate action from fosters, and rescue organizations can save their lives today.

IMPORTANT FOSTER INFORMATION

ARC Inland Empire allows direct fostering for most dogs and cats.

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PLEASE SPEAK UP — YOUR VOICE CAN SAVE LIVES TODAY

Please reach out before 9 am to foster. Rescues you are needed to. Email and call.
📞 909-321-1080
📧 Rescue@arcinlandempire.org
📧 info@arcinlandempire.org
📍 1630 Shearwater Street, Ontario, CA 91761
A call.
An email.
A foster offer.

Time is critical. These beautiful, loving dogs deserve to live their full lives with love, kindness and joy. Emailing or calling the shelter right now can be enough to save their lives. Fosters save lives.

They matter, every animal at the shelter deserves a loving home.

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