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Beautiful German Shepherd Mix, Raven Needs A Kind Foster or Adopter Today to Save Her Precious Life

Amazing dogs at Carson Shelter: Raven, Ferdinand, Luther, Mike, Twilight, Honey, Dalia and her puppies and Noir who need loving homes TODAY!


I want to lead this story with sweet Raven, a five year old very affectionate and playful German Shepherd Mix, whose time is running out at the shelter. She needs a loving foster home/rescue or adopter to step up today Friday, January 23rd to save her very precious life. Would you like to foster Raven? Fostering animals in shelters is life saving, it gives them an opportunity to heal, thrive, and be on the path to a forever adoptable home. Medical care is covered when fostering a dog, and we need more kind people to do so throughout Los Angeles, so that more precious lives such as Raven’s are saved. If you would like to foster Raven, a 1 year old, sweet, joyful, affectionate German Shepherd mix, please reach out today and complete a foster application at www.carsonfoster.org. Raven is a sweet, people loving dog. She is the first dog featured in the photo gallery in this article. If you feel called to meet her, please don’t think twice about it. It is urgent and she is at imminent risk of euthanasia, and she needs her hero now. If you are a foster or adopter, please reach out today to save her life. Her animal ID number is A5421747.

It is heartbreaking to realize that she is at immediate risk of euthanasia. Please step forward to go to the shelter to meet this sweet, beautiful, incredible dog. She was at Carson Shelter 5 years ago and adopted and then, sadly found as a stray. She deserves her kind, amazing forever family, Be a kind hero of a person, who will walk through those shelter doors, and say “I am here to save Raven’s life and take her home.” She has her whole life ahead of him. If you feel led to help Raven and give her a wonderful home, as a foster or adopter, please reach out urgently today. She is at risk of euthanasia today, Friday 1/23/2026; the shelter opens at 11. Please call them and let them know, even in hours before that, that you are going into the shelter to meet Raven and then show up to meet her if you are interested in fostering or adopting - this can save her life. She matters very much and deserves a loving home, as does every animal at the shelter.
The Carson/Gardena Animal Care Center is located at 216 W. Victoria Street, Gardena CA 90248. The phone number is 310-523-9599. Adoptions must be done in person. If you want to foster Raven or any of the dogs at the shelter, as aforementioned please go to this link and complete it immediately indicating that you would like to foster Raven www.carsonfoster.org. This link may be used to foster anyone at the shelter.
Please call the shelter to let them know you are immediately interested in meeting Raven on Tuesday January 20, 2026.
Other amazing urgent dogs at Carson / Gardena Animal Care Center include, an also amazing Irish Wolfhound/Cane Corso mix named Ferdinand who is also in need of a home urgently to save him from euthanasia. He is 5 years old, and also (as they all are) deserving of a wonderful kind home. His Animal ID number is A 5746490. He is a stunning dog!

Raven’s, Animal ID number A5421747 is a playful, sweet dog. Also, According to the www.instagram.com/savingcarsonshelterdogs Instagram page, she exchanged play bows with the more energetic playful dogs. She is a very cool dog who loves life!

Twilight is a very beautiful eight year old pitbull who was relinquished to the shelter and he is just devastated. He is holding onto hope though! He wants a loving home very much. He is housebroken, and his previous owner said he lived with both small and large dogs. He deserves (as they all do) a gentle place to land; a comfy bed, good food and a kind environment. Please help him heal his broken heart by providing a loving foster home. His Animal ID number is A5745600.

Luther is a male German Shepherd, who is very sweet, and two years old. His Animal ID number is A 5747236. He plays well with other dogs, and it is recommended that his dog housemates include dogs who are calm or have medium energy play levels. He loves attention and wags his tail when shown affection.

Hailey is a beautiful dog. She is playful and sweet. She loves her toys. Her Animal ID number is A5744169. Hailey is a pitbull who loves people! Hailey is able to be adopted or fostered. She will play with toys for hours and really prefers to be around humans, and shows a lot of love for people and more caution with dogs; she is able to co-exist with dogs but prefers to have a human best friend at this time. She needs a loving home too, urgently!

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Mike is described as a really cool, calm gorgeous dog! His Animal ID number is A5715974. He’s about two years old and 60 lbs, he is a beautiful pitbull . He is ready to go home now with a new loving family! Mike is social with other dogs, has a medium energy level and is a great fur kid.
He urgently needs a loving foster or adopter now too.

Betsie is a gorgeous girl in need of an immediate foster and rescue. Her Animal ID number is A5747934; she is very urgent at the shelter also. She is a 7 year old, immensely beautiful and kind Golden Retriever. She urgently needs a home to save her precious life, as all of the dogs listed here do. She needs a rescue and foster urgently to save her life.

Honey is a beautiful 9 year old senior pittie who had to have her leg amputated in December. She is a kind soul, filled with hope and love. She loves walks and gets around well. She needs a loving foster home. Animal ID 5746126. She is an inspiration!

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Dalia, Animal ID number A5751242 is a beautiful mama dog with 10 puppies who needs an immediate foster and rescue.

Noir is a very beautiful senior dog who needs a foster and a rescue. He is kind to all and a kind soul.

There are many beautiful dogs at the Carson Animal Care Center who need fosters/adopters/ and rescues now to save their very precious lives. Please step up to save a life. All of their photos are within this article. See more dogs in need of loving homes at the aforementioned links as mentioned within this article.

There have been amazing updates since the last article with Buck, Nova, Anais, Ash and others (full updates soon) who have found amazing adopters/fosters/rescues.
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