When This Rescue Gets All Their Food Stolen, People Respond In An Amazing Way

On Sunday morning (March 20), staff members at the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire walked into the pet food storage shed to find a disturbing sight–it was completely empty.

About 65 bags of dry dog and cat food–which was about $700 worth–had been taken. This wiped out the shelter’s food pantry, which helps dog and cat owners who are elderly or struggling financially to feed their pets.

 

“A staff person came in the morning and noticed that someone had pushed through the chicken wire on our community food pantry and they had taken everything,” rescue president and CEO Monica Zulauf told The Dodo in an article.

 

With police on the case, the shelter issued a press release on Facebook and Twitter, asking for donations to replace the stolen goods; and little did they know how much support they would receive.

It wasn’t long before people came pouring in, offering bags of pet food and treats .

“The community response was amazing. It was a steady stream of everything — from toddlers carrying little bags of cat treats to families who had picked up full bags of pet food,” said Zulauf in the aforementioned article.

There was so much food, in fact, that the rescue plans on sharing the donations with neighboring animal welfare organizations.

 

And better still: because of all the foot traffic they’ve received in the past couple of days, most of the animals have been adopted!

In the meantime, police are still looking for the thief, and have released this video in hopes of getting closer to an arrest:

Anyone with information, please call the Bedford Police Department at 603-472-5113

Why anyone would want to steal food from innocent animals and owners who need a helping hand is a mystery.

But the fact that the community–and beyond–pulled together to defeat such an evil act is simply wonderful.