Routes of Rescue

How vulnerable shelter animals from poor and rural areas of the American South are transported to wealthier areas of the North for adoption

In the American South, many animal shelters are overcrowded and underresourced, with the number of animals greatly exceeding the number of available homes. Meanwhile, the northern states face the opposite problem—too many adopters and not enough adoptable animals. And every year, a network of largely unpaid animal rescuers moves t…