Champas is 5 years old already, but he still has no owners and is living at the Animal Welfare League Australia shelter for over 400 days now, desperately craving for a loving owner to cuddle with.

Colleen and Chris Otcasek from California were looking for a new house, and finally bought one in Woodland Hills. Their new home didn’t look any suspicious, up until they’ve found a large, concrete-lined hole in their back-yard, which turned out to be a bomb shelter. They were brave enough to venture and go down into the bunker, where they have found a shelter for a family of four, stocked with everything they would need for up to three weeks of staying. They found out that it was built by Alvin Kaufman – a self-taught nuclear engineer, who worked for the US Government in the 60’s. It explains why he knew every danger of the nuclear attack and prepared the shelter accordingly – with several sleeping areas, a water tank, a hand cranked air filter and enough food and other supplies.

When the old dog of Steve Greig passed away, he felt horrible about it. And nothing could make this feeling go away. After some reflections, he decided he had to adopt a dog, but not just any and not just one. He went to his local shelter in Denver, Colorado and adopted the dogs that would probably never find their forever homes. He took in 10 senior dogs and now is a very happy and very busy daddy to them. Take a look at a normal day in the life of Steve.

These pictures capture the amazing moments when shelter dogs finally get taken to their new homes for the first time.