This Dog Was Finally Adopted After Five Years Of Waiting When This Photo Went Viral On Facebook
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- Tuesday, 7 Apr 2015, 7:33AM
After five years in an animal shelter Chester was finally adopted after the below photo tug on the heart strings of thousands!
Manager of the North Awl Animal Welfare League, Gabby Stroup said:Â "I posted the original photo on the League's Facebook page and by later that day there were over 6,000 shares," Stroup said. "Someone suggested I make him his own page and I did, at about 3:30 p.m., and that evening there were close to 2,000 likes."Â
People called from all over the globe in order to adopt Chester. The shelter now plans to share more pictures of other long term residents in a hope to get them re homed.Â

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