Twenty-two dogs, including eight puppies, were rescued Monday after police saw the pack roaming around a Southern California homeless encampment very close to a busy road.
Police alerted the Oxnard Animal Safety Unit to the pack of dogs in El Rio, according to a Facebook post by Ventura County Animal Services.
In response to the police department's request for help, Ventura County Animal Services and the nonprofit group Dog Days Search and Rescue stepped in.
Officials secured a group of eight puppies, while the rest of the dogs are of mixed breeds and a wide age range.
Dominic Wassil, with Ventura County Animal Services, said in a Facebook post: 'We went down there, we were able to secure all dogs, and now they're here at the shelter.'
'Our shelter is very full at the moment; once they are ready for adoption, people can come on down and check them out,' Wassil added.
In the video, several barking, tail-wagging dogs sat in a dusty patch of dry brush.
Officials said the pack stayed near a homeless encampment while also straying onto private property and interfering with operations of a nearby oil field.
Californian police saved 22 dogs this week after discovering them hanging around an encampment near the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Fifth Street
Officials said the pack stayed near a homeless encampment while also straying onto private property and interfering with oil field operations
Officials secured a group of eight puppies; the rest of the dogs are of mixed breeds and a wide age range
The commenter then predicted that if the dogs were left untouched, then they were most likely to 'breed with each other, as they have been, and their numbers would grow exponentially larger
The incident occurred when the Oxnard Animal Safety Unit was alerted to reports of a stranded pack of dogs near the West Montalvo Oil Field, according to a Facebook post by Ventura County Animal Services
A member of the Dog Days Search and Rescue team said that the dogs will 'now have the opportunity to find loving homes is the most amazing blessing.'
In a follow-up post, Ventura County Animal Services said four of the rescued dogs, all adults and female, were available for adoption. All of the rescued dogs will be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, flea treated and microchipped prior to adoption.
'They are scared and will need patience, time, and love,' the shelter's post said.
The shelter is currently waiving adoption fees as it is over capacity.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Dog Days Search and Rescue for further updates on the dogs' adoption status.
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