Filed Under:Sochi, stray dogs, Washington Animal Rescue League
Washington Animal Rescue League staffs unload stray dogs from Sochi, Russia, at the league's shelter in Washington, DC, on March 27, 2014. The league partnered with Humane Society International to bring 10 rescued dogs from Sochi, Russia, displaced during the Winter Olympics 2014, and to find homes for the animals in the US. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)Washington Animal Rescue League staffs unload stray dogs from Sochi, Russia, at the league's shelter in Washington, DC, on March 27, 2014. The league partnered with Humane Society International to bring 10 rescued dogs from Sochi, Russia, displaced during the Winter Olympics 2014, and to find homes for the animals in the US. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON (WNEW) — Ten of the stray dogs from Sochi, brought to light by American slopestyle skiing silver medalist Gus Kenworthy, arrived at the Washington Animal Rescue League in Northwest D.C. Thursday.

President Bob Ramin hopes people will be able to begin adopting these dogs in about two weeks. He says they are all very sociable and most are between two- to four-years-old, and were chosen for the trip because of their friendly nature.

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The dogs will be posted as soon as they are available on the Washington Animal Rescue Organization’s Web site.

“Right now, they’ll be in a kind-of unavailable area just so they’re chillin’.”

SEE PHOTOS OF THEIR ARRIVAL: Sochi Dogs in D.C.

 
WNEW’s Cameron Thompson contributed to this report. Follow him and WNEW on Twitter.

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