Homeless Jamaican Dog Finds a New Home and Family in Florida – Watch Video

Kedean BrownAugust 25, 2022

Thanks to the efforts of the Montego Bay Animal Haven, the Positively Southwest Florida (SWF) team, and Florida residents, one homeless Jamaican dog has received a brand new home and family.

Earlier this year, ABC7’s Positively SWF team visited Jamaica to give medical supplies donated by Florida residents and the Cape Coral Animal Shelter & Veterinary Clinic to the Montego Bay Animal Haven. During the visit, the team displayed the shelter’s many canine inhabitants, but one made a special impression on host Krista Fogelsong and her team, and he was dubbed Dakota.

In the words of Fogelsong, one good deed led to another, and a fundraiser was started to bring Dakota to Florida so he could find a home.

After Dakota was brought to Florida, he was housed by the Cape Coral Animal Shelter in May while they tried to find him a home. A few months later, Dakota has finally found a new family and a home with three women: Rita Cloninger, Melissa Richards, and Melissa’s mom, Linda Richards.

Jackie Sangster, who works with the Montego Bay Animal Haven, called Dakota’s journey from Jamaica to Florida a success story and expressed her joy that dogs like him could get a happy ending after living on the streets.

Watch Dakota’s journey from Jamaica to Florida in the Positively SWF newscasts below.

Kedean BrownAugust 25, 2022