When I had a family, my heart was full of joy

I was the great companion of a lovely little boy

We went for walks and played great games

Of Frisbee, tag and ball

They’d take me to the park where I could

Rummage round and roll

But then I turned around one day, to find that they had gone

I couldn’t believe my family had left me on my own

I roamed the streets, so desperate to find them once again

Hungry, lonely and depressed, my search was all in vain

One day a man reached out to me, I was grateful for his thought

I wanted him to find the loving family I sought

He handled me with apathy. His touch was cold and hard

He shoved me in a wire cage and drove me to a yard

My cage was stacked with others, full of mislaid dogs like me

_I very quickly learned that this was not the place to be

A pretty little collie in the cage next door to mine

Was crying in the corner and I could not help but whine

She told me there was no place now, that we could hope to go

This horrid cage is all there is. We're trapped here, on Death Row.

Art work by American artist, Mark Barone, who is now hard at work, painting 5,500 of these portraits of abandoned dogs, killed in shelters and pounds across America, to raise awareness about their plight, and to promote adoption. You can see these paintings on the wall on the website. (Link below) When he is finished, these paintings will reside in a museum. It is hoped that this campaign will continue to raise awareness (for all animals) and reach out world-wide. 
http://anactofdog.org/An_Act_of_Dog/Home.html