By Alex Holt
It’s mid Summer, and it has been a quiet week in the city for Ms. Lane. Not a single corrupt scientist, evil super-ape or extra-dimensional sorcerer to be seen. May it’s just too hot to be doing nefarious deeds she ponders briefly. Nonetheless, that doesn’t mean that the newspaper doesn’t need news, and so she sets to work.
It was ten years ago this week that Waynetech donated a not inconsiderable amount of money to a small but highly regarded dog shelter on the outskirts of Metropolis. Now, after these ten years, the Ace Sanctuary for Orphaned Dogs is celebrating its anniversary.
What started off as a small family run shelter now had state of the art facilities that would make others green with envy. In a world where superhumans were a fact of life, wasn’t it perhaps inevitable that man’s best friend would also share in some of those wonders.
In the early days, Batman had stopped by regularly to hand into good care dogs that had been owned by the various criminal gangs he had thwarted and needed good care to make them calm enough to be around people again. The Shelter’s gentle training helped get them ready for new happier lives.
Then in an event that hit headlines worldwide, Wonder Woman bought Cerberus in. Having decided that the malevolent Lord of the Underworld was probably not a healthy environment for the three headed hound, a new wing using state of the art technology was constructed, and after a long period of careful training (initially involving fire proof suits) Cerberus was deemed ready for a new home. He now lives with a couple in Michigan, and I’m told “likes attempting to chase three different squirrels at once”.
This opened the floodgates. Now the Ace Sanctuary regularly accepts canines with various supernatural powers that have nowhere else to go. They still take on the dogs rescued from crooks and gangsters, but even as I make this visit their Superdog wing currently houses three alien pooches, a Ghost dog, and one that the Flash rescued from the Speed-force, whom the owners chuckle as they describe as “a handful”.
A few years back Superman and Big Barda even bought in a trio of huge puppies that had been destined to be members of Darkseid’s feared Dog Cavalry units. While they had been horrifically mistreated, with love and care “and a lot of tummy rubs” they now serve as ambassadors for the sanctuary, and give children rides. “We do have to warn parents though. They are very very slobbery”.
They are consulting with several sentient talking dogs to ensure that all care needs are met, and there are plans in motion to expand their facilities to be able to handle other animals too. A number of high profile businesses such as Queen Enterprises, Kordtech and even Luthorcorp have pledged money.
Working there is always a surprise, but whatever comes next, I’m sure it will be super!
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