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Photos: Coronavirus won’t keep ARF from finding homes for these puppies

Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek sets up virtual adoptions amid COVID-19 pandemic

WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
WALNUT CREEK, CA - APRIL 24: Puppies are photographed during a Facebook Live event by the Bay Area News Group at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Friday, April 24, 2020. It’s puppy and kitten season at the shelter and the COVID-19 pandemic is making this already busy time of year even more challenging. These puppies and their mom came from an overcrowded shelter and have all been adopted. The shelter expects even more puppy and kitten litters soon.(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

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By Gieson Cacho | gcacho@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group and Jose Carlos Fajardo | jfajardo@bayareanewsgroup.com

PUBLISHED: April 24, 2020 at 5:45 p.m. | UPDATED: April 26, 2020 at 5:15 a.m.

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The coronavirus isn’t keeping Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek from fulfilling its mission.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the nonprofit has been doing virtual adoptions. The curious can check out the ARF website and begin the process to adopt these canines. If the process goes as planned, a “no contact” exchange is available and adopters can take their new four-legged charges home.

The puppies in this video have all been adopted, but that doesn’t you can’t admire them. More animals will be available for adoption.