For all our snark here at DCist, you have to know we’re big fans of

the Internet. So on this gray and gloomy day, we thought we’d bring you

a short but sweet tale of the power of the Internet to save puppies.

Because, really, what else is it good for if it can’t save helpless,

adorable animals? Nothing, that’s what.

Wednesday night, a friend of DCist Amanda’s was driving along in Falls

Church when she almost hit a dog at the intersection of Routes 7 and

50. The dog didn’t have tags but looked like somebody’s pet, so the

finder did what anybody would do: she took photos with a digital

camera, posted them

on Flickr, got her friends to write

pleading blog posts and published the information on craigslist.

You know how this ends. Just minutes later, somebody on craigslist

posted a plaintive lost dog ad, and voila, (wo)man and best friend were

reconnected.

What I really thought was amazing about this whole thing was the

general Lost & Found

section on craigslist, which, upon browsing, almost convinces one

that humanity is not totally effed. People are posting found kittens,

found digital cameras, found rings; I mean, if I found a kitten, a

digital camera, and a ring — especially all at once — I’d take that

shit and run to Mexico. But there are still good people out there,

using the Internet to reconnect folks with their prized possessions.

Hooray.

Have you ever had success with the Lost & Founds on craigslist? C’mon,

give us some more redemptive stories in the comments.