The sadness of dog abandonment

I have received another of many frantic calls today from my friends at a local pound. They had 3 healthy happy Staffordshire Bull Terriers on death row due to be put to sleep at 4pm. I messaged and texted over 3000 people and rescue contacts with a plea. I would grab them myself but I simply have no room. I am now sitting with the vision of their happy panting faces at the sight of the vet entering their pen only to be going over in my head and hate the fact that so many people disgard their dogs.