COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Dozens of rescue dogs looking for a loving home rolled into Colorado Springs this weekend.

National Mill Dog Rescue (NMDR), which operates out of Peyton, Colorado recently partnered with New York-based North Shore Animal League America (NSALA) and received a big gift in the process: a $250,000 mobile rescue unit to help rescue dogs from puppy mills.

"It's all about the dogs," Darrell Rhodes, who drives the new bus, said.

That is all it has ever been about for the animal rescue organizations, which rescue hundreds of animal every year.

"This opportunity allows us to rescue that many more," Rhodes said.

The new, 36-foot long, 8-foot wide mobile rescue unit is equipped with more than 30 kennels and can comfortably house up to 75 dogs. NSALA has seven other similar busses, but the eighth unit will allow both NSALA and NMDR to serve their shared mission.

"The dogs you'll see in the mobile unit are dogs that have been rescued from mills," Devera Lynn, Vice President of Communications for NSALA, said. "They really live in horrible conditions and there are many that never see the light of day. They never feel human bond and love like this. Love they deserve."

Before NMDR received the new mobile unit, the organization had few vehicles and an RV held together by duct tape.

"One of the Achilles heels to it all has been transport," Rhodes said. "We've had to turn down dogs because there is no where to take them and no means to go to them. That problem is gone."

Now, more dogs can be rescued safely and transported to a loving home.

"When you bring a mobile unit to the animal lover, it shows them what absolutely gorgeous animals you can get from a shelter," Lynn said. "And it really helps raise awareness."

Colorado Springs resident Kenny Crochet could not agree more. He and his wife adopted a dog during the adoption event held on Sunday.

"If we can do something to help them help these animals, then we're happy to do it," he said.

For Rhodes, it is mission accomplished.

"I couldn't be happier," he said. "It is just fantastic!"

Lynn said the goal for the new rescue unit is to visit locations at least three times a week.

For more information, visit milldogrescue.org, or animalleague.org.