One of the problems with animal shelters is that one shelter may be so overloaded with unwanted pets that they have to resort to euthanasia, while another shelter a few states away has plenty of room and a high demand for adoptable pets. People have stepped in to solve that problem.
August is the month for the return of Clear the Shelters, an annual program sponsored by NBCUniversal and Telemundo that promotes pet adoption with the goal of emptying animal shelters and raising funds to help future residents. As part of the project, several charity groups collaborated to arrange a chartered flight that transported 155 shelter cats from the east coast of Florida, where shelters are overrun, to Massachusetts, where the cats were welcomed by volunteers from several shelters that have room for them. The "highly-adoptable" cats flown to Massachusetts will make room in Florida for more animals who need shelter.
Another airlift is scheduled for August 30, which will evacuate dogs from New Orleans to shelters in New Jersey. So far, Clear the Shelters has rescued an estimates 700,000 animals over eight years. -via Fark
(Image credit: Greater Good Charities)
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