#animalshelter

#animalshelter

The Kitty Cat Airlift that May Save 155 LivesOne 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)#Cat #shelter #animalshelter #cleartheshelters #petadoption

Kentucky Shelter Cats Airlifted to Massachusetts After TornadosWhen deadly tornadoes flattened several western Kentucky towns last week, many pets were displaced and needed temporary shelter. But the local shelters were already full of cats, so the good people of Massachusetts came to the rescue. Around 100 cats waiting for adoption in the shelters were flown from Kentucky to Hanscom Field airport in Bedford, Massachusetts, Wednesday. This emptied the shelters in Kentucky so they could take in lost pets that were displaced by the disaster.

Blind Horse Loves Her Man's Bald HeadMert Akkök has a private animal shelter at his farm near Istanbul. He takes in stray animals that need extra love and care. That means he has 18 dogs, plus various cats, goats, donkeys, birds, and other livestock. But Reyhan is special. The mare came into Akkök's care when she was still on mother's milk. Here's her story.