HERE. 643 AND HAPPENING NOW, NEARLY 50 DOGS AND CATS ARE HEADED OUT OF MAX WESTHEIMER AIRPORT TO THEIR FOREVER HOMES. NORMAN ANIMAL WELFARE IS TEAMING UP WITH A NATIONAL NONPROFIT TO FLY THE ANIMALS TO OREGON AND COLORADO. VERY COOL STUFF. KOCO’S AUDREY GOODSON IS THERE NOW. AUDREY, WE KNOW THOSE DOGS HAVE TAKEN OFF. WHAT’S WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THEIR THEIR JOURNEY ACROSS OVER OVERSEAS? WELL, CAMERON THAT’S RIGHT. THEY TOOK OFF ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND NOW THEY ARE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO THEIR FIRST STOP, TO THEIR FOREVER HOMES IN COLORADO. NORMAN ANIMAL WELFARE IS TEAMING UP WITH A NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. THIS IS CALLED DOG IS MY COPILOT TO TAKE DOGS AND CATS FROM OKLAHOMA TO OTHER ANIMAL RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS IN BOTH OREGON AND COLORADO. THE ANIMALS WILL HAVE ALREADY WILL ALREADY HAVE ADOPTERS WHEN THEY GET THERE, AND THEY SAY BY DOING THIS, THEY’LL NOT ONLY SAVE THE ANIMALS LIVES, BUT THEY’RE ALSO GOING TO BE MAKING MORE ROOM IN SHELTERS HERE IN OKLAHOMA, IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, WE ARE IN AN OVERPOPULATION CRISIS FOR ANIMALS. EVERY SHELTER IS FULL, EVERY RESCUE IS FULL, AND WE’RE JUST TRYING TO DO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN TO TRY TO COMBAT THAT CRISIS. THEY TELL US THEY’LL NOW BE DOING THIS ABOUT FOUR TIMES A YEAR, AND THEIR NEXT TRIP WILL BE IN OCTOBER. NOW, EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THESE DOGS AND CATS ARE HEADED OUT TO THEIR FOREVER HOMES, NORMAN ANIMAL WELFARE STILL ENCOURAGES YOU TO GET OUT AND ADOPT A PET
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Norman Animal Welfare dogs board plane to find forever homes in other states
Norman Animal Welfare will do this four times a year, with the next trip coming in October.
Updated: 7:55 AM CDT Aug 7, 2024
Nearly 50 dogs and cats left Max Westheimer Airport in Norman on Wednesday to fly to their forever homes in other states.>> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Norman Animal Welfare has teamed up with the national nonprofit group Dog Is My CoPilot to fly animals to other rescue organizations in Oregon and Colorado. The dogs will already have adopters when they arrive.”Once they get there, they’ll have adopters or foster care ready for them,” said Kellee Robertson, the Norman Animal Welfare center manager. “So, they can actually live life with a home and a bed and toys and all the things animals should have instead of being stuck in a cage.”Animal welfare officials said by doing this, they will not only save the dogs’ lives but will also make more room in shelters in Oklahoma.”In the state of Oklahoma, we are in an overpopulation crisis for animals,” Robertson said. “Every shelter is full. Every rescue is full, and we’re just trying to do everything we can to combat the crisis.”>> Download the KOCO 5 AppNorman Animal Welfare will do this four times a year, with the next trip coming in October. Even though many of the dogs are headed out to their forever homes, animal welfare officials said the shelter is still at max capacity most of the time and they encourage people to adopt. Top Headlines Woman finds historic baseball card collection in her old barn house 2 Oklahoma women get dangerously sick at Cancun resort, with 1 still hospitalized Investigation into deadly plane crash near Sundance Airport ongoing 1984 Olympics: Muhammad Ali carried torch through Louisville Driver crashes after chase with Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Nearly 50 dogs and cats left Max Westheimer Airport in Norman on Wednesday to fly to their forever homes in other states.
>> Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
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Norman Animal Welfare has teamed up with the national nonprofit group Dog Is My CoPilot to fly animals to other rescue organizations in Oregon and Colorado. The dogs will already have adopters when they arrive.
“Once they get there, they’ll have adopters or foster care ready for them,” said Kellee Robertson, the Norman Animal Welfare center manager. “So, they can actually live life with a home and a bed and toys and all the things animals should have instead of being stuck in a cage.”
Animal welfare officials said by doing this, they will not only save the dogs’ lives but will also make more room in shelters in Oklahoma.
“In the state of Oklahoma, we are in an overpopulation crisis for animals,” Robertson said. “Every shelter is full. Every rescue is full, and we’re just trying to do everything we can to combat the crisis.”
Norman Animal Welfare will do this four times a year, with the next trip coming in October. Even though many of the dogs are headed out to their forever homes, animal welfare officials said the shelter is still at max capacity most of the time and they encourage people to adopt.
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