‘Being in a position to pull from overcrowded shelters is absolutely particular, to get these dogs a second likelihood.’
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend nonprofit Street Dog Hero welcomed its largest flight of rescued dogs within the organization’s historical past Thursday afternoon, as 35 furry associates from Oklahoma arrived on the Bend Airport on a Dog Is My CoPilot aircraft journey.
The 35 rescues made their solution to Central Oregon all the best way from Norman, Oklahoma, the place they have been susceptible to being euthanized attributable to being in overcrowded shelters.
Kristen Elrod, Street Dog Hero’s govt director, informed us Thursday, “We get a number of giant dogs, some medium, small. But right this moment, we even have largely small, fluffy dogs — the dogs that everybody appears to wish to undertake. So I’ve a sense these dogs will go fairly rapidly.”
The dogs of a number of breeds have been transported by Dog Is My CoPilot, a nonprofit devoted to transferring animals from overcrowded shelters to adoption facilities throughout the nation.
Elrod defined the organization’s position: “Dog Is My Copilot paired us with the shelter in Norman, in order that’s why we’re pulling dogs from there repeatedly. But it is as a result of Oklahoma does have a fairly critical overpopulation disaster.”
After the dogs arrive on the airport, they’re taken to the Street Dog Hero facility, and finally placed in foster houses.
Street Dog Hero Foster and Volunteer Manager Paige Kidd expressed her pleasure in seeing the dogs arrive.
“It’s simply very nice that we’ve got the neighborhood to convey these dogs in,” she mentioned. “Shelters are struggling everywhere in the United States — they’re crammed up. So having this flight and having the ability to pull from overcrowded shelters is absolutely particular, to get these dogs a second likelihood.”
While in foster care, dogs will likely be vetted and given vaccines — all a part of the trouble to ensure they’re good to go for a human companion.
Hollie Stingle, a Bend resident and nurse, was one of many few who received to take a canine home on Thursday. “The canine I’m taking home right this moment is simply coming straight again with me to my home and be a member of my household for nonetheless lengthy it must be,” she mentioned.
If you are all for adopting a furry buddy, Street Dog Hero can have every canine that landed on the Bend Airport up for adoption on their web site.
