<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.fark.com/goto/12497626/www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rescue-flight-helps-155-cats-215204677.html%3Futm_source%3Dfark%26utm_me" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Rescue flight helps 155 cats from overcrowded shelters get a second chance at finding homes. Welcome to Caturday</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">.</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Courtesy of <i>Yahoo</i> at:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rescue-flight-helps-155-cats-215204677.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rescue-flight-helps-155-cats-215204677.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></p><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>————————————————-</div><div><h1 data-test-locator="headline" style="font-size: 3.08em; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(29, 34, 40); font-stretch: normal; font-family: "Yahoo Sans", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Rescue Flight Helps 155 Cats from Overcrowded Shelters Get a Second Chance at Finding Homes</h1></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">One hundred and fifty-five cats are ready to start living their nine lives in new homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">As part of the 2022 <a href="https://people.com/pets/clear-the-shelters-2022/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 188); text-decoration: none;">Clear the Shelters adoption campaign</span></a>, which runs from August 1-31, NBCUniversal Local, <a href="https://greatergood.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 188); text-decoration: none;">Greater Good Charities</span></a>, <a href="https://theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/clicktogive/ars/home" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 188); text-decoration: none;">The Animal Rescue Site</span></a>, and <a href="https://www.hillspet.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 188); text-decoration: none;">Hill's Pet Nutrition</span></a> partnered together and organized a rescue flight for cats in need.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">The chartered flight — which left Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on the morning of August 2 and landed at the New Bedford Regional Airport in Massachusetts later that day — carried 155 rescue cats from overcrowded shelters, where the pets were at risk of being euthanized.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40); background-color: white;">Upon landing in Massachusetts on Tuesday, the felines — who came from Humane Society of Broward County, Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League, Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County, and Humane Society of the Treasure Coast — were greeted by eager representatives from Northeast Animal Shelter, MSPCA-Angell and Monadnock Humane Society.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">The East Coast-based shelters that welcomed the cats have the space and resources to care for the felines until they are adopted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">This rescue flight not only saved its feline passengers but other rescue animals in need who are waiting for openings in U.S. shelters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">"Our communities in Southern Florida are often overwhelmed with cats and kittens this time of year. This is huge for our communities to get some highly adoptable animals out, so we can make room for other pets," Mary Steffen, the SVP of operations at Humane Society of Broward County, said in a statement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">Clear the Shelters has a similar rescue flight scheduled for August 30, which is slated to carry around at-risk 50 shelter dogs from New Orleans to New Jersey to help the canines find forever home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(29, 34, 40); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);">Since 2015, the Clear the Shelters campaign has connected pet parents with furry friends for free or with reduced adoption fees. Clear the Shelter's eight years of effort has helped over 700,000 pets find homes.</span></p></div><div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4">———————</font></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4">Photo . .</font><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> .</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_080622_01.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_080622_01.jpg</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_080622_02.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_080622_02.jpg</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_080622_03.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_080622_03.jpg</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">————————————————-</p></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><b>“Caturday”</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by Linus Petit</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span dir="ltr">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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