<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/12540106/kfor.com/clear-the-shelters/more-than-140-at-risk-dogs-cats-to-be-adopted-after-life-saving-airlift-" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"> Thanks to Clear the Shelters "Good Flights" mission nearly 140 at-risk cats & dogs from overcrowded shelters in Louisiana & Alabama have been taken to 9 shelters to increase their chances of finding their forever families in time for 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"><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;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Courtesy of Oklahoma News at:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://kfor.com/clear-the-shelters/more-than-140-at-risk-dogs-cats-to-be-adopted-after-life-saving-airlift-mission-from-overcrowded-shelters/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">https://kfor.com/clear-the-shelters/more-than-140-at-risk-dogs-cats-to-be-adopted-after-life-saving-airlift-mission-from-overcrowded-shelters/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a><br><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><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"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; 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vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Nearly 140 at-risk dogs and cats<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.cleartheshelters.com/tag/clear-the-shelters/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="color: rgb(45, 94, 168); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">will soon find forever homes</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>after being airlifted from overcrowded shelters in Louisiana and Alabama early Tuesday morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">More than 100 dogs and 25 cats will be taken to nine animal shelters in New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia that will help pair the animals with new families.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The rescued animals aboard the plane include dogs who tested positive for heartworms, hard-to-place large dogs and homeless cats.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;">“Right now in Louisiana, we’re at critical capacity in the animal shelters,” said Rebecca Lirette, Iberville Parish Animal Shelter’s assistant director. “These Good Flight programs truly save lives.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;">Lirette says that adoptions in the state are low and transporting animals from overcrowded shelters is crucial for their survival. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Clear The Shelters<o:p></o:p></span></b></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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; background-color: white;">The First Lady of New Jersey, Tammy Murphy, helped to welcome the animals at the airport when they arrived in her state. Murphy was seen petting and playing with several of the animals, including Dobby, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://ots.nbcwpshield.com/news/local/clear-the-shelters/meet-dobby-once-a-hungry-stray-now-she-needs-a-new-home/7341056/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; color: rgb(45, 94, 168); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">a hairless and scabby puppy</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; background-color: white;"> who was dumped on the streets on Louisiana and left to fend for herself.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", 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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; background-color: white;">“It makes me want to cry,” Murphy said. “I’m really thrilled for these 140 [dogs and cats] who have been so carefully attended to and I think whoever adopts them obviously is going to take great care of them.”</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", 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-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;">The life-saving pet airlift is the second “Good Flights” mission in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.cleartheshelters.com/tag/clear-the-shelters/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(45, 94, 168); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">NBCUniversal Local’s eighth annual Clear The Shelters</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>pet adoption and donation campaign. The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.cleartheshelters.com/clear-the-shelters/clear-the-shelters-life-saving-flight-for-at-risk-dogs-cats/" target="_blank" data-type="post" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; color: rgb(45, 94, 168); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;">first airlift mission transported 155 cats</span></a>from South Florida to Massachusetts on August 2, which also helped kickoff the nationwide campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;">Last year’s inaugural pet airlift flew more than 150 cats and dogs from Louisiana to New Jersey and Massachusetts, where they were adopted into new homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 1rem; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;">Greater Good Charities’ Good Flights program is funded by Hill’s Pet Nutrition and The Animal Rescue Site. Hill’s Pet Nutrition will also donate more than 6,000 pounds of pet food to participating shelters that helped send and receive the at-risk animals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><aside class="ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; z-index: 3;"><p style="margin: 1rem; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif;"></span></p></aside><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;">Since Clear The Shelters began in 2015, more than 700,000 pets found forever families in new homes across the United States.</span><o:p></o:p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></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></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_090322.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_090322.jpg</a></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"></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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