Nearly 30 kittens took a trip to Portland, OR, Thursday, thanks to the San Diego Humane Society, to ease overcrowding at local shelters and help them find forever homes.
The Humane Society’s animal care staff prepared the 27 kittens for take-off, bringing them to Alaska Airline’s cargo terminal at San Diego International Airport at 7:20 a.m.
The ASPCA and a flight manager loaded the kittens onto the plane to Portland, where they were received by staff at the Oregon Humane Society.
The kittens all came in as strays in San Diego and have had no owners come forward to claim them. They are between up to 10 weeks old.
According to the local Humane Society, the transport to Oregon is in part to ease the shelter overcrowding.
The organization has seen a 53% increase in the daily average of kittens be cared for in July – a total of 1,084 – compared to July 2022. The Humane Society is currently caring for 2,502 animals and is at 143% capacity for cats and 173% for dogs.
Some of the kittens will need spay/neuter surgeries in Portland, and the local animal officials, while thanking the ASPCA and the Oregon Humane Society, noted that the transport also alleviates pressure on the organization’s San Diego medical team.
– City News Service
