On an ordinary Wednesday this past August, an extraordinary event took place that transformed the lives of over 100 Oklahoma dogs and cats. Oklahoma Alliance for Animals, a Tulsa-based animal welfare nonprofit, partnered with the global nonprofit Greater Good Charities to transport the group of homeless animals by chartered jet to Oregon and Seattle, where local shelters mobilized to help them find their new homes in the Pacific Northwest.
“We got up at 1 a.m. to start loading them, and we got to the airport around 4 (a.m.),” says Ashley Dwyer, OAA’s project manager.
The animals came from a variety of shelters in the area, many of which were at capacity…